PactSafe

What PactSafe does

Ironclad, Inc. operates an AI-powered Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform that covers the full contract workflow — Create, Review, Sign, Store, Analyze, and Fulfill — under a single product surface. The platform is delivered through four product lines: the core CLM, Ironclad Signature (a native e-signature solution), Clickwrap (one-step legally binding acceptance for high-volume, low-risk contracts), and Ironclad AI with the Jurist agentic AI assistant for legal contract review. Ironclad integrates with third-party e-signature incumbents (DocuSign, Adobe Sign, Dropbox) and productivity tools (Slack, Salesforce, Microsoft Word), and exposes Clickwrap and CLM REST APIs alongside a Rivet developer platform for custom integrations.

The company sells primarily into mid-to-large enterprises via an enterprise field sales motion with 'Request Demo' CTAs, targeting five buyer personas — Legal Ops, General Counsel, Procurement, IT, and Sales — across a horizontal segmentation. Logos publicly referenced include Dropbox, Rivian, Instacart, Thumbtack, ClickUp, and Collectively Inc., with customer testimony emphasizing cross-functional rollout and improved completion rates on sales and legal contracts. Revenue is generated through an annual recurring subscription SaaS model with tiered pricing by contract volume and feature access; pricing specifics are not publicly disclosed.

The business is venture-backed and private; the legal entity is Ironclad, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Capital raised to date includes a $5.5M Series A in July 2018 from Elevate Ventures, Mercury, Signal Peak Ventures, and Vulpes Investment Management, alongside earlier seed activity. Ironclad reported surpassing $200 million in Annual Recurring Revenue as of February 2026, framing this milestone as the entry into a new phase of AI growth.

Name

PactSafe

Legal name

Ironclad, Inc.

Website

https://pactsafe.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ironclad operates an AI-powered Contract Lifecycle Management platform that unifies creation, review, signature, storage, and analysis for enterprise legal, procurement, and sales teams, with native and third-party e-signature and developer APIs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Lifecycle Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) & Document Automation (BPAEAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) & Document Generation/Templating (HDAEAGAL)

Keywords

• Contract lifecycle management
• Clickwrap agreement platform
• Electronic signature software
• AI contract review
• Legal operations software

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription SaaS: Annual recurring subscription model for CLM platform access with tiered pricing based on contract volume and feature access.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

PactSafe operates a clickwrap transaction platform that enables the creation, management, acceptance/signature, and archiving of legal agreements. The offering is positioned within a broader AI-powered Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform that includes built-in electronic signature (Ironclad Signature), click-based terms acceptance (Clickwrap), and an agentic AI contract partner (Jurist) for legal contract review. It serves enterprise legal, sales, procurement, and IT teams with workflows spanning contract creation, review, signing, storage, analysis, and fulfillment.

Product overview

Ironclad offers a unified AI Contract Lifecycle Management platform with modular components. The core platform includes Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Ironclad Signature (e-signature), Clickwrap (click-based acceptance), and Ironclad AI for intelligent contract processing. The platform supports contract workflows across six stages: Create, Review, Sign, Store, Analyze, and Fulfill. An AI-powered add-on called Jurist serves as an agentic AI contract partner for legal review. The platform integrates with third-party e-signature tools (DocuSign, Adobe Sign) and offers APIs for developer customization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ironclad AI: AI-powered contract lifecycle management built on how contracts really move
• Ironclad Signature
• Clickwrap
• Jurist

Products and services

• Ironclad Signature Electronic signature solution built into the CLM platform supporting high-touch, low-touch, and no-touch contracts with configurable send preferences and flexible signing options including email, direct link, and embedded signing.
• Clickwrap Click-based terms acceptance solution for capturing legally binding acceptance in one step, optimized for high-volume, low-risk contracts across web and mobile digital experiences.
• Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) AI-powered contract lifecycle management platform covering the entire contract process from creation through analysis and fulfillment, with modular stages spanning Create, Review, Sign, Store, Analyze, and Fulfill.
• Ironclad AI AI capabilities built into the contract workflow for intelligent contract review, analysis, and automation, including surfacing key terms to signers and supporting redlined contract review.
• Jurist Agentic AI contract partner purpose-built for legal contract review, functioning as an autonomous agent for contract analysis with multi-step actions and limited human intervention.

Quantifiable outcome

• Surpassed $200 million in Annual Recurring Revenue
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Adobe SigncoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party eSignature integration allowing customers to use Adobe Sign within the Ironclad CLM workflow. Provides flexibility for customers with existing Adobe Sign investments to stay in their preferred tools.
• DocuSigncoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party eSignature integration enabling DocuSign usage within Ironclad workflows. Supports customers preferring DocuSign for their electronic signature needs.
• DropboxcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Dropbox for document storage and management within the contract workflow. Allows seamless document handling between Ironclad and Dropbox.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DocuSign CLM (formerly SpringCM): DocuSign's CLM offering (built on the SpringCM acquisition) directly competes with Ironclad in enterprise contract workflows. Combines the largest eSignature distribution network with contract lifecycle management, posing a bundled competitor threat to Ironclad's standalone CLM value proposition.
• Icertis: Icertis is a leading enterprise CLM platform serving global enterprises with AI-powered contract intelligence. Directly competes with Ironclad for large-deal Legal Ops, Procurement, and Sales contracts across Fortune 500 buyers, with similar horizontal go-to-market motion.
• Agiloft: Agiloft is a longstanding CLM vendor with a customizable contract management platform serving enterprise and mid-market. Directly competes with Ironclad on contract workflow automation and is increasingly investing in AI capabilities to match Ironclad's Jurist positioning.
• ContractWorks: ContractWorks is a CLM platform serving mid-market and enterprise customers with emphasis on contract repository and workflow. Competes with Ironclad's Store and Manage contract stages, particularly in the mid-market segment where Ironclad is less penetrated.
• Conga: Conga offers contract lifecycle management alongside its document generation and revenue lifecycle automation suite. Competes with Ironclad on contract creation, redlining, and approval workflows for enterprise sales and legal teams, particularly in Salesforce-centric environments.
• SirionLabs: SirionLabs (now Sirion) is a CLM platform with deep capabilities in contract authoring, performance management, and AI-driven analytics. Competes with Ironclad on enterprise deals, particularly in the procurement and supplier contract segments, and is also pursuing agentic AI capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• DocuSign: DocuSign is the dominant eSignature platform with adjacent CLM capabilities. While eSignature is overlapping rather than identical to Ironclad's full CLM, DocuSign's distribution, brand, and bundled offerings make it the most consequential competitive force in the broader digital agreements category.
• Ironclad / PactSafe legacy competitor: OneTrust: OneTrust is a broad governance, risk, and compliance platform that includes contract and privacy management capabilities. While not a pure CLM competitor, OneTrust targets the same General Counsel/Procurement buyers with adjacent capabilities that overlap with Ironclad's risk and compliance value proposition.

Emerging players

• LinkSquares: LinkSquares is an AI-native CLM platform focused on contract analysis and post-signature management. Competes with Ironclad's Ironclad AI and Jurist capabilities with a modern AI-first architecture, targeting similar Legal Ops buyers with emphasis on contract intelligence rather than workflow automation.
• Evisort (a Workday company): Evisort is an AI-powered contract intelligence platform acquired by Workday. Competes with Ironclad's AI/Jurist capabilities and now benefits from Workday's enterprise HR/finance distribution, posing a competitive threat inside Workday's installed base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pactsafe
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCIGtVzYFszy6sPJzy00djWw
• Facebookfacebook.com/Pactsafe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/3238224
• Instagraminstagram.com/ironclad_inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors8 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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