Argus Legal
Comparison · 8/20/2026

Argus Legal vs manual research for lawyers in Argentina

SAIJ, Juba, the CSJN, the bar-association search, and ten PDF tabs are still the most honest way to research. The problem is not the source: it is that after you find the ruling you still have to draft the filing. Argus does that second half.
+1,000
firms use Argus
+260,000
SAIJ + CSJN rulings
10x
faster
Comparison table

Argus vs manual search, criterion by criterion

CriterionArgus Legal AImanual research
Direct cost
From $29,000 ARS/month.
SAIJ, Juba, and Infojus are free. The cost is your hour.
Time per filing
Complete draft in minutes; professional review in 30–60 min.
2 to 8 hours searching, reading, citing, and drafting.
Output
Full filing: facts, law, case law, and prayer for relief.
A folder of rulings and a blank Word file.
Citations
Caption, date, and reference, over certified rulings.
Copy by hand from SAIJ/Juba; easy to get the court or year wrong.
Firm style
Learns the tone and clauses you already use.
Every filing starts from memory or an old template.
Official coverage
+260,000 SAIJ + CSJN rulings, curated for production.
Direct access to the primary source, including provincial databases (Juba, etc.).
Lawyer control
You review, edit, and sign. Argus files nothing.
Full control, at the cost of doing everything yourself.
Portals and case file
Connect brings PJN, MEV, SRT, and SAC Córdoba into the drafting flow.
You enter each portal, download the PDF, and start over.
Verdict

They are not the same job

Argus Legal

An AI platform for running the full practice: portals, case law, and filings.

  • Lawyers who already know what they want and need the filing, not another afternoon on SAIJ.
  • Firms with volume: 10, 30, or 60 filings a month.
  • Litigators who lose the thread between the ruling they found and the paragraph they cited.
  • Teams that want a consistent first draft across partners and juniors.

manual research

Official, free research. After that, you assemble the filing yourself.

  • A one-off free lookup on SAIJ or Juba.
  • Verifying with your own eyes the ruling Argus (or another AI) cited.
  • Very specific provincial databases that are not yet in the production flow.
  • Does not produce the filing. It only produces tabs.
  • Time does not scale: more matters = more late nights.
  • A poorly copied citation is a classic, expensive human error.
I still open SAIJ to check the ruling. I stopped using it to start the filing. That difference gave me Thursday afternoons back.
Attorney, labor court, Rosario

Frequently asked questions

Does Argus replace SAIJ or Juba?

No. The official databases remain the source. Argus uses them to ground and cite inside the filing. Final verification of the precedent you sign is still yours.

Isn't it safer to search by hand?

It is slower. Safety is in reviewing the citation, not in typing it. Argus gives you caption, date, and reference so you can check in seconds what you used to assemble in hours.

What if the ruling I need is not there?

You can upload the PDF or point to the precedent. The filing adjusts. If the database does not have it, you add it yourself as always: Argus does not invent that a ruling exists if it cannot point to it.

How much do I have to write per month for it to pay off?

If a filing takes you half a day, two or three matters a month already cover the 10-filing plan ($29,000 ARS). The plan exists so you stop doing the mechanical part.

Can I use it only to cite and draft myself?

Yes. Some lawyers request the draft and rewrite 40%. It is still faster than starting from an empty Word file and ten PDFs.

Does Argus hallucinate rulings?

It works over certified case law and returns data you can verify. Still, no system replaces opening the ruling before you file it. That rule does not change.

Try the difference on a real filing

Book a demo. We take one of your filings and show how Argus handles it with certified case law.

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