Harvey vs Grep AI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Grep AI grades higher than Harvey: 2.0 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Grep AI grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Grep AI
Managed AI agents for research-heavy, high-stakes work
Which one is for you
Pick Harvey if
- Fits if you work at a law firm that runs client matters at volume
- Makes sense if you are an in-house legal team reviewing many contracts
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a price before a sales call, as none is published
- Not for you if you want to try it first, because there is no free plan or self-serve trial
- Skip it if you are not in legal or professional services, as the site is built for those teams
- Watch out: no integrations or API are listed, so ask what it connects to
Pick Grep AI if
- Fits if you run compliance checks or onboarding research and want agents to do the legwork
- Works for teams that would rather pay per task than sign a contract
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you are only testing: the 100 credits are one-time and cover about 5 tasks
- Pricey if you need exports or custom agents, which start on Pro at $167 a month
- Watch out: the Parcha line was retired and clients are sent to support@parcha.ai, so older material may not match
- Watch out: premium data on Pay As You Go needs a balance of at least $50
- Not for you if you want shared team agents and SSO, as those are sold through sales with no price
How we grade them
| 1.6GPAHarveyWeak | 2.0GPAGrep AIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price is published and the site has no pricing page, so there is nothing to place against this category's $21 middle. | CPay as You Go starts with a $20 top-up and Pro is $167 a month billed yearly. The category's middle is $25, so the cheap entry is real but the useful features sit on Pro. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing is free. The only call to action on the site is a demo request. | C100 one-time credits, about 5 medium research tasks. After that you pay, and the trial has no exports, custom agents or API. |
| Features | CAgents, a document Vault, legal research, contract review and usage analytics are listed. The listing shows a product for legal work only, and its own page shows no integrations. | CBuilt-in agents, swarms, custom agents and data controls. Premium data on Pay As You Go needs a balance of at least $50. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and a firm has to be onboarded and set up before anyone uses it. | CNo store rating on record. Building a custom agent from a description is a learning curve, not a click. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no integrations or API listed on the pages read. | CWeb only. The listing shows an API on paid plans but names no integrations. |
| Best for | law firms and legal teams that buy through sales | AI agents for compliance and due-diligence research |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Harvey and Grep AI. How we grade
Where they differ
- Harvey also covers chat assistant and documents.
At a glance
| Harvey | Grep AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | Not published | $20 top-up, used as you go; $167 per month on Pro, billed annually |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 100 one-time credits, about 5 medium-effort research tasks. |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Harvey AI Corporation | Parcha Labs, Inc. |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | grep.ai |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Harvey
- No prices are published and the pricing page does not exist; the only call to action is Request a Demo.
- No free plan or self-serve trial is shown.
- The site is built for legal and professional services teams.
Grep AI
- Parcha retired its original product line; this listing follows the rebrand to Grep AI, and existing Parcha clients are pointed to support@parcha.ai.
- Free Trial credits are one-time, and the free trial has no exports, custom agents or API access.
- Premium data on Pay As You Go needs a balance of at least $50.
- Team plans with shared agents, pooled credits and SSO are sold through sales, with no published price.
Key features
Harvey
- Agents for legal work
- Agents take on complex legal tasks, with work routed automatically to the right agent.
- Vault
- Stores and organizes large sets of documents so a team can pull out information with a single query.
- Knowledge
- Legal, regulatory and tax research.
- Spaces
- Shared workspaces for firms, clients and co-counsel, with the ethical walls sensitive legal work requires.
- Contract Intelligence
- Contract review and negotiation support, plus insights across a portfolio of contracts.
- Command Center
- Usage analytics by team, practice group and office, with benchmarks against comparable organizations.
Grep AI
- Library of built-in agents
- The site lists more than 250 agents, such as company research briefs, board briefs and audit readiness checklists, that can be used as a starting point.
- Agent swarms
- A lead agent assembles specialist agents for a job, such as rating a list of businesses for risk, and exports the results as a CSV.
- Custom agents from a description
- Teams describe a procedure or upload a policy document and get a reusable agent, which can be run from chat, TypeScript, Python, REST or MCP.
- Compliance and due diligence work
- The vendor lists KYB verification, AML screening, enhanced due diligence and document verification among its solutions for banks and fintechs.
- Data controls
- The vendor says it does not train on customer data and that agents reach data through an isolated proxy, so they never see credentials.
Plans
Harvey
Pricing could not be confirmed. See harvey.ai.
Grep AI
Free Trial$0
100 one-time credits
Basic research capabilities. Credits do not reset; no exports, custom agents or API access.
Pay As You Go$20
one-time top-up, used as you go
$20 buys 200 credits, $50 buys 500, $100 buys 1,000. Balance lasts 365 days; custom agents and exports included.
Pro$167
per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly)
1,500 credits a month (about 75 medium tasks), API access, enhanced person and company data, priority support.
Ultra$417
per month, billed annually ($500 billed monthly)
4,500 credits a month (about 225 medium tasks), premium data sources, dedicated support and early access.
Ways to pay less
Harvey
No public discounts listed.
Grep AI
- Annual discount
Annual billing on Pro and Ultra
Pro is $167 a month billed annually ($2,000 a year, saving $400) against $200 monthly. Ultra is $417 a month billed annually ($5,000 a year) against $500 monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Harvey or Grep AI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Harvey has no price we could confirm, and Grep AI starts at $20 top-up, used as you go; $167 per month on Pro, billed annually.
Which has a free plan, Harvey or Grep AI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Harvey nor Grep AI has a free plan. Grep AI has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.