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Harvey AI vs SUMD UP?

The $25 Secret Weapon Small Firms Didn't Know They Needed

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You've heard the hoopla—Harvey AI gobbles up $300 million, partners with megafirms, and promises to automate every billable minute between coffee breaks. Great for Big Law. But what about the solo down the street juggling six depos and a shoestring budget?

Enter SUMD UP, my laser-focused, AI-plus-human deposition-summary service that costs less than a venti-latte-per-page—and absolutely no annual license that makes your bookkeeper faint.

Harvey in a Nutshell (and Why It's Too Big for Your Briefcase)

  • Built for Titans. Harvey rides GPT-4, integrates with firm-wide DMSs, and spits out contract redlines before you can say "billable hour."
  • Priced Accordingly. Enterprise seat, enterprise spend. Big Law shrugs; boutique shops gulp.
  • Broad but Shallow for Depos. Harvey can summarize a transcript, sure—but depositions are one tile in its legal mosaic.

Translation: brilliant tech, wrong weight class for the neighborhood firm fighting discovery deadlines with paralegal elbow grease.

Why SUMD UP Punches Above Its Weight

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Flat $25 per summary

💡 What It Means for You

Predictable cost—no "contact sales" nonsense.

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Depo-only focus

💡 What It Means for You

Page-line tables, credibility flags, hyperlinked cites—all killer, no filler.

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25-year court reporter behind the curtain (hi!)

💡 What It Means for You

Human QA catches AI hallucinations before they crash your cross-examination.

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Immediate turnaround, within minutes

💡 What It Means for You

Upload at 5 p.m., it's ready by 5:05 p.m. with a ready-to-highlight PDF.

Real-world pop quiz: 200-page PI depo lands Friday. You shoot it to SUMD UP. Within minutes Monday's pre-trial memo suddenly writes itself—and you still make the kids' Saturday soccer game.

The AI Scorecard—Straight Talk

Pros for Small Firms

  1. Time Warp. Minutes, not hours. Spend billables on strategy, not skimming.
  2. Budget Hero. $25 beats $1-per-page vendors and the $300-to-$2K old-school brigade.
  3. Sharper Hooks. AI spots contradictions humans miss after page 87's caffeine crash.
  4. Scales on Demand. Ten depos dumped on Friday? No overtime panic.

Cons (and How We Defang Them)

  • Hallucinations. We run every summary through best-in-clase AI models and past human eyes -- mine.
  • Data Security. SOC 2 controls, encrypted at rest, the whole alphabet soup.
  • Bias. Regular prompt audits keep the machine honest.
  • Skeptics. Provide both the certified transcript and the AI cheat-sheet—naysayers melt.

Court Reporters + AI = Dream Team

  1. Day-of: You nail realtime like usual.
  2. Night-of: SUMD UP turns text into bite-sized ammo.
  3. Next Morning: Counsel walks in armed with pinpoint cites, not paper stacks.
  4. Result: You look like a magician; SUMD UP look like your wand. Win-win.

Pro tip for fellow reporters: tack the $25 summary as an upgrade on your invoice. Suddenly you're not just keeping up with tech—you're monetizing it.

Bottom Line

Harvey AI is the shiny new Swiss Army knife of Big Law. Kudos to them. But small firms don't need a 97-blade gadget—they need a scalpel that slices depo review time without slicing open the wallet. That's SUMD UP.

So, the next time a 300-pager hits your inbox, skip the all-nighter. Upload, sleep, win.

Try SUMD UP Today
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