Relex와 Claude vs Westlaw
고객, 데이터, 그리고 로펌을 여러분의 것으로.
Westlaw is Thomson Reuters' legal-research service: a proprietary, editorially enhanced database of case law, statutes and secondary sources, with headnotes and KeyCite, and AI-Assisted Research layered on top, sold by subscription through sales. Relex is not a research database you rent. It gives the Claude you already pay for the whole matter as a formal ontology, and grounds every citation in verbatim text it fetches and caches from official and free sources, which a verifier then enforces. The law you cite is checkable, and the client's identity never reaches a model.
한눈에 보기
| 관점 | Relex | Westlaw |
|---|---|---|
| 고객 데이터가 어디로 가는가 | 무엇이든 기기를 떠나기 전에 브라우저 안에서 암호화됩니다. 모델이 보는 것은 언제나 [Party 1]뿐입니다. | A proprietary, editorially enhanced research corpus (headnotes, KeyCite), licensed by subscription; Thomson Reuters publishes an enterprise security and compliance program. |
| 누구의 AI가 실행하는가 | 여러분의 Claude 또는 Claude for Legal을 MCP와 OAuth로 가져오세요. 추론은 여러분의 것입니다. | AI-Assisted Research and CoCounsel features run on Thomson Reuters' own stack. Westlaw does not publicly describe bringing your own model or agent into the product. |
| 오늘 사용해 볼 수 있는가 | 가입하고 몇 분 안에 실제 사건을 실행하세요. 무료로 사용해 볼 수 있고, 카드가 필요 없습니다. | Quote-based subscription through sales; no public pricing. |
| 고객은 누구의 것인가 | 파트너 네트워크: 고객을 소유하고 수수료 0%로 100%를 가져갑니다. | A research subscription, not a client-ownership or referral model. |
| 사건 구조 | 당사자, 쟁점, 청구, 법령, 사실로 이루어진 정식 온톨로지입니다. | A search interface over case law, statutes, regulations and secondary sources. |
| 여러분의 노하우 | 모델이 검색하는 비공개의 테넌트별 색인입니다. 모델이 보관하거나 학습에 쓰는 사본이 아닙니다. | Your notes and folders inside the platform; the corpus itself is Thomson Reuters' licensed content. |
| 시작하기 | 브라우저에서 몇 분 만에, 단독으로도, 여러분의 Claude와도. | Sales process and subscription setup. |
이 비교는 2026년 7월 기준 각 제품 자체의 공개된 포지셔닝을 반영합니다. Westlaw은(는) 해당 소유자의 상표이며, 이 페이지는 독립적인 비교입니다.
정반대의 베팅
Westlaw is the bet that legal knowledge is a proprietary database you subscribe to, with the publisher's editorial layer between you and the law. Relex takes the opposite bet. The law is grounded from official and free sources into verbatim cached text, a verifier rejects any citation that is not backed by that text, and the reasoning belongs to the Claude you already pay for. You are not renting access to the law; you are grounding your own work in it.
이 조합이 이기는 이유
A research database can return authorities. It cannot run your matter: the parties, issues, claims, statutes and facts as a formal ontology, with your own know-how indexed privately alongside. Relex gives your Claude that whole structure and grounds its drafting in verbatim law it caches from official and free sources, so the citations are filing-grade and checkable, while the real names stay encrypted in your browser. For US local law it searches LOCUS, 2.2M municipal and county ordinance sections, and fetches the exact section text to cite.
접수를 소유하고, 고객을 소유하기
Research is one step of a matter, not the whole of it. Clients reach your practice by email, by WhatsApp or SMS, or through a guest link, and what they tell you becomes a structured case the agent picks up. Research, drafting, native cryptographic e-signature and invoicing run in one workspace. Through the Partner Network you stay the merchant of record through Stripe, at a flat $99 per month and 0% commission on what your clients pay you.
Relex는 소프트웨어 플랫폼입니다. 로펌이 아니고, 변호사를 대체하지 않으며, 법률 자문을 제공하지 않습니다.
What you actually pay
Relex publishes its price. It is free to start, needs no credit card, and runs on the Claude subscription you already pay for, so there is no per-seat AI licence stacked on top. If you bill your own clients through the Partner Network, you stay the merchant of record and keep 100% of what they pay you, at a flat $99 per month with 0% commission. No per-matter platform cut, and no enterprise quote to negotiate.
Westlaw is a quote-based research subscription. Relex adds no research-database licence: it grounds citations in verbatim text from official and free sources and runs on the Claude you already pay for, at a flat $99/mo with 0% commission.
사람들이 묻는 질문
Is Relex a legal-research service like Westlaw?
No. Relex does not resell a proprietary law database. It grounds your Claude's drafting in verbatim law it fetches and caches from official and free sources, with a verifier that rejects any citation not backed by cached text. Research is one grounded step inside running the whole matter, not a subscription you browse.
Where does the law Relex cites come from, and can I trust it?
From official and free sources, cached verbatim, and enforced by a verifier before a draft can cite it. Community legal packs that relied on model memory found roughly 30% of their citations wrong; Relex's citation discipline is mechanical, not aspirational, so filing-grade citations are grounded in text, not recalled.
Does Relex cover local and international law?
Yes. For US local law it searches LOCUS, 2.2M municipal and county ordinance sections, and fetches exact section text. Across jurisdictions it discovers authorities through official and free channels and grounds the verbatim text before citing.
Which one can I try today?
Relex. Signing up is free, takes one click, and needs no credit card. Westlaw is quoted and set up through Thomson Reuters' sales team.
What does legal research cost per search on Relex?
Nothing per search. Relex grounds citations by fetching and caching verbatim text from official and free sources on the Claude you already pay for — there is no per-search charge, no plan-coverage tier, and no "out of plan" document to decide whether to open.
How much does Relex cost compared with the others?
Relex is free to start, then a flat $99 per month with 0% commission if you bill your own clients through it, on top of the Claude plan you already have and with no separate per-seat AI fee. Most tools compared here quote enterprise pricing through sales or charge per user for their own AI. None of them publishes a referral or marketplace take rate; Relex publishes its own: 0%.
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고객, 데이터, 그리고 로펌을 여러분의 것으로. 브라우저에서 시작하거나, 한 단계로 여러분의 Claude를 가져오세요. 붙여넣을 키가 없습니다.