GenieAI vs Relativity
Updated 14 August 2026 · By Will Bond
What is GenieAI?
GenieAI is an AI-native contract platform for mid-market commercial and in-house legal teams. Relativity is an e-discovery platform for litigation and investigations, so the two address different jobs.
What is Relativity?
An established e-discovery and legal data platform used for large-scale document review in litigation, investigations and regulatory matters, handling collection, processing, review and production across very large document sets, with RelativityOne as its cloud offering.
| Core Features | GenieAI | Relativity |
|---|---|---|
| AI and Machine Learning Capabilities | Lawyer-supported AI and ML at the core of the platform | Mature machine learning for large-scale document review, built for e-discovery rather than contract drafting |
| Contract Drafting | AI-assisted contract drafting capabilities | Not a drafting tool |
| Contract Review | AI-powered contract analysis with clause-specific risk assessments | Reviews documents for litigation relevance and privilege, not contracts against your commercial positions |
| Document Assembly | AI-powered document assembly | Not applicable |
| AI Document Editing | AI-powered document editing: Ask Genie to edit your styling, suggest new clause text, or analyze key clauses. Shows tracked changes, and is private per party. Genie assists with and automates entire workflows, not just producing text responses. | Not a contract editor |
| Legal Research Integration | AI-powered legal research assistance available within the document editor and free dedicated research platform: https://search.genieai.co/ | Not a legal research tool |
| Negotiation Support | Tools to support negotiation, including clause-by-clause editing and collaboration features. | Not a negotiation tool |
| Data Extraction and OCR | GenieAI offers OCR capabilities and data extraction through their API and integrations. | Strong processing and OCR across very large document sets |
| Collaboration & Workflow | GenieAI | Relativity |
|---|---|---|
| Collaboration Tools | Built-in real-time collaboration features just like Office365 or Google Docs (No need to download your red-lined version, and make it editable, then send it on - it's all doable within Genie) | Built for large review teams working a matter |
| Workflow and Approval Management | Workflow automation | Review workflow, batching and quality control for litigation |
| Contract Management | Manage your projects and organize your own template and clause library | Not a contract repository |
| Reporting and Analytics | Company and user level reporting and analytics | Deep analytics for review progress and document populations |
| Technical Aspects | GenieAI | Relativity |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Word Compatibility | Import and export Word documents (.docx) with reasonable formatting fidelity. Some styling and complex formatting may not be perfectly preserved. | Handles documents as evidence rather than editable contracts |
| Integration with Storage (Google Drive, Dropbox) | Coming soon | Broad data collection connectors |
| Integration with Other Tools | Integrates with Microsoft Word, allowing direct editing and collaboration within the platform. | Extensive e-discovery ecosystem |
| Complex Legal Styling and Formatting | Full numbering support + AI auto-styling and formatting | Not applicable |
| Platform Type (Cloud / On-premises) | Cloud-based (SaaS) | Cloud (RelativityOne) and on-premises options |
| Security & Compliance | GenieAI | Relativity |
|---|---|---|
| End-to-end Encryption | End-to-end encryption and encryption at rest | Enterprise security posture. Verify directly. |
| Security Certifications | ISO 27001 certified | Confirm current certification status with Relativity directly rather than relying on any comparison table, including this one. |
| Data Sovereignty & Privacy | GenieAI prioritizes data sovereignty by not training its models on user data. However, data may be processed by third-party LLMs subject to their respective data handling policies. | Offers regional hosting options. Verify specifics directly. |
| Authentication Methods | Multiple authentication options (coming soon) | Enterprise authentication |
| Permissions & Access Control | Granular access control features | Granular controls, essential for privilege in litigation |
| Compliance Standards | Compliant with GDPR and UK GDPR standards | Enterprise and litigation-grade requirements. Verify directly. |
| Pricing & Support | GenieAI | Relativity |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Support Options | Multiple support channels available (e.g., email, in-app messaging) | Enterprise support and a large partner ecosystem |
| Setup and Onboarding | For our custom plans, get setup within 3 days with a guided onboarding plan | Matter-based, often via a service provider partner |
| Pricing Model and Cost Structure | GenieAI offers a range of subscription plans based on usage. | Enterprise pricing, commonly per gigabyte and per user through partners. Get a written quote. |
GenieAI is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, certificate 310012019. Certification status varies across the tools on this page and changes over time, so ask any vendor for its certificate number, the scope it covers, and the issuing body, then verify it with that body directly.
How to choose between GenieAI and Relativity
These two are not substitutes, and anyone telling you to compare them feature by feature is wasting your time. Relativity is an e-discovery platform. It exists to collect, process and review enormous document sets for litigation, investigations and regulatory matters. GenieAI is a contract platform for drafting, reviewing and negotiating the agreements your business signs.
Start with what you are actually trying to do
If you are a commercial team asking which tool should handle your contracts, e-discovery is not the category. Relativity reviews documents that already exist as evidence of what happened. A contract platform works on documents you are still writing and negotiating, where the point is to shape the terms before anyone signs.
When Relativity is the right call
If you are in litigation, an investigation or a regulatory request and need to review hundreds of thousands of documents for relevance and privilege, Relativity is an industry standard and GenieAI is not remotely the right tool. That is specialist work with specialist requirements and it deserves a specialist platform.
When GenieAI is the right call
If your business drafts, reviews and negotiates its own commercial agreements, MSAs, NDAs, DPAs, supplier and customer contracts, then you need a contract platform. GenieAI covers drafting, review and negotiation, rating clauses red, amber or green against your own standard positions so the business can move without waiting on legal for every routine case.
Choosing between GenieAI and Relativity
Choose GenieAI if
- You are a business handling your own commercial contracts
- You want commercial teams self-serving standard agreements while legal keeps control of the positions
- You want clause-level red, amber and green risk flagging against your own playbook
- Your measure of success is contract turnaround time
Consider Relativity if
- If you are in litigation, an investigation or a regulatory request and need to review hundreds of thousands of documents for relevance and privilege, Relativity is an industry standard and GenieAI is not remotely the right tool. That is specialist work with specialist requirements and it deserves a specialist platform.
Where GenieAI is not the answer
GenieAI is a contract platform. If you are a commercial team asking which tool should handle your contracts, e-discovery is not the category. Relativity reviews documents that already exist as evidence of what happened. A contract platform works on documents you are still writing and negotiating, where the point is to shape the terms before anyone signs. We are also not a matter management or client delivery tool for law firms. If the job above is genuinely what you need, buy the tool built for it, not ours.
Relativity alternatives by team type
Who is asking matters more than the feature list. Relativity lands differently for each of the three teams that touch a commercial contract.
Commercial and sales teams
A commercial team comparing Relativity against a contract platform is usually two different problems wearing one budget line. Separate them before you buy.
In-house legal teams
In-house teams should be clear which job is on the table. Relativity does not address commercial contract throughput, so if that is the pain, it is not the purchase that fixes it.
Procurement teams
Procurement teams reviewing supplier paper need standard positions applied consistently and departures flagged. That is a contract review job, and it is worth judging any tool against it directly.
Moving from Relativity to GenieAI
What a move to GenieAI actually involves. We describe only our own side of it: how Relativity handles an export is a question for Relativity.
What GenieAI takes on
- Your templates and clause library, organised so the business can self-serve the standard cases
- Your standard positions, encoded so review flags a clause red, amber or green against what you actually accept
- Drafting, review and negotiation in one place, with tracked changes and real-time collaboration
- Word import and export, with full numbering support and AI auto-styling
Timeline
For our custom plans, setup takes about three days with a guided onboarding plan, and one to two weeks from agreement to full implementation. Many teams keep both, because they were never solving the same problem.
If you want to test it against a live contract before committing, you can start free.
Frequently asked questions
What is GenieAI?
GenieAI is a secure, AI-powered legal platform for drafting, reviewing, and managing contracts. It combines lawyer-trained AI with enterprise-grade security, real-time collaboration, and Microsoft Word compatibility. You can try GenieAI for free - no credit card required.
What should I consider when choosing legal AI software?
Look at security and data handling, how accurate the AI is on real legal work, how well it fits your existing workflow (Word, collaboration), the breadth of features beyond a single task, and total cost. The best way to judge fit is to trial the tools - you can start with GenieAI for free.
Can I use Relativity for contract review?
Relativity reviews documents for litigation relevance and privilege across very large sets. That is a different task from reviewing a contract against your own commercial positions and deciding whether a clause is acceptable. For commercial contract review, a contract platform is the right category. Try GenieAI free
Is GenieAI a Relativity alternative?
No, and it would be misleading to claim so. They address entirely different problems. If you need e-discovery for litigation, use Relativity. If you need to draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts, use a contract platform.
My business needs to review a lot of contracts. Which do I need?
It depends why. If you are reviewing contracts as evidence in a dispute, that is closer to e-discovery. If you are reviewing them before signature to decide what you will accept, that is contract review, and clause-level risk flagging against your standard positions is what you want. See review and negotiate with GenieAI.
Does GenieAI do e-discovery?
No. GenieAI is a commercial contract platform. It does not perform litigation document review, privilege review or production, and we would not suggest using it for those.
Which is better value for a commercial team?
A contract platform, because e-discovery pricing is built around litigation data volumes that a commercial team reviewing its own agreements will never generate. You would be paying for a completely different cost model.
Do organisations use both?
Larger ones often do, at different moments. E-discovery is engaged when a dispute or investigation arises. A contract platform runs continuously as the business signs agreements.