Sirion vs Ironclad Pricing for Small Legal Teams
Sirion's own price filing puts its smallest contract near $84,000 a year and its core CLM tiers behind a 100-user minimum. Ironclad's median signed contract is $40,110. Here is what year one costs on each.
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Short answer. Ironclad is far cheaper for a small legal team. Sirion's own price filing puts its smallest possible contract at about $84,000 a year (30 users on its supplier management tier), and its two core CLM tiers carry a 100-user minimum, so the entry point for Contract Intelligence is about $112,000 a year. Ironclad's median signed contract on Vendr is $40,110, with deals as low as $15,000. Sirion's cheapest CLM tier costs more than the most expensive Ironclad contract Vendr has recorded.
Both vendors are on enterprise shortlists for good reasons. Sirion (formerly SirionLabs) was named a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for contract lifecycle management for the fourth year running, and it is strongest after signature: obligations, supplier performance, service levels. Ironclad is strongest before signature: intake, drafting, approvals and fast commercial contracting owned by legal. Neither prints a US price. The difference is that Sirion has filed one, in the UK government's G-Cloud marketplace, and that filing tells a small team most of what it needs to know.
Sirion vs Ironclad pricing side by side
| Question a buyer asks | Sirion | Ironclad |
|---|---|---|
| Is a US price published? | No. Custom quote. A per-user rate card is published in Sirion's UK G-Cloud 14 pricing document | No. Custom quote only |
| How it is priced | Per user a month, two user types (Casual and Primary), with a minimum user commitment | Platform plus modules, quoted on users, contract volume and features |
| Per-user rates | $94 to $334 a month depending on tier and user type (converted from £70 to £250) | Not seat-priced in any public source |
| Minimum | 100 users on Contract Intelligence and Contract Management, 30 on SRM | No published minimum; Vendr records contracts from $15,000 |
| Smallest contract | About $84,269 a year (SRM, 30 casual users) | $15,000 a year signed (Vendr) |
| Typical contract | No buyer median published | $40,110 median across 371 purchases (Vendr) |
| Integrations | About $13,376 a year each (£10,000) for external systems such as e-signature | Included connectors vary by package; AI and analytics add 15 to 40 percent (Vendr) |
| Implementation | Not priced in the filing; 3 to 6 months reported by SpotDraft | $10,000 to $40,000 standard, $75,000+ complex (Vendr) |
| Payment | Annual subscription due upfront on signature | Annual contract, terms negotiated |
| Free trial | None | None, demo request |
Pounds are converted at 1.3376 dollars per pound, the ECB reference rate on October 22, 2026. The UK filing is a public-sector rate card, so treat it as a benchmark for a US quote rather than the quote itself. It is still the only rate card either vendor has put in writing.
Is Sirion more expensive than Ironclad?
Yes, at every size a small team would buy. Sirion's lowest Contract Intelligence contract, 100 casual users at £70 a month, comes to about $112,358 a year. Ironclad's highest signed contract on Vendr is $107,025, and its median is $40,110. Sirion only comes close at the very top of Ironclad's range, where buyers are large enterprises with heavy module lists.
The fair caveat: Sirion's SRM tier has a 30-user minimum, which drops the floor to about $84,269. That tier is built for managing supplier contracts after signature (obligations, service levels, supplier collaboration), so it only makes sense if that is your problem. If you need drafting and approvals, the relevant comparison is Contract Management, and its floor is about $192,614 a year.
How much does Sirion cost per user?
Sirion's G-Cloud filing lists three tiers. Contract Intelligence is £70 ($93.63) per casual user and £95 ($127.07) per primary user a month. Contract Management is £120 ($160.51) and £175 ($234.08). SRM is £175 ($234.08) and £250 ($334.40). Casual users are limited to five logins a week and a subset of modules.
| Tier | Casual user a month | Primary user a month | Minimum users | Annual floor (all casual) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contract Intelligence | $93.63 | $127.07 | 100 | $112,358 |
| Contract Management | $160.51 | $234.08 | 100 | $192,614 |
| SRM | $234.08 | $334.40 | 30 | $84,269 |
The per-user rate is the wrong number to look at if your team is small. A 15-person legal team buying Contract Intelligence still pays for 100 seats, which works out to about $624 per person who actually logs in, every month. On Contract Management the same team pays about $1,070 per real user a month. Our Sirion pricing breakdown has the full tier table, the add-ons in the filing and the questions to put to Sirion's sales team.
How much does Ironclad cost?
Ironclad publishes no price. Vendr's buyer data puts the median at $40,110 a year across 371 purchases, with signed contracts from $15,000 to $107,025 and buyers saving about 21 percent against the first quote. For 10 to 20 users handling 500 to 1,500 contracts a year, Vendr's guidance is $40,000 to $80,000 for the platform plus $10,000 to $25,000 of implementation.
The line that grows is AI. Vendr reports AI and analytics add-ons lifting the base by 15 to 40 percent, so ask for those modules to be quoted separately and decide on them after a pilot. The floor, the medians and the year one math are on our Ironclad pricing page.
What year one costs on each
| Line | Sirion, Contract Management, 100 users (20 primary, 80 casual) | Ironclad at the median |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | $210,271 (£157,200) | $40,110 |
| Integrations | Two at $26,752 (e-signature and CRM) | Varies by package |
| Premium support | $42,054 (20 percent of subscription, optional) | Negotiated |
| Implementation | Not priced in the filing | $10,000 to $40,000 |
| Year one before Sirion implementation | About $279,077 | About $50,000 to $80,000 all in |
The Sirion column uses the list rates in the filing with no discount, which a US buyer at volume would negotiate. Even a 40 percent discount on the subscription leaves Sirion's year one above $150,000 in this example. Sirion also bills the subscription upfront on signature, which matters to a finance team planning cash.
Which is better for a small legal team, Sirion or Ironclad?
Ironclad, for most teams under 20 people, because it is the only one of the two you can buy at that size. Pick Ironclad if your bottleneck is getting sales and procurement contracts drafted, approved and signed faster. Sirion is the better product for a large organization with thousands of supplier agreements whose risk sits in obligations and service levels after signature.
If Sirion's SRM side is what attracted you, check the cheap part of that job first. A lot of supplier risk in a small company is a SaaS vendor missing the uptime it promised. You can track that yourself with independent uptime monitoring of each supplier's service and keep the evidence for the service credit, long before a $84,000 platform pays for itself.
Sirion alternatives for small legal teams
If neither price fits, look at what the work actually is. Many small in-house teams shortlist a CLM because supplier paper piles up unread, not because they need a repository with workflow. Signed-contract medians for the other common names: LinkSquares $31,000, Agiloft $67,132 (lowest recorded $62,629), Ironclad $40,110. The Agiloft vs Icertis pricing comparison covers the other two enterprise names that usually sit next to Sirion on a shortlist.
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Questions to ask both vendors before you sign
- What is the minimum user commitment in our US quote, and can casual users count toward it?
- How many primary versus casual seats does your quote assume, and what does each cost?
- Is there a cap on new contract uploads a year? Sirion's filing caps it at 25,000.
- Which integrations are included, and what does each additional one cost a year?
- What does implementation cost, who does it, and how many weeks until go-live?
- Are AI features in the base price or a separate module?
- What is the annual price increase at renewal, and will you cap it in the order form?
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