Gotham vs Manupatra · checked 4 October 2026

A Manupatra alternative
with the whole matter in one place.

Manupatra has been an Indian legal research database since 2000. It added AI Search in December 2025 and sells ManuWorks, a separate pay-as-you-go AI workspace. Gotham puts research, drafting, review, case tracking and filing in one workspace, with Indian law and the law of 90+ countries.

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The short answer

Choose Gotham if you are a firm of any size, from chambers to a large multi-office firm, and you want AI research, drafting, review and the matter itself in one workspace with one subscription, the law of 90+ countries alongside, and security certifications for client work.

Stay with Manupatra if you want a long-established Indian research database with good-law flags, Case Map and SLP status, a choice of research plans, and AI tools you pay for by use.

Gotham vs Manupatra, side by side

What to compare	Gotham	Manupatra
What it is	A legal operating system: research, drafting, review and filing in one workspace.	A legal research database with AI Search, plus separate products: ManuWorks (AI tools), MyKase (case management), Manucontract and Manucomply.
Indian coverage	365 million Indian legal documents: the Supreme Court, all 25 High Courts, tribunals and regulators, in 22 scheduled languages. Search by SCC, AIR or neutral citation.	10 million+ documents according to Manupatra: the Supreme Court since 1950, 25 High Courts, 37 tribunals and commissions, 3,500+ central Acts and the Acts of every state.
Citator	An agentic citator built on a legal ontology: treatment point by point (followed, distinguished, doubted, overruled, referred to a larger bench), with the passage, and bench strength applied.	Red, yellow and blue flags for overruled judgments, Case Map, Authority Check and SLP status. A Citation Verifier browser extension (May 2026).
Law outside India	US and UK case law and legislation, plus official court, legislation, regulator and tax sources from 90+ countries and territories. Pick the countries for each question.	US, UK and other Commonwealth law on the top plans only: Premium Full Access, Saver and Enterprise.
AI research	Gotham AI answers with citations to the paragraph. An agentic citator shows how later judgments treated each point of a case. Deep Research with a plan you approve.	AI Search answers questions in plain language with sources. AI Summary and AI Compare are paid separately or with credits.
Drafting and review	Drafting in court formats, redlines and a Word add-in, on Gotham Pro. Tabular Review across a whole data room, and contract review against your firm's playbook.	ManuWorks: AI agents, drafting, Tabular Review, timelines, translation and OCR, paid by credit.
Case tracking	Matters, chronologies, case tracking by CNR, a hearing diary, eSign and e-stamp in the same workspace.	MyKase, a separate product, tracks cases across 10,000+ courts and adds documents, notices and billing.
Security	SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001. Data stored in your own country. Never used to train AI. SSO, SAML and SCIM.	ManuWorks stores personal data in India and does not train AI on your content without written consent. No certifications published.
Pricing	Junior for one lawyer: ₹499 a month or ₹3,999 a year plus GST in India; $9 a month or $79 a year elsewhere. Gotham Pro: priced with your firm.	Research plans from ₹14,250 to ₹55,460 a year plus GST. AI Summary from ₹5,000 a year. ManuWorks from ₹10,000 of credits.
Trying it	Searching and reading judgments and Acts, and opening the original court PDF, are free with an account. Firms can run a two-week pilot on one live matter.	A 24-hour free trial of the full database.

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Why teams choose Gotham

An agentic citator for Indian law

India is the most complicated jurisdiction to get right. Gotham's legal ontology records each holding, bench and statute version. Its agents read every later judgment that cites a case and show, point by point and with the passage, whether it was followed, distinguished, doubted or overruled.

One workspace, one subscription

Gotham Pro includes research, AI, drafting, data-room review, chronologies, case tracking by CNR, eSign and e-stamp. On Manupatra, these are spread across separate products and credits.

AI included in the price

Gotham Junior costs ₹3,999 a year plus GST and includes 300 Gotham AI credits a month, matters, case tracking by CNR and a hearing diary. Searching and reading judgments and Acts is free with an account.

Security for client work

Gotham holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, stores Indian customers' data in India and never uses your data to train AI. Manupatra publishes no security certifications.

Built for large firms

Shared matters, roles and ethical walls. SSO, SAML and SCIM. Firm workflows, playbooks and a library of agent skills. SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and data stored in your own country. Gotham Pro is priced with your firm.

What Manupatra does well

Good-law flags and case maps

Manupatra marks overruled judgments with red, yellow and blue flags, shows SLP status, and draws a Case Map of every later case that cited a judgment.

Deep Indian coverage and journals

Manupatra covers 25 High Courts, some from the 1840s, 37 tribunals and commissions, 3,500+ central Acts with amendments, and 342 Indian journals.

Pay only for the AI you use

Research plans start at ₹14,250 a year, AI Summary at ₹5,000 a year, and ManuWorks credits cost ₹1.25 each, so light users can keep AI costs low.

How to test both fairly

Pick one real, bounded piece of work, not a demo question.
Give both products the same documents and the same question.
Agree beforehand what a good answer needs: the right authorities, pinpoint citations, the right format.
Have a qualified lawyer check every answer against the source.
Time the corrections, not just the first draft.
Check permissions, data deletion, exports and audit logs as well as output quality.

Ask both the same research question from a live matter. Check every citation and the treatment of each case, then see how far each tool takes you towards the final draft.

Which one should you pick?

Pick Gotham if

You need drafting, review and matters as well as research.
You want one subscription instead of several products.
You also work on the law of other countries.
Client work needs security certifications.

Stay with Manupatra if

You mainly search case law and statutes.
You rely on Manupatra's good-law flags and Case Map.
You want to pay for AI only when you use it.
Your firm already has a Manupatra plan.

Questions

Does Manupatra have AI?

Yes. Manupatra AI Search, launched in December 2025, answers questions in plain language with sources. ManuWorks is a separate AI workspace with agents, drafting and Tabular Review, paid by credit.

How does Gotham's price compare with Manupatra?

Manupatra research plans cost ₹14,250 to ₹55,460 a year plus GST, with AI paid separately. Gotham Junior costs ₹3,999 a year or ₹499 a month plus GST, with 300 Gotham AI credits a month, matters and case tracking by CNR.

Is Manupatra in Legora?

Yes. Since January 2026, Legora has an exclusive partnership that brings Manupatra's content into Legora's platform.

Can I use Gotham and Manupatra together?

Yes. Some lawyers keep Manupatra for its flags and journals. Gotham is useful when the research has to become a draft, a review, a chronology or a filing.

Sources and methodology

Checked 4 October 2026. Facts about Manupatra come from the pages below. Facts about Gotham come from Gotham’s own product, pricing and security pages.

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