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Ankar alternatives and competitors

The closest alternatives to Ankar are Patlytics, DeepIP, IP Author and Red Points.

Ankar is an AI platform for patent professionals, covering the work from invention capture to enforcement.

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10 alternatives to Ankar

Starting prices are as each vendor publishes them, in its own currency and billing unit.

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    Patlytics

    Patlytics is an AI patent platform for law firms and in house IP teams. Its connected modules cover infringement, invalidity, freedom to operate, standard essential patents, portfolio analysis, claim construction, drafting, office actions and invention disclosures.

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    DeepIP

    DeepIP is an AI patent platform that runs inside Microsoft Word, built for law firms and in house patent teams.

    Starting price: No published figure
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    IP Author

    IP Author is an AI patent platform for practitioners, covering drafting, prior art search, office action responses, claim drafting, invention management and patent classification.

    Starting price: From $4,800/year
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    Red Points

    Red Points is an AI brand protection platform from Red Points Solutions, S.L. of Barcelona, launched in 2014, with offices in New York, Salt Lake City and Beijing.

    Starting price: $39,000 per year
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    Cypris

    Cypris is an R&D and IP intelligence platform sold by IP Web, Inc. of New York City.

    Starting price: No published figure
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    IPRally

    IPRally is a patent search and analysis platform for corporate IP departments, R&D teams, patent attorneys and search professionals.

    Starting price: No published figure
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    Solve Intelligence

    Solve Intelligence is an AI platform for patent work, used through a browser editor called Patent Copilot by law firm and in house IP teams.

    Starting price: From $599/user/month on an annual commitment
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    PowerPatent

    PowerPatent is generative AI drafting software for patent applications, sold to patent attorneys, agents and the inventors who work with them.

    Starting price: $199 for 200 tokens
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    Edge

    Edge sells AI tools for patent and trademark practitioners. It is operated by Edge Innovations, Inc., founded by Evan Zimmerman and Len Boyette and backed by Y Combinator.

    Starting price: Not yet recorded
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    InnovationQ+

    InnovationQ+ is IP.com's search and analytics platform for patent and nonpatent literature, used for prior art discovery, patentability screening, freedom to operate work, landscape mapping…

    Starting price: Not yet recorded
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Ankar alternatives, answered

What are the best alternatives to Ankar?

The closest alternatives to Ankar are Patlytics, DeepIP, IP Author, Red Points and Cypris. Patlytics is an AI patent platform for law firms and in house IP teams. DeepIP is an AI patent platform that runs inside Microsoft Word, built for law firms and in house patent teams. IP Author is an AI patent platform for practitioners, covering drafting, prior art search, office action responses, claim drafting, invention management and patent classification.

Who are Ankar's competitors?

Ankar competes in IP & Patents. Other vendors in that category include Patlytics, DeepIP, IP Author, Red Points, Cypris and IPRally.

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