Why Alqanoni
Two honest comparisons — against generic AI chatbots, and against keyword legal search. The throughline is the same: you can verify every answer.
Alqanoni vs a generic AI chatbot
General chatbots are trained on the open web, not the Saudi statute book. They sound confident and cite nothing you can check.
| Where answers come from | Alqanoni | Generic AI chatbot |
|---|---|---|
| Where answers come from | Only indexed Saudi public law | The open internet, frozen at training time |
| Citations | Claims are cited to the exact article — and flagged when a source can’t be verified | Often none — or fabricated |
| Currency | Shows in-force / amended / repealed status | Unknown; may be years out of date |
| When unsure | Says “no sources found” | Guesses fluently |
Alqanoni vs keyword legal search
Classic legal databases match keywords. You still read everything yourself and translate it in your head.
| Where answers come from | Alqanoni | Keyword legal search |
|---|---|---|
| How you ask | A plain-language question, in Arabic or English | Exact keywords and operators |
| What you get | A grounded answer with the sources beneath it | A list of documents to comb through |
| Language | Bilingual, with the Arabic source shown | Usually Arabic only |
| Verification | One click to the original article | Manual cross-referencing |
| Alqanoni | Commonly elsewhere | |
|---|---|---|
| Bilingual, Arabic-authoritative | Full Arabic + English on every surface; the Arabic source text is always the governing version.Toggle the language on any page | Often English-first, or Arabic without the governing source shown. |
| Verifiable citations | AI answers cite the exact article and link to the original Arabic so you can read it yourself; unverifiable references are flagged, not hidden.Check a citation yourself | Answers may be unsourced or cite without a traceable original. |
| Genuinely free tier | Free public-law search plus an AI assistant — no card, no trial countdown.Search now, free | Free tiers are often a time-limited trial or search-only. |
| Full practice OS | Beyond search: matters, documents, tasks, approval gates and AI agents for a whole firm.See the plans | Often a standalone Q&A box with no firm workflow. |
| In-region posture | Data is handled in regional data centres with an in-region-first posture; we publish the posture and what is still in progress.Read the residency truth | Residency is frequently self-attested without published detail. |
| Published pricing | Real monthly prices in SAR, published on the pricing page — start free, no sales call needed to see a number.See the published prices | Pricing is often quote-only or hidden behind a contact form. |
| Live corpus freshness | A public changelog shows when each source family was last refreshed — real dates, not a vague "always up to date".See the corpus changelog | Update recency is usually unstated or self-asserted. |
| Published eval scorecard | We publish our Saudi Legal Agent Bench scorecard below — including what is not yet attorney-reviewed.See the scorecard below | Accuracy is usually a self-attested claim with no published benchmark. |
Our SLAB scorecard — published, weaknesses and all
SLAB (Saudi Legal Agent Bench) is our golden evaluation set: real Saudi legal tasks with attorney-style binary rubrics. Here is the honest state of it today — the credible answer to an unprovable accuracy claim.
Scorecard data is being prepared.
Where we're honest about the limits
Citations are only as good as the corpus. If a law isn't indexed yet, we tell you we found nothing rather than guess. Alqanoni gives legal information, not legal advice, and the Arabic text always governs.