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Astrid Legal vs Querious

Competitor details last checked October 6, 2026

Querious is a legal-specific tool, and its main feature is guidance during the conversation: legal issue prompts and suggested questions on a live call. Astrid works after the call: it captures phone calls and meetings, drafts the file note in your firm's format, holds it for attorney approval, files it to the case management system and drafts a client recap. If real-time prompts are what you want, Querious is built for that. If you want a complete, approved record of every client call on the matter, that is what Astrid is built for.

At a glance

Feature	Astrid	Querious
Built for	Law firms in any practice area, including plaintiff, family law, criminal defense, civil litigation, estate planning, real estate, corporate and business law, and IP.	Law firms, from solo practitioners to multi-practice firms. Its product page lists business, employment, estate planning, real estate, healthcare compliance, intellectual property and general litigation.
Guidance during the call	Not offered. Astrid works on the record after the call.	Its main feature on the Intelligent plan: legal issue prompts, suggested questions and research prompts during the conversation.
Phone calls	Zoom Phone, plus a dial-in bridge for any carrier.	Says it can be used on demand for phone calls. How phone capture works, and any phone system integration, is not described on its public pages.
Video meetings	A notetaker bot joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet.	A visible bot joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, scheduled from Outlook or Google Calendar.
In person	Record in person from your phone using the Astrid web app in the phone's browser, with no app to install, or from a computer browser. You can also upload a file.	Says it can be used on demand for in-person conversations. A desktop app is included in its Essential plan.
Mobile apps	There is no iOS or Android app yet, and both are planned for release before December 2026. Until then Astrid works in the phone's browser, with recording and the call screens built for phones. Some other screens are not yet laid out for small screens.	Not stated. We did not find a mobile app on its public pages.
Desktop app	A Windows desktop app records without a bot in the meeting. A Mac app is coming.	A desktop app is included in its Essential plan. What it does and which systems it runs on are not stated.
Case management filing	Clio Manage, 8am MyCase, 8am CasePeer, Smokeball and Lawcus.	Clio, 8am MyCase and Smokeball.
What is synced to the case management system	Matters are searched live by client name or phone, and the client's contact details are read in. After an attorney approves the note, the note and each follow-up task are filed to the matter, as a Clio phone log, a Smokeball memo, a CasePeer case note, a MyCase note or a Lawcus interaction. A recap the firm sends is filed to the matter too. Task filing to MyCase is not live yet, and filing time entries to Clio and Smokeball is rolling out to select firms.	Clio: time entries with a billing narrative, and its Clio page also says notes. MyCase: notes, emails and billing entries. Smokeball: time entries and narratives. Tasks and contacts are not stated. Transcripts are not synced, because none are kept by default.
Attorney approval before a note is final	Drafted in the firm's own note format. An attorney approves it before it becomes the record, and each approval is stored with who approved and when.	Outputs are described as drafts for attorney review. A required approval step before filing is not described.
Client recap	A written recap is drafted for the client and sent by the firm.	Summary emails. Its privacy policy describes them as sent to the attorney. Whether it sends to the client is not stated.
Time entries	Drafts a time entry from the call for the attorney to review. Filing it to the case management system is rolling out to select firms.	Drafts billing entries with a written narrative after conversations.
AI chat on a matter's calls	Ask Astrid answers questions about one matter or client using only that file's transcripts, approved notes and recaps, and cites the call and timestamp behind each answer. Calls marked privileged are left out for anyone without access. It is available on laptop and tablet screens, not on a phone.	No chat over past conversations found on its public pages. Its feature is prompts during the call, and by default it keeps no full transcript to ask about.
Recording consent	The firm sets a recording consent mode, and each call keeps a consent record. Bot-joined meetings play an audible disclosure.	Its privacy policy says it applies the strictest rule when any participant is in an all-party-consent state, and describes features to support consent.
What is kept	The recording is kept for playback alongside the transcript and note. The firm sets an audio retention period, after which the audio is deleted while the transcript and note stay. Calls marked privileged are exempt from that deletion, and their content is limited to attorney seats and firm administrators. Audio and transcripts are stored in the United States and encrypted in transit and at rest.	No audio retained. No full transcript by default, though it can be turned on. Generated outputs kept 60 days by default.
Security and training	Your firm's content is not used to train models. No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification and no independent penetration test yet. The security page says what is and is not in place.	SOC 2 Type II. Says meeting content is not used to train models. HIPAA and ISO 27001 are not stated.
Price	$40 per person per month billed monthly, or $400 per person per year billed annually, which is 2 months free. 14-day free trial. No per-call or per-minute charges.	Per member per month. Essential $49.99 billed annually ($59.99 monthly). Intelligent $99.99 annually ($149.99 monthly). Enterprise is custom. Two-week free trial.

What Querious is

Querious, Inc. calls its product Legal Conversational Intelligence. It joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet meetings with a visible bot, offers a desktop app, and says it can be used on demand for phone calls and in-person conversations. After a conversation it drafts notes, summary emails and billing entries, and it lists integrations with Clio, 8am MyCase and Smokeball.

Its practice areas listed include business, employment, estate planning, real estate, healthcare compliance, intellectual property and general litigation. By default it keeps no audio and no full transcript, and it keeps generated outputs for 60 days.

When Querious is the better fit

You want legal issue spotting and suggested questions while you are still on the call.
You want no audio stored and no full transcript kept by default. (In practice a firm may prefer to keep them: a recording is the evidence if a client later disputes what was said, and with Astrid the firm chooses how long audio is kept.)
You want a SOC 2 Type II attestation in place today. (This matters if your clients or insurer require one. Otherwise a report is one input into your own vendor review, and Astrid's security page lists what is and is not in place.)
Your practice is among the areas it lists, such as business, employment, estate planning or real estate.

When Astrid is the better fit

Your calls are mostly by phone and you need a complete record of each one on the matter.
You want the note in your firm's own format, held for attorney approval, then filed to Clio, MyCase, CasePeer, Smokeball or Lawcus.
You want a written recap drafted for the client after each call.
You want the recording kept for playback next to the transcript and note.
Your practice includes areas its product page does not list, such as personal injury, family law or criminal defense.

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Questions to ask any vendor

Can I see it capture a real phone call from my own phone system, not a recorded demo?
What happens to a note before it is filed to the matter or sent to anyone? Who has to approve it?
Which case management systems are live today, and what exactly gets filed to each?
How are recording notice and consent handled for a state that requires every party to agree?
Is my firm's content used to train any model, under what terms, and can that be switched off?
Are names replaced with placeholders in the notes by default, and can the file note carry the real client name?

Frequently asked questions

Which practice areas does Querious cover?

Its product page lists business, employment, estate planning, real estate, healthcare compliance, intellectual property and general litigation. Areas such as personal injury, family law and criminal defense are not in that list, though a firm can ask for a trial. Astrid is built for firms in any practice area.

Does Querious record phone calls?

Its support page says it can be used on demand for phone calls and in-person conversations. It does not describe how phone capture works or list a phone system integration, so ask for a demonstration on your own phone system.

Does Querious keep recordings?

Its privacy policy says it keeps no audio and, by default, no full transcript, though transcripts can be turned on. Astrid keeps the recording for playback in the call workspace.

Where this comes from

This page compares what each company says on its own public website on the date shown above. It is not a hands-on test of the other product, and products change. Where a page says a feature is not stated, that means we did not find it on the vendor's site, not that it does not exist. Confirm current capabilities and pricing with each vendor before you decide.