Ironclad

Overview

Ironclad was founded in 2014 by attorney Jason Boehmig and engineer Cai Wangwilt, launched out of Y Combinator and opened its first office in San Francisco in 2015^[3]. It raised a Series A led by Accel in 2017 and a Series B led by Sequoia Capital in 2019, followed by Series C, D and E rounds through 2022^[3].

The product evolved from a legal-team workflow tool into a full contracting platform. Ironclad released what it calls the first docx-native editor for CLM in 2020, acquired the clickwrap vendor PactSafe and launched AI-based Smart Import in 2021, introduced generative AI features from 2022, and released native e-signature and its Jurist AI assistant in 2024^[3]. It reports having passed two billion contracts processed in 2025, the year former Docusign chief executive Dan Springer became CEO^[3]. On 12 February 2026 the company announced it had surpassed US$200 million in annual recurring revenue^[3].

Ironclad sells three products (CLM, AI assistant and e-signature) and offers self-managed deployment, deployment by its own legal engineers or a partner. Pricing is not published, and the company notes that some integrations are paid add-ons^[4].

Ironclad features

• Word-native (docx) editor
• Native e-signature
• Jurist AI assistant
• Clickwrap agreements (from PactSafe)
• AI Smart Import for legacy contracts
• Workflow designer for self-service

Ironclad pricing

Quote-based. Pricing depends on products chosen (CLM, AI assistant, eSignature), the support model (self-managed, Ironclad legal engineers or a partner) and add-ons such as API and integrations, additional instances or an enhanced success plan. Academy, community and in-app guides are included.

Ironclad strengths and limitations

Appears in

• Best Contract Management Software in 2026 #2

Ironclad alternatives and competitors

Alternatives to Ironclad: companies ranked in the same lists.

• Icertis
• DocuSign
• Agiloft
• Sirion
• Conga CLM
• LLinkSquares
• SpotDraft
• Juro
• Gatekeeper
• ContractSafe
• Concord
• PandaDoc