Genie AI vs Malbek

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ End-to-end contract lifecycle management with strong AI-powered analytics, repository features, and audit trails; mobile-friendly interface with native Salesforce integration

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

✅ AI-powered contract analytics, metadata extraction, and obligation tracking; integrated with Kira for advanced document analysis

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

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

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR compliant

✅ 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.

✅ Regional data centers and strong data privacy controls

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

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✅ SSO, MFA, and other enterprise authentication methods

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

✅ Granular role-based access controls and permissions

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ Compliant with major regulations including GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA

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

❓ Template-based contract creation with clause library but limited AI-powered drafting 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)

✅ Built-in collaboration features including commenting, internal discussions, and approval workflows

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

✅ AI-assisted contract review and analysis, with risk scoring and approval routing

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

✅ End-to-end contract lifecycle management with strong AI-powered analytics, repository features, and audit trails; mobile-friendly interface with native Salesforce integration

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

✅ Comprehensive workflow capabilities with conditional approval routing, escalations, and SLA tracking

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

❓ Supports legal styling but primarily focuses on contract data rather than document formatting

❓ 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.

✅ Extensive integrations with CRM (Salesforce), ERP systems, procurement systems, and other enterprise tools

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

✅ Native e-signature integration plus connections to DocuSign, Adobe Sign, and other providers

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

✅ Comprehensive analytics dashboard with customizable reports on cycle times, obligations, and other KPIs

✅ AI-powered document assembly

✅ Template-based document assembly with conditional logic and rules-based automation

✅ 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.

❓ Basic document editing capabilities, but not as robust as AI-first platforms

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

❌ No native legal research capabilities

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

✅ Redlining, version control, and collaborative negotiation tools with audit trails

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

✅ Advanced OCR and AI-powered data extraction for legacy and third-party contracts

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Fully responsive mobile interface with dedicated mobile app

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integration with major cloud storage providers including Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and SharePoint

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No community-driven clause library

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

✅ Comprehensive private clause library functionality with clause scoring and recommendations

✅ 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

✅ Extensive template library management with version control and approval workflows

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

✅ Microsoft Word integration for drafting and redlining

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

❓ Some users report challenges with complex document formatting and maintaining formatting during negotiations

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Implementation complexity, steep learning curve, and customization requiring professional services

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

✅ Support via email, phone, and customer portal

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for enterprise customers

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

❓ Structured implementation process typically taking 8-12 weeks

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2017 - Founded as a modern CLM solution

✅ 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

✅ Native web-based platform with Microsoft Word plugin

✅ 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.

✅ Growing customer base including Monster Energy, TIBCO, Momentive, and Sparta Systems

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

✅ Mid-market and enterprise companies, particularly in-house legal teams

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

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✅ Strong presence in technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services

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

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✅ Global coverage with emphasis on North America and Europe

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

❓ Subscription-based pricing starting around $25,000-$50,000 annually for mid-market companies, with enterprise pricing significantly higher based on contract volume and modules

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.9% uptime SLA for enterprise customers

✅ 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, annual user conference, and active customer communityTraining: ✅ Comprehensive training program, knowledge base, and video tutorialsPrompt Training: ❓ Limited AI prompt training; focuses more on system configuration

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: ❌ No immediate self-serve option; requires implementationSales: ❓ Typically 2-4 months from purchase to full implementation

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

✅ 1-2 weeks from agreement to full implementation

Pilot: ❓ Formal pilot process requiring significant commitment of time and resourcesImplementation Timeline: ❓ 8-12 weeks average implementation timeline

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional enterprise sales process with multiple stakeholder touchpoints

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

✅ TIBCO reduced contract cycle time by 60% and improved compliance visibility by 80%

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

✅ Average 70% reduction in contract cycle time; 30% decrease in contract-related risks; 65% improvement in contract visibility