Kvasir
Bremen, Germany
What it is
Kvasir combines a legal research app with a REST/MCP grounding API for German, Austrian, Swiss and EU law. It reports coverage of nine jurisdictions, with more than 450,000 norms and more than 450,000 court decisions refreshed daily. Its API supports citation resolution, batch verification, draft checking, legal search, legal objects and citation relations. It can check whether citations exist and compare draft quotations with canonical legal wording. Full draft text is transmitted only through check_draft, which requires the separately granted legal.check scope. The MCP endpoint has setup documentation for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity and Mistral Le Chat; developer setup is also documented for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code. Plain REST access is available. The free Hobby plan includes the full app, an API key and MCP, with 2,000 sips per month. A keyless sandbox permits 20 requests daily; the MCP demo permits 10 tool calls daily and IP. Kvasir says request content is processed in memory and not stored, while aggregate usage counters are retained.
For and against
For
- Daily refreshed legal corpus.
- Checks citations and draft quotations.
- Free Hobby plan includes app, API key and MCP.
- Plain REST access is available.
- Request content is not stored, according to Kvasir.
Against
- Keyless sandbox allows 20 requests per day.
- MCP demo allows 10 calls daily and IP.
- Default API key limits are 120 requests per minute and 50,000 monthly.
- Pro plan is not yet available.
The verdict
Kvasir pairs legal research with citation and draft-verification tools, and includes a free plan with API and MCP access. Review the request limits and the separate scope required for full draft checking before integrating it.
Who it suits
It suits legal researchers and developers who need legal search or citation checks for German, Austrian, Swiss and EU law. It also offers integrations for users of several AI assistants and developer tools.
Plans and prices
Hobby
2,000 sips/month · full app · API key and MCP
Read 5 Oct 2026 · kvasir.legal
Pro
5,000 sips/month · overflow billed per sip · spend limit on by default
Read 5 Oct 2026 · kvasir.legal
Enterprise
Negotiated firm-wide volume · DPA, invoicing, and agreed terms · coverage and endpoint requests prioritized
Read 5 Oct 2026 · kvasir.legal
On the record
- Coverage
- The site reports nine jurisdictions, over 450,000 norms, and over 450,000 court decisions, with daily refreshes.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Developer clients
- Kvasir documents MCP setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and VS Code, and also offers plain REST access.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Draft scope
- Full draft text is transmitted only by check_draft, which requires the separately granted legal.check scope.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Features
- The API supports citation resolution, batch verification, draft checking, legal search, legal objects, and citation relations.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Free sandbox
- The keyless sandbox allows 20 requests per day; the MCP demo allows 10 tool calls per day and IP.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Kvasir says corpus, account records, and usage counters are hosted in Railway's EU region.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The MCP endpoint is documented for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, and Mistral Le Chat.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Limits
- Default API key limits are 120 requests per minute and 50,000 per month.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Kvasir says request content is processed in memory and not stored, while aggregate usage counters are retained.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Product
- Kvasir provides a legal research app and a REST/MCP grounding API for German, Austrian, Swiss, and EU law.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Provider
- The provider named in the Impressum is kvasir.legal GbR, located in Bremen, Germany.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- Kvasir says it does not currently hold SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 certification and offers a CAIQ-Lite questionnaire on request.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Impressum says the company generally responds on working days within one hour by email or LinkedIn.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
- Verification
- Its API can verify whether citations exist and check draft quotations against canonical legal wording.kvasir.legal · read 5 Oct 2026
