Dike vs. Legora
Legora (formerly Leya) is a European AI legal assistant focused on firm document workflows and contract review. Dike is a MENA-native legal API providing direct programmatic access to primary legislation and court rulings across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt.
1. Developer API vs. Closed Law Firm UI
Legora is built for lawyers sitting in front of a document editor. Dike is built for developers building agents, automations, and applications that require verified MENA legal citations.
2. Published Metered Rates vs. $30,000 Contract Floors
Legora requires a 10-seat minimum with contracts starting around $30,000/year. Dike offers a free tier (1,000 req/mo) and $0.008/request PAYG with zero commitments.
3. External Primary Authority vs. Internal Document Focus
Legora primarily searches a law firm's own private deal repository. Dike provides comprehensive external authority: official gazettes, ministerial regulations, and supreme court precedents from across the Arab world.
| Capability | Dike | Legora |
|---|---|---|
| Per-request metered API | Yes | No |
| No minimum seat requirementLegora enforces 10-seat minimums | Yes | No |
| Free sandbox tier | 1,000 req/month | No |
| Primary MENA statutory index | 1.44M+ sources | Internal firm doc focus |
| Granular court-category audit | Yes | No |
| REST / gRPC endpoints | Yes | No |
| Contract review workspace | Build via API | Yes |
| MS Word integration | Build via API / MCP | Yes |
Metered Consumption vs. Five-Figure Annual Commitments
Legora's seat minimums lock firms into ~$30,000+ yearly commitments regardless of actual feature usage. Dike's metered model scales strictly with production volume: a firm running 10,000 queries a month spends only $72.
- •You need programmatic access to verified MENA public statutes and court judgments.
- •You are engineering an automated workflow, bot, or application rather than buying a lawyer desktop tool.
- •You want zero contract lock-in and transparent per-request billing.
- •You are a transactional legal team looking to search across previous M&A drafts and precedent contracts inside Word.
- •You have an enterprise budget ($30k+) and want a turnkey web interface for lawyers.
curl -X POST https://api.dike.it.com/v1/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer dike_live_your_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "query": "شروط صحة عقد الرهن التجاري في النظام السعودي", "jurisdictions": ["sa", "eg", "ae"], "limit": 3 }'
Can Legora and Dike be used together?
Yes. Platforms like Legora can utilize Dike as an external data supplier to enrich their Arabic-language and MENA civil-law search capabilities.
How fast can I integrate Dike?
You can generate an API key in under 10 seconds from the Dike dashboard and start querying our REST/gRPC endpoints immediately.
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