Gotham vs SCC Online · checked 4 October 2026

An SCC Online alternative
for the work after the search.

SCC Online is the research platform of Eastern Book Company, publisher of Supreme Court Cases since 1969. In 2026 it added AI Pro, a paid AI research add-on. Gotham is a full workspace: research, drafting, review, case tracking and filing, with Indian law and the law of 90+ countries.

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Disclosure: Gotham publishes this comparison. Facts about SCC Online come only from the public pages linked under Sources, checked on 4 October 2026. “Not published” means we did not find it there, not that it does not exist. If something here is out of date, write to legal@trygotham.io and we will correct it.

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 and the rest of the matter in one workspace: court-format drafting, data-room review, chronologies, case tracking by CNR, eSign and e-stamp, with your data stored in India and a published price from ₹3,999 a year.

Stay with SCC Online if you need SCC's reported text, headnotes and TruePrint copies you can file in court, deep historical coverage, or licensed foreign reports such as the ICLR Law Reports.

Gotham vs SCC Online, side by side

What to compare	Gotham	SCC Online
What it is	A legal operating system: research, drafting, review and filing in one workspace.	A legal research database from Eastern Book Company, with the AI Pro research assistant as a paid add-on.
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.	6.4 million documents according to its home page: the Supreme Court since 1950, all High Courts, tribunals, selected district court judgments, central and state laws, and 40+ journals.
Editorial content	Gotham AI answers with citations to the paragraph of the original judgment.	SCC headnotes and digest notes written by its editors, and TruePrint pages that match the printed reports.
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.	On Platinum Plus: UK Law Reports licensed from ICLR, US Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judgments, Singapore law and 23 foreign courts.
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 Pro answers legal questions with linked citations to SCC Online's database. It is a separate add-on.
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.	Forms and precedents for NCLT, SAT and High Court filings in the Corporate Edition. AI drafting and document review are not described.
Case tracking	Matters, chronologies, case tracking by CNR, a hearing diary, eSign and e-stamp in the same workspace.	Mercury, a separate paid product, tracks cases in 4,000+ courts and tribunals and sends alerts, cause lists and WhatsApp agendas.
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.	No named citator. Case notes cross-cite other law reports, and Federal Court judgments link forward to later Supreme Court citations.
Security	SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001. Data stored in your own country. Never used to train AI. SSO, SAML and SCIM.	Two-factor login for all users. AI Pro does not use your queries to train AI. No certifications or data location 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.	Web Edition Platinum ₹33,500 a year; with AI Pro ₹51,500 per user a year; Platinum Plus with AI Pro ₹67,500. All plus 18% GST. Firm prices on request.
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 free trial of 7 days or 4 hours of browsing, whichever ends first.

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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.

From research to filing

On Gotham Pro, research flows into the matter: draft in the court's format, review a data room in a sheet, build the chronology, track the case by CNR, then stamp, sign and file.

AI included in the price

Gotham Junior costs ₹3,999 a year plus GST and includes 300 Gotham AI credits a month, matters and case tracking by CNR. On SCC Online, AI Pro is an add-on at ₹18,000 a year.

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. SCC Online publishes no certifications or data location.

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 SCC Online does well

Reported text you can file

SCC publishes Supreme Court Cases, one of India's most cited law reports. TruePrint pages match the printed reports, and SCC says they can be submitted in any court.

Editorial headnotes and history

SCC's editors write headnotes and digest notes. Coverage goes back to the Supreme Court in 1950, the Federal Court, the Privy Council and High Court judgments from 1779.

Licensed foreign reports

Platinum Plus adds the ICLR Law Reports since 1865, the Weekly Law Reports, Singapore law and US federal judgments. SCC's content is also available inside Harvey for customers of both.

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 that every citation opens the right paragraph of the right judgment, 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, not only research.
You want AI included, not a separate add-on.
Client work needs certifications and data stored in India.
You want a published price and a two-week pilot on a live matter.

Stay with SCC Online if

You need SCC reported citations and TruePrint copies.
You rely on SCC headnotes and digest notes.
You need licensed UK law reports such as ICLR.
Your firm already has an SCC Online subscription.

Questions

Does SCC Online have AI?

Yes. SCC Online AI Pro, launched in 2026, answers legal questions with links to the judgments, statutes and articles in SCC Online. It is a paid add-on at ₹18,000 a year, or ₹51,500 per user a year with Web Edition Platinum, plus GST.

How does Gotham's price compare with SCC Online?

SCC Online Web Edition Platinum costs ₹33,500 a year plus GST, or ₹51,500 per user with AI Pro. 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.

Can I use Gotham and SCC Online together?

Yes. Many lawyers keep SCC Online for reported citations and TruePrint copies. Gotham is useful when the research has to become a draft, a review, a chronology or a filing.

Is SCC Online's data stored in India?

SCC Online does not publish where it stores data, or any security certifications. It does require two-factor login for all users. Gotham stores Indian customers' data in India.

Sources and methodology

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

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