Move your team from Harvey to Paxton AI.
Each person gets a short interview, then a personalized step-by-step guide showing exactly where their saved work, prompts, and projects land in Paxton AI — and the few things that need a manual step, walked through. You send one invite; nobody becomes the help desk, and nothing in Harvey is changed or cancelled. Want to see where you’re paying for both first? Run the free audit.
Harvey Contract Intelligence ingests contracts via iManage/NetDocuments or direct upload, compares clauses against firm playbooks, and surfaces risk flags and negotiation suggestions. Paxton's Document Analysis achieves similar aims by accepting uploaded files and returning issue identification, summaries, and actionable recommendations. To move from Harvey to Paxton: export contracts from Harvey Vault or your DMS and re-upload to Paxton's web app; re-create any clause playbook criteria as written prompts describing what to look for; confirm Paxton's output format (summary memos) suits your workflow. To move from Paxton to Harvey: connect Harvey to your DMS (iManage or NetDocuments) or upload documents manually; configure firm playbooks in Harvey for clause-level comparison that goes beyond Paxton's generic analysis.
- Warning: Harvey's Contract Intelligence explicitly supports bulk portfolio analysis via Vault and DMS integration; Paxton's Document Analysis is file-by-file and has no documented bulk or batch mode.
- Warning: Harvey surfaces clause-level risk flags and negotiation language tied to configurable firm playbooks; Paxton produces general summaries and recommendations without playbook configuration, so teams lose that firm-specific benchmarking when moving to Paxton.
- Warning: Paxton does not document supported file formats publicly; verify .docx and .pdf ingestion before committing to migration.
Harvey's AI assistant (available via web, Word add-in, Outlook add-in, and mobile) handles freeform drafting requests for legal documents, clauses, and correspondence using domain-specific legal models. Paxton's Document Drafting offers similar prompt-driven generation of contracts, clauses, emails, and documents available on all plan tiers. To move from Harvey to Paxton: collect existing draft prompts or templates used in Harvey and re-enter them in Paxton's web app; if your team relied on Harvey's Word add-in for in-context drafting, note that Paxton currently provides only a web app so copy-paste replaces the in-editor experience. To move from Paxton to Harvey: install Harvey's Word add-in to restore inline drafting; route prior Paxton prompts through Harvey's assistant interface; Enterprise customers can request firm-specific drafting preferences via Harvey's configuration.
- Warning: Harvey offers a Microsoft Word add-in and Outlook add-in for drafting directly inside Office apps; Paxton has no documented Office add-in, so teams accustomed to in-editor drafting must copy and paste from the web app.
- Warning: Paxton's Enterprise plan includes dedicated workflow setup for drafting; Harvey's customization depth depends on firm tier and configuration — verify feature parity at your contracted tier before switching.
- Warning: Neither product publicly documents maximum document length or token limits for drafting; test with your longest typical document before committing to a migration.
Both Harvey and Paxton AI offer natural-language legal research with cited source grounding. Harvey Knowledge connects to LexisNexis, Rettsdata, and 500+ regional legal databases spanning 65+ countries. Paxton covers US federal regulations, all 50 state laws, and case law without a separate database subscription. To move from Harvey to Paxton: replicate saved searches or research prompts in Paxton's web app; note that Paxton does not require separate database credentials (no LexisNexis login needed). To move from Paxton to Harvey: establish Harvey's connection to LexisNexis (if your firm already subscribes) or rely on Harvey Knowledge's built-in data sources; migrate any saved query templates by re-entering them in Harvey's assistant interface. In both cases, verify citations manually until you trust the new tool's sourcing.
- Warning: Harvey supports multi-jurisdiction research across 65+ countries via LexisNexis and 500+ regional databases; Paxton is documented for US federal and all 50 states only — international research workflows must stay on Harvey.
- Warning: Harvey requires enterprise onboarding and sales engagement to access the platform; Paxton offers a self-serve Individual plan at $499/month, lowering the barrier to entry for solo practitioners moving to Paxton.
- Warning: Harvey's research answers are grounded in LexisNexis data which users can inspect by source document; Paxton's citation links are included but the depth of source integration is not publicly detailed.
Harvey Agents let enterprise firms deploy configurable multi-step automation pipelines — pre-built templates for due diligence, fund formation, and deal management, or custom pipelines built for specific practice groups. Paxton's Multi-Practice-Area Support provides AI assistance tuned for personal injury, family law, employment, criminal, and corporate law without requiring manual configuration, available to all plan tiers. To move from Harvey to Paxton: identify which Harvey agent workflows map to Paxton's five supported practice areas; for personal injury matters, Paxton also offers the specialized Medical Chronologies feature that Harvey does not match. Paxton's inference-based practice area detection replaces Harvey's explicit workflow configuration for straightforward matters. To move from Paxton to Harvey: build custom agent templates in Harvey to replicate any practice-specific sequences; enterprise clients can request Harvey to configure agents mirroring firm workflows; note that Harvey Agents are enterprise-only and require configuration effort that Paxton's out-of-the-box practice areas do not.
- Warning: Harvey Agents execute full multi-step pipelines (document retrieval, analysis, drafting, output packaging) chained without manual handoffs; Paxton's multi-practice-area support provides AI assistance within a single session but does not chain autonomous multi-step workflows — complex automation pipelines cannot be replicated in Paxton.
- Warning: Harvey Agents are enterprise-tier only with custom configuration; Paxton's practice area support is available on all plans including Individual ($499/month), making Paxton more accessible for solo practitioners or small firms that cannot access Harvey's agent features.
- Warning: Paxton explicitly covers personal injury, family law, employment, and criminal law practice areas; Harvey's agents are documented primarily for corporate/transactional work (due diligence, fund formation) — litigation-focused teams may find Paxton's practice coverage better matched to their needs.
Both Harvey and Paxton AI hold SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications and contractually prevent customer data from being used to train shared AI models. Harvey additionally holds ISO 27701, ISO 42001, and is GDPR and CCPA compliant with regional deployment options (US, EU/Switzerland, Australia) on Microsoft Azure, SAML SSO, IP allow-listing, and annual third-party penetration tests. Paxton adds HIPAA compliance for healthcare-adjacent legal work. To move from Harvey to Paxton: confirm your jurisdiction's data residency requirements can be met without Harvey's Azure regional deployment; check that SAML SSO is available at your Paxton plan tier; collect Harvey audit logs before off-boarding as Paxton's audit log capabilities are not publicly documented. To move from Paxton to Harvey: engage Harvey's sales team to confirm regional deployment in your required geography; replicate Paxton's HIPAA controls in Harvey's access control configuration.
- Warning: Harvey offers documented regional data residency in US, EU/Switzerland, and Australia; Paxton does not publicly disclose data residency options or encryption specifics, which may block migration for EU-based firms with GDPR obligations.
- Warning: Paxton holds HIPAA compliance which Harvey does not publicly claim — personal injury and healthcare-adjacent legal practices moving from Paxton to Harvey should verify Harvey's HIPAA posture before migrating client health data.
- Warning: Harvey provides documented SAML SSO and IP allow-listing; Paxton does not publicly detail its SSO options, requiring direct confirmation from Paxton before assuming enterprise identity integration will be equivalent.