Edilex AI

What is Edilex AI?

Edilex AI is an add-on to Edilex, a Finnish legal information service, and needs an Edilex Peruspalvelu (basic service), EHS or Verotus (taxation) licence.² The product page’s sign-in link goes to a web app at app.ai.edilex.fi, and no Word, Outlook or document management integration is documented.^2,10–12

Alma says Edilex AI works from curated legal materials in a closed environment, not from the internet, and that its answers are always based on Edilex sources, which open directly from each answer.^2,13 It also says the risk of hallucination cannot be removed completely, so the sources must always be checked.¹³ For a lawyer in Finland, the main questions are which sources a licence includes and how client details typed into questions are handled.

What can Edilex AI do?

Alma says it finds, compiles, compares and summarises information from the Edilex sources, and names finding information on law reforms, and on the reasons given for a specific amendment, among its particular strengths.^2,16 Alma says it is designed to recognise the hierarchy of legal sources, for example the weight of a Supreme Court (KKO) reference rather than merely citing it.¹⁵ Edilex’s ‘aikakone’ (time machine) shows earlier versions of statutes, and Alma says this can also be used in AI search, without saying exactly how.¹⁵ These are the claims to test in a trial: whether answers use the wording in force on the relevant date and weigh precedents correctly.

You cannot upload your own documents², so it is a research tool, not one for reviewing contracts or client files. The language model is not named, and the terms forbid programmatic use without a separate agreement.^{1,2,9,13–15}

You can ask in Finnish or in other languages such as English, but the source materials are currently in Finnish only, and the interface languages are not stated.^2,11,12

Does Edilex AI cover Finnish and EU law?

Yes: Finnish law and EU law are both among the sources Alma lists.²

For Finland, it draws on Finnish legislation; decisions of the Supreme Court (KKO), the Supreme Administrative Court (KHO), the courts of appeal, the administrative courts, the Market Court, the Labour Court and the Insurance Court; and government proposals (hallituksen esitykset) from 1980 onwards, with no committee reports listed. Its materials update automatically once a week.² Research that turns on committee reports needs another source.

It also includes Tax Administration (Verohallinto) guidance, Labour Council (työneuvosto) statements, Edilex articles and news, and articles from six Finnish legal journals, among them Defensor Legis and Lakimies; the journals’ latest issues need a separate subscription, and Alma’s legal books are not yet included.² Users get the same materials as in their Edilex subscription, and not all Edilex material is in Edilex AI yet², so check that both your licence and Edilex AI include the sources you rely on.

For the EU, it covers EU legislation and Court of Justice rulings as published in Edilex, in language versions that are not stated.²

How does Edilex AI handle your data?

On infrastructure, Alma says only that Edilex AI runs in a closed environment: it names no model provider, cloud host, storage or processing location, or subprocessor list.^{1,2,9,13–15,21,22} Alma Media’s group privacy statement allows transfers outside the EU/EEA under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses, but does not mention Edilex or Edilex AI.²¹

The Edilex delivery and use terms (toimitus- ja käyttöehdot) refer to Alma Insights’ privacy statements for personal data and name no data processing agreement.^1,2,21 Alma says user inputs are not used to train or further develop language models, conversations are cached for 48 hours and then deleted automatically, and only users see their own messages, not their employer; no model-provider retention terms are described.^2,14 Since users cannot upload documents², the client information at stake is what you type into a question.

No security certification, single sign-on, SCIM provisioning or audit log is documented.^{2,11,12,14,21,22} These, with the hosting location and a data processing agreement, are the points to raise with Alma.

How much does Edilex AI cost?

A single personal licence can be ordered online, larger user groups contact sales, and an Edilex licence is also needed. The minimum term is 12 months, renewing automatically unless cancelled two weeks before the new term.² For a lawyer without Edilex, the cost is the Edilex AI price plus an Edilex licence², both shown below.

A free trial of unstated length is available on request. The product page is in Finnish and quotes prices in euros plus VAT, but does not say in which countries Edilex AI is available.^2,10,19

Who makes Edilex AI?

Edilex AI is made by Alma Media Finland Oy¹, based in Helsinki, Finland². The Edilex terms name its Alma Insights business as the owner of the Edilex service, and the listed parent, Alma Media Oyj, presents Edilex AI as a service of its Legal Insights unit.^1,4

Alma Media bought Edilex Lakitieto Oy, whose business comprises the Edilex service, from Edita Group Oyj, with an acquisition date of 31 January 2025, and the company merged into Alma Media Finland Oy on 31 May 2026.^4,7

Who uses Edilex AI?

Alma names no law firm or in-house team as a customer of Edilex AI, saying only that organisations of many types and sizes use it; it names lawyers, public authorities and businesses as users of its Legal Insights unit. Vincit, the software company that built Edilex AI with Alma, names one law firm, Lexia Attorneys, in its case study.^17,23 Other customer references would have to come from Alma.