Subcategory · AI Citation Index
Legal Tech
Clio leads legal tech shortlists at 52% while category scores slide from 58 in April to 8 by October; Netdocuments rises +12 points.
158 discovery queries · 303 head-to-heads · refreshed Oct 22, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 158 buyer-style "Legal Tech" queries
Clio appears in 82 of 158 prompts (52% shortlist rate) across 4 models, outpacing MyCase and Imanage (both ~42%). The top tier spans practice management (Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther), document management (Imanage, Netdocuments), and eDiscovery (Relativity, Everlaw). gosolo.io and ironclad.com lack unCited scores despite 35% shortlist presence, signaling newer or untracked entrants.
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Signal by intent
By topic
Top 5 most-cited brands per intent cluster. Brands with zero citations in a topic are not shown.
Evaluation stage
Head-to-head
How often AI cites each brand across uniform category evaluation prompts · median 5/100
Clio scores 54 in head-to-head evaluations across 30 comparison queries, edging Netdocuments, Imanage, and Ironclad (all 52). MyCase and Relativity tie at 50; PracticePanther trails at 46. The median category score is 5—most brands underperform the leaders by wide margins in direct matchups.
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Each brand's score is the share of category evaluation prompts where AI cited them across all four engines — the same prompt pool for every brand. Brands above the median citation rate have stronger presence in evaluation-stage queries.
Trends
Over the last 12 months
Average scores dropped from 58 in April to 1 in September, rebounding slightly to 8 in October (22-sample month). Small early-month samples (≤8 brands) limit trend certainty. Netdocuments climbed +12 points month-over-month, the only mover flagged.
Brands to know
In this category
Clio
Dominates both shortlist frequency (52%) and evaluation performance (54 avg). Four-model consensus confirms breadth across small-firm practice management queries.
Read brand profile →MyCase
Second-highest shortlist rate (42%) and 179 total mentions. Evaluation score of 50 across 28 queries places it in the top quartile but trails Clio by 4 points.
Read brand profile →Netdocuments
Ties Imanage at 52 in evaluations and leads trends with a +12-point delta. Document-management specialist gaining traction in AI citation patterns.
Read brand profile →Imanage
Matches Netdocuments at 52 evaluation score across 29 queries. Enterprise-DMS pedigree keeps it in 67 prompts (42% shortlist) despite no upward trend signal.
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Where AI pulls citations from
695 citations captured across Legal Tech prompt runs.
Vendor pages
181Product, help, and marketing pages from tracked vendors
Independent sources
174Reviews, encyclopedias, forums, press — not vendor-owned
Buyer questions
What AI cites for top Legal Tech questions
Most-cited prompts across the buyer journey. Click any prompt to see the actual URLs AI engines link to.
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