Genie AI vs CompareDocs

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Industry-leading document comparison technology that works across multiple file formats including Word, PDF, and image-based documents

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

❓ Limited AI capabilities; focuses on traditional document comparison algorithms rather than generative AI

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Enterprise-grade security with encryption for data in transit and at rest

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ ISO 27001 certified and compliant with major security standards

✅ 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.

✅ Options for on-premises deployment to maintain data sovereignty

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

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✅ Supports SSO, SAML, and other enterprise authentication methods

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

✅ Granular access controls and permissions

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ Compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and other major privacy regulations

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

❌ No contract 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)

❓ Limited native collaboration features beyond document comparison

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

❓ Limited to identifying changes between document versions, not comprehensive contract analysis

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

✅ Industry-leading document comparison technology that works across multiple file formats including Word, PDF, and image-based documents

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

❓ Basic workflow capabilities through integration with document management systems

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

✅ Handles complex legal document formatting and styling in comparisons

❓ 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 integration with legal document management systems, Microsoft Office, and Litera 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)

❓ Basic reporting on comparison activities but no comprehensive analytics

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❌ No document assembly functionality

✅ 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.

❌ No AI-powered document editing capabilities

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

❌ No legal research capabilities

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

❓ Supports negotiation process through change tracking and comparison but not through AI-powered suggestions

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

✅ Advanced OCR capabilities for comparing image-based PDFs and scanned documents

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

❓ Limited mobile functionality compared to desktop version

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integrates with major document management systems including iManage, NetDocuments, SharePoint, and cloud storage platforms

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No clause library functionality

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

❌ No clause library functionality

✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts

❌ No template library

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

❌ No template library

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

✅ Excellent Microsoft Word integration with native plugin

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

❓ Occasional issues with very complex formatting across different file formats

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Some users report challenges with initial setup and configuration; occasional performance issues with very large documents

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

✅ Multiple support channels including email, phone, and web portal

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for enterprise clients

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

✅ Structured onboarding with training and implementation support

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2003 - Established document comparison technology provider

✅ 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

✅ Available as both standalone application and plugins for various document management systems

✅ 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 over 80% of the AM Law 200 firms and thousands of organizations worldwide

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

✅ Law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies, and regulated industries

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

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✅ Legal, financial services, and other document-intensive industries

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

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✅ Global presence with offices in Australia, UK, US, and Europe

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

❓ Per-user licensing model with tiered pricing based on features and deployment options. Starts at approximately $200-300 per user annually.

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.9% uptime guarantee for cloud services

✅ 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, user conferences, and participation in legal technology eventsTraining: ✅ Comprehensive documentation, webinars, and training resourcesPrompt Training: ❌ No AI prompt training (not relevant to this product)

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: ❓ Quick setup for basic functionality but requires technical configuration for full integrationSales: ❓ Typically 2-4 weeks 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: ✅ Offers pilot implementations and proof of concept for larger organizationsImplementation Timeline: ❓ Typically 1-4 weeks depending on deployment complexity and integration requirements

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional enterprise sales process with demonstrations and quotes

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

✅ Major law firm reduced document review time by 60% and virtually eliminated comparison errors

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

✅ Average 40-60% time savings on document comparison processes; significant reduction in comparison errors and risk