“It saves so much time and finds cases others have not.”
in “Does anyone find that ChatGPT is just as good as Harvey for legal research?” · 18 voices
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- r/biglaw · Sep 14, 2026
HarveyNeutral“It's not an original product in the truest sense, but it is marketed very well.”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 12, 2026
LegoraCriticizes“Harvey and ChatGPT enterprise offer the exact same controls regarding model training. Legora offers WORSE than chatgpt enterprise.”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 12, 2026HarveyCriticizes
“Try asking Harvey to create a PowerPoint. But Claude can do it just fine.”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 12, 2026HarveyCriticizes
“If you’re using Harvey, you’re being duped.”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 12, 2026Westlaw AIValuesWestlaw has the better research tool, so Harvey should not be used for legal research. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026
ChatGPTValues“ChatGPT, a more general tool available at modest prices, seems to do as good a job for that as Harvey, which is supposedly a more sophisticated product for legal professionals and is of course way more costly.”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026HarveyNeutral
“Harvey is just a wrapper for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. You can literally choose which to use.”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026HarveyNeutralHarvey is just a wrapper around other models such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026Westlaw AIValuesWestlaw AI is less likely to invent cases than ChatGPT or Harvey, which can hallucinate, so firms prefer it for research. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026ChatGPTValues
“I haven’t used Harvey, but I’ve used the Westlaw CoCounsel AI and it is embarrassing how much better ChatGPT is at legal research.”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026HarveyNeutral
“Harvey runs ChatGPT under the hood (along with Claude), so they are somewhat derivative.”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026CriticizesChatGPT and Harvey only cover officially published sources, so firms allow research only with legal publishers' own AI tools that cover the full body of law and commentary. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026ChatGPTMixed
“ChatGPT is solid in terms of putting out coherent and largely accurate answers to research questions, but I've found that I can't trust any of its actual case cites”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026HarveyCriticizes
“Harvey is no real value add. I don’t know how the hell it’s valued so high when the product can be replicated so easily.”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026HarveyValues
“I find that the databases these parties (Harvey and Legora alike) created of publicly available legal sources (legislation, guidance and case law to the extent published without paywall) are outperforming the training data or web searches every single time.”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026HarveyValues
“Harvey can be privileged, and not use the docs you upload and questions you ask about the case to train the model.”
open - r/biglaw · Sep 11, 2026HarveyValues
“Harvey doesn't do that quite as much and will pick up on a lot more nuance.”
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