Zuva

Zuva brings together legal review for sell-side M&A, tools for analyzing contract documents, and an extraction API for teams building contract AI into products. It is best suited to deal teams and developers with sustained contract-analysis needs. The range is unusual, but both self-serve pay-as-you-go products start with a $5,000 minimum commitment.

Overview

Zuva serves two related but distinct needs: getting contract work done during a business sale and extracting structured information from documents at scale. Its lawyers deliver diligence findings, while Analyze and the API give teams software for classification and extraction. That makes Zuva a strong candidate when either job is central to a workflow; buyers should choose the relevant product rather than assume they all come as one package.

The team behind Zuva founded Kira Systems in 2011, sold it to Litera in 2021, and retained underlying AI technology and part of the team to form Zuva.

Key features

Diligence and bidder questions

For sell-side M&A, Zuva’s lawyers review contracts for execution status and deal-relevant provisions, then prepare findings and outputs ready for disclosure schedules. Most deals take one to two weeks, and rush delivery is available at additional cost. This supported service suits sellers and advisers who want legal review delivered; the deal-specific fee and potentially changing scope make it less appropriate for teams seeking a fixed, self-serve subscription.

Bidder Question Management imports question lists from Excel and Word, identifies similar questions, surfaces earlier answers, and supports team coordination. Reusing prior answers can help deal teams manage recurring questions, especially when the work is distributed across a team.

Document analysis and extraction

Analyze classifies uploaded documents, runs built-in or custom extraction workflows, and presents results in its review interface or exports them to Excel and Word. It offers a useful route for teams that want document analysis without building their own interface, with 1,400+ pre-built AI fields and 225+ document types on the pay-as-you-go plan. The $10 charge per document is easy to understand, but the $5,000 minimum makes occasional use costly to start.

The REST API extracts contract provisions, classifies more than 225 document types, detects predominant language, and supports custom field training. Its Power Automate connector can serve teams already using that platform, while the REST API is designed to integrate with any platform. Cloud hosting offers a choice of US or EU region; self-hosting is available on Azure or AWS. API customers can configure retention, including deletion immediately after processing. Zuva says it is SOC 2 Type II certified and that all employees are background-checked.

Pricing

Free access and usage plans

API Free costs nothing and resets its limits daily: 25 files, 25 classifications, 25 language requests, and 25 extractions per day, with up to 10 fields per extraction request. It requires no credit card and is a practical way to assess limited API use.

API Pay-as-you-go costs $1.25, paid once, billed at $1.25 per document plus $0.0015 per field/page, with a $5,000 minimum commitment. It includes 1,400+ AI fields, 225+ document classifications, custom field creation, cloud or self-hosted deployment, and configurable retention. The feature range is broad, but the minimum commitment rules it out for many small or exploratory projects.

Analyze can be tried free on five documents without a credit card. Analyze Pay-as-you-go costs $10, paid once, billed at $10 per document, and also requires a $5,000 minimum commitment. It includes 1,400+ pre-built AI fields, 225+ document types, custom workflows, and Excel and Word export. The free allowance is useful for a small evaluation; ongoing use is better suited to teams with enough document volume to justify the commitment.

Deal reviews and enterprise plans

Diligence Reviews cost $10,000, paid once, with a deal-specific fixed fee. Zuva says about 75% of deals fall in the $10K–$75K range, while large or complex scopes cost $125K+. Most reviews take one to two weeks; rush delivery costs extra, and disclosure schedules may affect scope. This is a service for transaction teams budgeting for a particular deal, not a low-cost alternative to software.

Analyze Enterprise has custom pricing for large-scale or ongoing analysis, with volume-based pricing, multi-product discounts, hosting options, and dedicated support. API Enterprise also has custom pricing, volume-based pricing, dedicated support, and SLA options. These plans fit larger programs that need support or service-level terms; their pricing is negotiated rather than a published entry point.

Platforms

Zuva supports web access, an API, and self-hosting. The API can run as a cloud-hosted Azure service in a US or EU region, or be self-hosted on Azure or AWS. The Power Automate connector adds a route for teams working in that ecosystem.

Who it's for

Zuva is aimed at companies selling a business, advisers on a sale, and teams building products that need contract AI. Its diligence service is the clearest fit for a seller or adviser with a live transaction. Analyze suits teams that want configurable document workflows and office-file exports; the API suits developers integrating classification and extraction into another platform. The minimum commitment makes either pay-as-you-go plan a poor fit for sporadic document work.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Covers lawyer-delivered M&A diligence, bidder questions, document analysis, and API extraction, so it can address different stages of contract work.
• Pros: API users can choose US or EU cloud hosting or self-host on Azure or AWS, and can configure retention down to deletion after processing.
• Pros: The free API tier has daily request limits, and Analyze permits a five-document trial without a credit card.
• Cons: Both pay-as-you-go plans require a $5,000 minimum commitment, a substantial barrier for limited or uncertain usage.
• Cons: Diligence Reviews can reach $125K+ for large or complex scopes, with rush delivery costing more and scope subject to change for disclosure schedules.
• Cons: The products have distinct delivery models and pricing, so buyers must match the plan to the specific job they need done.

Alternatives

For a different legal software option, compare Legal AI Software and AI Contract Review Software.

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• LegalFly has an Enterprise plan with pricing discussed by demo; consider it if you want to explore a paid product available across web, desktop, mobile, browser extension, and self-hosted platforms.
• Harvey has demo-based pricing and supports web, mobile, browser extension, and API access; compare it if those access options suit your team.
• LegitQuest offers a freemium plan and a Plus plan for SMEs at ₹40,000 a year; consider it if that annual plan and its SME focus fit your needs.
• Robin AI is a paid option with a free plan and free trial; compare it if you want to evaluate another web or browser-extension product.
• Supio offers case-based subscriptions and unlimited firm access with custom pricing; consider it if case access and per-case costs are the relevant buying factors.
• CaseMine offers a freemium plan and an Essential plan at £499 a year; consider it if its case-management allowance and annual price align with your work.
• DocJuris uses custom annual platform pricing based on contract volume and enabled apps, with unlimited users; consider it if you want a platform fee sized around those factors.

Verdict

Choose Zuva if you handle sell-side M&A diligence or need configurable contract extraction and can support the associated deal fee or $5,000 minimum commitment. Its combination of lawyer-delivered review, bidder question management, analysis workflows, and API deployment options gives it range across contract work. Look elsewhere if your document needs are occasional, your budget cannot absorb the minimum, or you need a single low-cost self-serve plan.