CASUS vs Harvey
How CASUS compares to Harvey
The Swiss-made legal AI built for German, Austrian and Swiss law, data sovereignty, and the way legal teams actually work — without the enterprise price tag or US data transfers.
Free 14-day trial
No credit card required
5-minute setup
Data Sovereignty
Built for confidentiality — not retrofitted for it
For lawyers across the DACH region, protecting client data is a professional obligation, not a checkbox. CASUS hosts exclusively in Switzerland and the EU, with no data transfer to the US. Harvey runs on global infrastructure and offers in-region data residency as one option among many.
Capability
Harvey
Hosting region
Switzerland & EU only
Global, multi-region
No data transfer to the US
✓
Optional
No US CLOUD Act exposure
✓
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Zero data retention
✓
✓
ISO 27001 infrastructure
✓
✓
DACH Legal Depth
Built for DACH law by the lawyers who use it
CASUS gives you direct access to 1.8 million+ German, Austrian and Swiss court decisions, plus statutes, built by lawyers from the region for the region, with the relevant considerations highlighted in each answer. Harvey is a powerful global platform that lists these among 60+ jurisdictions — broad, but not specialised in DACH legal depth.
Capability
Harvey
German, Austrian & Swiss case law
1.8M+ decisions
Listed jurisdiction
Relevant considerations highlighted inline
✓
Source citations
Interface languages
German & English
English
Documents handled in
Any language
Multiple languages
Region-specific spelling & conventions
✓
Not stated
Specialised in DACH law
✓
Global breadth
Capabilities
Built for the full DACH legal workflow
From research to review to drafting, CASUS covers the everyday work — directly in Word. Harvey is strongest on large-scale, enterprise-grade tasks.
Capability
Harvey
Contract review & risk analysis
✓
✓
Benchmark against your playbooks
✓
✓
Native Microsoft Word add-in
✓
✓
Legal proofreading (region-specific)
✓
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DACH legal research
1.8M+ decisions
Global coverage
Due diligence / data room
✓
✓
Agentic multi-step workflows
✓
✓
Pricing & Access
Team-wide legal AI, without enterprise friction
Harvey is built for large firms — demo-gated pricing, high seat minimums and heavy onboarding. CASUS is transparent, self-serve and runs directly in Microsoft Word, so the whole team can adopt it.
CASUS
CHF 120
per user / month · billed annually · all modules included
✓
Transparent, public pricing
✓
Free trial & self-service signup
✓
No seat minimum
✓
DACH legal work, directly in Word
✓
Hosting in Switzerland & the EU
Harvey
~USD 1,200–2,000*
per seat / month · demo-gated · custom quote only
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Pricing not published
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No free trial / self-service
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~20–25 seat minimum, annual commit
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Global, multi-region hosting
* Harvey does not publish pricing; figures are third-party industry estimates (2026).
Frequently asked questions
Is Harvey available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland?
Does Harvey support German, Austrian and Swiss law?
How much does Harvey cost?
What is the best Harvey alternative for DACH law firms?
Is CASUS more secure than Harvey for DACH firms?
Can CASUS do everything Harvey does?
Can I try CASUS instead of Harvey?
The bottom line
DACH legal work deserves a legal AI built for it
Harvey is a powerful platform for global enterprise legal teams. But if your work is German, Austrian or Swiss — local law, local confidentiality rules, the German language — a region-built tool simply fits better. CASUS gives you depth in German, Austrian and Swiss law, data that never leaves Switzerland or the EU, native Word integration and transparent pricing the whole team can adopt.
