Genie AI vs Henchman

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Instant clause search within your existing document repository; Microsoft Word native integration; AI-assisted clause recommendations

✅ Lawyer-supported AI and ML at the core of the platform

❓ AI focused primarily on clause search and retrieval rather than comprehensive document creation and editing

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Enterprise-grade security with end-to-end encryption

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ ISO27001 certified

✅ You own the IP of your data. We don't train our models on your data. None of our partners train their models on your data.

✅ Strong data privacy controls; does not train on client data without permission

❓ Multiple authentication options (coming soon) (request this feature)

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✅ Multiple authentication options including SSO

✅ Granular user permissions and access control features (document level, project level, organization level, party level)

✅ Granular access control for different user groups and document collections

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ Compliant with GDPR and other major privacy regulations

✅ Industry-leading AI-assisted contract drafting capabilities (all expected provisions and sections over 20 pages)

❓ Assists with drafting by providing relevant clauses but lacks full AI-powered document creation capabilities

✅ 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)

❓ Limited native collaboration features; relies on Microsoft Word's collaboration capabilities

✅ Powerful AI-driven contract analysis, red/amber/green flag reviews every clause (industry-leading improvements coming in 2025)

❓ Limited contract review capabilities compared to platforms built specifically for this purpose

✅ Manage your projects and organise your own template and clause library

✅ Instant clause search within your existing document repository; Microsoft Word native integration; AI-assisted clause recommendations

❓ No 'dumb' automated workflows. Agentic workflows coming in 2025

❓ Basic workflow capabilities but not advanced automated processes

✅ Full numbering support + AI auto-styling and formatting (coming soon)

✅ Leverages Microsoft Word's styling and formatting capabilities

❓ Not integrated with legal and business tools beyond full .docx compatibility. If you can use a word doc with it, you can use Genie with it.

✅ Integrates with popular legal DMS systems and Microsoft 365 ecosystem

❓ Just export to .docx and use your existing provider (request this feature)

❌ No native e-signature capabilities

✅ Company and user level reporting and analytics (on request)

✅ Provides insights on clause usage and document patterns

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❓ Primarily assists with finding and inserting clauses rather than complete document assembly

✅ Market-leading AI-powered document editing: Ask Genie to edit your styling, reformat a table, or suggestion new clause text. As tracked changes, and private per party. Genie assists with and automates entire workflows, it doesn't just produce text responses.

❓ Limited AI editing capabilities as focus is on clause retrieval and insertion

❓ Top-level AI Legal Research available as AI chat within the legal document, some prompting required (request this feature)

✅ Strong integration with your existing document repository for precedent and clause research

✅ Negotiation tools for multi-party clause-by-clause agreements

❓ Limited dedicated negotiation tools compared to platforms with multi-party collaboration

❓ No advanced data extraction or OCR capabilities (request this feature)

✅ Can extract and index clauses from existing document repositories

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

❓ Limited mobile functionality as primarily designed as a desktop Word add-in

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integrates with major document management systems including iManage, NetDocuments, SharePoint

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No community clause library; focuses on your own document repository

Coming soon - ✅ A library of your private clauses usable only by your legal team

✅ Excellent capabilities for building and maintaining private clause libraries from existing documents

✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts

❌ No community template library

✅ Bring your own library of private templates usable only by your legal team, within Genie

✅ Can organize and access your existing templates efficiently

✅ Seamless integration with Microsoft Word, full styling, tables, formatting compatibility

✅ Seamless integration with Microsoft Word as it functions as an add-in

✅ No known issues (Pre-formatted templates, consistent formatting, tables, cross-version compatibility)

❓ Occasionally experiences issues with complex clause formatting during insertion

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Occasional comments about search accuracy and learning curve for advanced features

✅ Multiple support channels available including phone, whatsapp, email and live chat

✅ Email, chat, and phone support available

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for enterprise clients

✅ For our custom plans, get setup within 3 days with a guided onboarding plan

❓ Requires technical setup and integration with document management systems

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2020 - Early player in AI-powered clause search and retrieval

✅ Founded in 2017, deep AI integration from inception. A thick layer built with AI specialists and senior lawyers to ensure the models produce high quality legally customised outputs

❓ Microsoft Word add-in rather than a native platform

✅ Our AI models are built using proprietary intelligence and research supported by UCL, Imperial College London and Oxford University. Rigorous testing process to ensure the outputs are accurate

✅ Over 110,000 companies have registered to use the Genie platform in total, including 11 FTSE100 firms, 20 Global200 firms, a number of top US banks, and two of the ‘big four’ UK supermarket chains.

✅ Used by prominent firms including Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, and numerous Fortune 500 legal departments

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

✅ Suitable for in-house legal, law firms, and SMEs

✅ Law firms, legal departments at mid-to-large enterprises

✅ Built as a platform which is versatile across various industries. Focus areas are construction, manufacturing, consultancy and legal services.

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✅ Versatile across various legal practice areas

✅ 120+ jurisdictions including the UK, California, Texas, India, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, France, and Germany.

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✅ Global coverage with strong presence in UK, Europe, and growing in North America

✅ Generous free plan. Transparent subscription plans to suit different needs. Custom plans for orgs handling more than 10 documents per month.

❓ Subscription-based pricing generally ranging from $30-70 per user per month with volume discounts for larger teams

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.9% uptime guarantee for enterprise clients

✅ Fortnightly legal prompt training sessions from ex-Clifford Chance Legal Engineers;

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There's also an active Slack community (join now)

Community & events: ✅ Regular webinars and training sessions; active user community; annual legal innovation eventsTraining: ✅ Comprehensive training materials, webinars, and documentationPrompt Training: ❓ Basic training on system functionality but limited advanced AI prompt engineering

Self-Serve: ✅ 1-click, no email address required, no card required
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Sales: ✅ 2-3 weeks from pilot to full team adoption

Self-serve: ❓ Requires installation and configuration; not immediate self-serveSales: ❓ Typically 2-4 weeks from purchase to implementation

✅ Simple 3-step process: try with your document, explore your scenarios, receive 360° assessment

✅ 1-2 weeks from agreement to full implementation

Pilot: ✅ Offers structured pilot programs to demonstrate value with your documentsImplementation Timeline: ❓ 2-4 weeks from agreement to full implementation

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional enterprise sales approach with demos and proof of concept

✅ Firefish reduced contract review time by 50%, from 2.5 hrs to 1.25 hrs per document, saving 15+ hrs weekly per person

✅ Allen & Overy reported 75% faster clause retrieval and 30% overall time savings in document drafting

✅ Average 60% time savings on contract drafting; 50% reduction in review cycles; ROI typically 3x cost

✅ Average 30-40% time savings on document drafting; ROI typically 2-3x cost