Astra for Law
Ranked 2 of 4 legal AI tools by recommenders
People recommend it for faster legal work and lower costs, but critics say it often gets basic things wrong.
People recommend it for faster legal work and lower costs, but critics say it often gets basic things wrong.
33 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 22
- approval share
- 33%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Makes legal work easier
“I am definitely making things easier but.. if I was paying the actual costs of this service, could it even be close to worth it?”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” “This is a true game changer even if it looks a bit slop style in the output, the immediate uplift is quite massive.”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” “This is a case where the tool is useful.”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” - Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law”
Cheaper, more accessible legal help
“this is more likely to democratize the legal system by reducing the cost of a good legal team”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” “making this more accessible will reduce the barrier to entry”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” Good at legal tasks
“this is very impressive with Astra”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” “they are pretty excellent at it”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Wrong on legal facts
“imagine something as consequential as Law being advertised as being solved by a statistical word generation engine that regularly gets basic things wrong”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” “passed the evaluation's overall correctness check on 54.0% of questions”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” “a legal reasoning tool that is wrong 46% of the time”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” - Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law”
Doubts about data privacy
“all of your sensitive legal documents will be totally safe with us.”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” “Both companies have settled lawsuits for illegal use of data.”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” “they can just train on your traffic and eventually eat you.”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” Users carry legal liability
“Anyone trusting them–or a lawyer who relies on them–for legal work deserves what they get.”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law” “You will be the one getting sued. It's just a tool.”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Astra for Law”
Other legal AI tools people recommend
The three most recommended other legal AI tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike legal AI | 12 | 9 | 57% | 5 | — | — |
| Astra for LawThis page | 11 | 22 | 33% | 1 | — | — |
| Claude for Legal | 8 | 11 | 42% | 2 | — | — |
| Harvey AI | 7 | 6 | 54% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
33 of the 36 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it’s a waste of the company’s resources”
“a legal reasoning tool that is wrong 46% of the time”
“This is a case where the tool is useful.”
“Both companies have settled lawsuits for illegal use of data.”
“Fable and Astra are crap at these tasks”
“But wouldn't that be great if true?”
“I am definitely making things easier but.. if I was paying the actual costs of this service, could it even be close to worth it?”
“If they had built a specialised tool for a practice area, they could have improved it significantly”
“Why fix an unsolvable problem, when you can demo DOCX generation and make just as much money?”
“Funny how they wait until the sixth paragraph to specify that this is for US law.”
“This is a true game changer even if it looks a bit slop style in the output, the immediate uplift is quite massive.”
“this is very impressive with Astra”
“they can just train on your traffic and eventually eat you.”
“On the promise of potential cost savings by means of firing and/or not hiring as much.”
“passed the evaluation's overall correctness check on 54.0% of questions”
“The biggest problem with this is billable hours. Faster work means less billable hours for attorneys.”
“He almost singlehandedly killed LSUs football program until people were able to convince him to talk to a real lawyer.”
“my bar for trusting Astra more than a lawyer is pretty low”
“all of your sensitive legal documents will be totally safe with us.”
“most of the time i use Astra Low already”
“they're extremely sympathetic and understanding when you flub a multi-million dollar corporate contract and will happily refund that money”
“imagine something as consequential as Law being advertised as being solved by a statistical word generation engine that regularly gets basic things wrong”
“Anyone trusting them–or a lawyer who relies on them–for legal work deserves what they get.”
“Astra isn't doing well on bullshit Benchmark”
“No guarantees. No promises. Just a pinky-swear promise.”
“will be killed in 6 months, but is good for the IPO”
“this is more likely to democratize the legal system by reducing the cost of a good legal team”
“bill you like they spent the normal 8 hours on the case”
“I wouldn't rely on it currently, though.”
“You will be the one getting sued. It's just a tool.”
“Don't take legal advice from a word calculator.”
“they are pretty excellent at it”
“making this more accessible will reduce the barrier to entry”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.