Genie AI vs Coupa Legal Workbench

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Seamless integration with procurement and spend management systems; AI-powered contract analysis and risk scoring; robust approval workflows

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

✅ AI-powered contract analysis, risk identification, and obligation management; continually expanding capabilities

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

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

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other major security certifications

✅ 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 comprehensive privacy controls

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

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✅ Multiple authentication options including SSO, MFA, and SAML

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

✅ Granular role-based access control and permissions management

✅ 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)

✅ Template-based drafting with clause library and guided workflows, though less flexible than AI-native solutions

✅ 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)

✅ Solid collaboration features with commenting, approval workflows, and version tracking

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

✅ Strong AI-driven contract review focused on risk assessment and compliance with company policies

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

✅ Seamless integration with procurement and spend management systems; AI-powered contract analysis and risk scoring; robust approval workflows

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

✅ Sophisticated workflow capabilities with customizable approval chains and automated routing

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

❓ Supports legal styling but may require manual formatting for complex documents

❓ 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 ecosystem, particularly with procurement, ERP, and financial systems

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

✅ Native e-signature capabilities and integrations with DocuSign and Adobe Sign

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

✅ Advanced analytics on contract performance, cycle times, and compliance with dashboards

✅ AI-powered document assembly

✅ Template-based document assembly with rule-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 AI assistance for document editing, but less robust than specialized legal AI editors

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

❌ No significant legal research capabilities

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

✅ Collaborative negotiation tools with version control and redlining capabilities

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

✅ Advanced data extraction for contract metadata and obligations management

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Mobile apps available for iOS and Android with core functionality

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integrations with common cloud storage solutions

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No community clause library concept

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

✅ Robust private clause library management with approval workflows

✅ 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 management capabilities with version control

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

✅ Strong Microsoft Word integration for drafting and editing

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

❓ Some users report formatting challenges when moving between the platform and Microsoft Word

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Complex implementation process, steep learning curve, and sometimes rigid workflows

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

✅ Multiple support channels including phone, email, and chat

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for Enterprise clients

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

❓ Comprehensive implementation process typically taking several weeks to months

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2006 - Originally founded as a spend management platform before expanding to CLM

✅ 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 integration

✅ 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.

✅ Over 2,000 customers globally including many Fortune 500 companies

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

✅ Mid to large enterprises with significant procurement activities, especially in-house legal teams supporting procurement

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

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✅ Strong in healthcare, manufacturing, retail, financial services, and technology sectors

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

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✅ Global coverage with particular strength in 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.

❓ Enterprise pricing based on company size and modules selected, typically ranging from $50,000-$250,000+ annually

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.9% uptime guarantee for all 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: ✅ Annual Inspire conference, regular webinars, Coupa Community for users, and regional user groupsTraining: ✅ Comprehensive training programs, documentation, and certification pathsPrompt Training: ❓ General AI usage training but limited focus on 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: ❌ No self-serve option; requires full implementation processSales: ❓ 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 time investment and executive sponsorshipImplementation Timeline: ❓ Typically 2-4 months for full implementation

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional enterprise sales cycle with extensive demos and negotiations

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

✅ Unilever achieved 83% reduction in contract cycle times and identified $20M in savings opportunities

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

✅ Average 60-70% faster contract cycles; 15-20% cost reduction in procurement; significant compliance risk reduction