Ivo

What is Ivo?

Ivo is an AI platform for in-house legal teams that reviews and redlines contracts against the company’s own playbooks, past agreements and deal context. It is sold to enterprises rather than to individual lawyers.

Most of the work happens inside Microsoft Word or Google Docs through an add-in. A lawyer opens a contract, runs a review, and receives suggested redlines and comments that follow the team’s negotiating positions. Other modules extract data from signed contracts, answer questions about a portfolio, research legal sources and manage contract workflow from intake to signature.

Ivo AI, Inc. was co-founded by attorney Jacob Duligall and Min-Kyu Jung, according to its about page, which also cites a $55 million Series B round. The Google Docs add-on lists Accord Software, Inc. as developer, which appears to be an earlier company name. Ivo is a drafting and review aid, not a law firm, so its output is not legal advice and lawyers stay responsible for every change.

Key Features

Playbook-driven redlining is the core of Ivo, because the suggestions reflect positions your team has already accepted rather than generic contract language.

• Contract Review: The add-in proposes redlines and comments against your playbook, historical contracts and deal context. It also benchmarks clauses against executed contracts by governing law, contract type, party role and industry.
• Playbook Builder: Ivo turns templates and executed agreements into working playbooks, so teams without a written playbook can still start. The FAQ says attorney support is available during this set-up stage.
• Intelligence: This module connects to contracts held across systems and extracts data automatically. You can ask questions in plain language and view a composite agreement with its amendment timeline and deviations.
• Assistant: The assistant compares a draft with prior agreements and flags terms that conflict with current rules. Research sources listed include SEC EDGAR filings, the US Code, the eCFR and the Federal Register, plus UK and EU material.
• Collaborate: A newer workflow module reads incoming contracts, turns them into issues and routes tasks to the right people. It mentions intake from Salesforce, redlining in Word and approvals in Slack.
• File handling: Ivo works with Word documents, PDFs and Google Docs. That covers most third-party paper a legal team receives, including scanned or locked agreements that counterparties send as PDF files.

Pros

Time saved on first-pass review is the headline benefit, with Ivo’s FAQ citing customer reports of up to 75 per cent less manual review time.

• Faster review: Redlines appear in the document within minutes instead of after a full manual read. Lawyers can spend their time on the few clauses that actually need negotiation.
• Consistent positions: Every reviewer applies the same playbook, whichever lawyer picks up the contract. This reduces variation between team members and helps junior staff follow agreed fallbacks.
• Familiar tools: Working inside Word and Google Docs avoids a separate review portal. Tracked changes and comments land exactly where lawyers, colleagues and counterparties already expect to find them.
• Strong security posture: Ivo states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certification and says it never trains models on customer data. Its trust centre gives security teams material for vendor due diligence.
• Quick rollout: The FAQ says deployment can take about one week without extensive metadata tagging. Teams can therefore pilot it on live contracts without a long implementation project.

Cons

Opaque pricing is the first hurdle with Ivo, since there is no public price list, trial or sign-up for small teams or solo lawyers.

• No public pricing: Costs only become clear after a demo and sales discussion. Budget holders cannot compare it with rivals on price until late in the buying process.
• Enterprise only: The Google Docs listing states that individuals cannot acquire the add-on themselves. Freelance lawyers and small firms will need a tool with self-serve plans instead.
• Lawyer review still needed: A 97 per cent benchmark score still leaves room for missed or wrong suggestions. Every redline must be checked by a qualified lawyer before it goes to a counterparty.
• Positioning is shifting: The FAQ says Ivo is not a CLM, while the Collaborate page describes intake-to-signature workflow. Buyers should confirm which modules their contract includes and how they overlap with existing systems.
• US-leaning research: Most listed research sources are US federal databases, with UK and EU resources mentioned more briefly. Teams in other jurisdictions should test coverage before relying on the assistant.

Who is Using Ivo?

Large in-house legal teams use Ivo most, and its site names customers including Meta, Uber, IBM, Atlassian, Canva and Reddit.

• Commercial legal teams: Lawyers handling sales, vendor and partnership agreements at volume. They use playbook redlines to clear routine contracts faster.
• Legal operations: Staff responsible for tooling, metrics and process. They use Intelligence to query portfolios and track deviations from standard terms.
• General counsel: Legal leaders managing risk across many agreements. They want consistent positions and answers about obligations without manual searches.
• Deal teams: Sales and procurement colleagues who wait on legal sign-off. Collaborate routes their requests and approvals through Salesforce and Slack.

Pricing

Ivo sells on custom enterprise quotes, with no public plans or free tier (official site and Google Workspace listing, October 2026).

Directories also list Ivo as contact for pricing, so no conflicting figures were found.

Disclaimer: enterprise quotes depend on seats, modules and contract volume, so ask for a written breakdown before you sign.

What Makes Ivo Unique?

Benchmarking against your own executed contracts is Ivo’s sharpest difference, because suggestions are grounded in terms your company has actually signed. Many review tools rely mainly on a written playbook or generic market standards.

The second difference is breadth across the contract journey. Review, portfolio intelligence, legal research and workflow sit under one vendor, so a team can move from redlining a single draft to asking questions across thousands of signed agreements without switching platforms.

Compatibilities and Integrations

Ivo plugs into Microsoft Word and Google Docs for review and connects to file storage, CRM and e-signature systems for wider workflow.

• Document editors: Add-ins for Microsoft Word and Google Docs handle redlines and comments. The Google add-on requires an enterprise agreement before use.
• Workflow tools: Collaborate names Salesforce for intake and Slack for approvals. This keeps business colleagues in the tools they already use.
• Contract sources: The FAQ lists file systems, cloud storage, CRMs and e-signature vendors as connection types. Confirm the specific vendors you use during the demo.
• Web app: A browser application at app.ivo.ai sits alongside the add-ins. It supports portfolio search and administration tasks.

Ivo Tutorials

Onboarding runs through Ivo’s team after a demo, and daily use then follows a short routine.

1. Request a demo and agree scope, modules and security review.
2. Share templates and executed contracts so Playbook Builder can draft your playbook.
3. Review and approve the playbook positions with your legal team.
4. Install the Word or Google Docs add-in and open an incoming contract.
5. Run a review, then accept, edit or reject each suggested redline.
6. Use Intelligence to check how similar clauses were agreed in past deals.

How We Rated It

Ivo earns 4.0 out of 5, combining strong playbook redlining and security credentials with a low mark for opaque, enterprise-only pricing.

Summary

Ivo suits in-house legal teams at larger companies that review a steady flow of commercial contracts and want redlines based on their own positions. Working inside Word and Google Docs keeps adoption simple, and its security certifications help procurement. The main limitation is access, because pricing is quote-only and there is no plan for solo lawyers or small firms. Treat every suggestion as a draft that a qualified lawyer must approve. If you run a pilot, measure review time on one contract type before and after rollout.