Genie AI vs Denovo

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ All-in-one practice management with strong compliance features for UK regulations, integrated legal accounting, and cloud-based accessibility

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

❓ Limited AI capabilities primarily focused on practice efficiency rather than advanced legal drafting or analysis

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Enterprise-grade security with data encryption

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ ISO27001 certified with regular security audits

✅ 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.

✅ UK-based data centers with GDPR compliance

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

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✅ Multi-factor authentication and single sign-on options

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

✅ Granular user permissions system based on roles

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ Compliant with Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) standards and GDPR

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

❓ Basic document automation but lacks sophisticated 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)

✅ Client portal and team collaboration features built into practice management system

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

❓ Limited contract review functionality, primarily focused on document management rather than AI analysis

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

✅ All-in-one practice management with strong compliance features for UK regulations, integrated legal accounting, and cloud-based accessibility

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

✅ Strong workflow capabilities for matter management and approvals

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

❓ Basic styling and formatting capabilities but not specialized for complex legal 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.

✅ Integration with accounting software, court systems, and some third-party applications

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

✅ Integrated e-signature capabilities

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

✅ Comprehensive practice management analytics and financial reporting

✅ AI-powered document assembly

✅ Document automation through templates but without advanced AI assistance

✅ 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 without sophisticated AI enhancements

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

❓ Limited legal research capabilities, primarily focused on case management

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

❌ No specialized negotiation tools for collaborative contract development

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

✅ Some OCR capabilities for document digitization and management

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Mobile-optimized interface for on-the-go access to practice management

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Cloud storage integration with major providers

✅ 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

❓ Limited clause management capabilities within document templates

✅ 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

✅ Ability to create and maintain firm-specific document templates

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

✅ Integration with Microsoft Word for document management

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

❓ Some users report limitations when handling complex document formatting

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Some user complaints about complexity of interface and implementation time

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

✅ Email, phone, and live chat support options

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for larger law firm clients

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

❓ Structured onboarding process typically taking several weeks

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2007 - Established legal technology provider in the UK market

✅ 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 cloud-based practice management 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.

✅ Established presence in the UK legal market with hundreds of law firm clients

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

✅ Law firms, particularly small to mid-sized practices in the UK

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

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✅ General legal practice with particular strength in compliance with UK regulatory requirements

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

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❓ Primarily focused on UK law firms with limited international presence

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

❓ Subscription-based pricing based on number of users, starting at approximately £50-£75 per user per month, with additional costs for specialized modules

✅ 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: ✅ Regular webinars, training sessions, and user community forums; annual user conferencesTraining: ✅ Comprehensive training materials, webinars, and personalized training sessionsPrompt Training: ❓ Basic system training but limited AI prompt engineering guidance

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 account setup and configurationSales: ❓ Typically 4-8 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: ❓ Formal piloting process requiring commitment of resourcesImplementation Timeline: ❓ Typically 1-2 months from purchase to full implementation

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional sales cycle with demonstrations and consultative approach

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

✅ Case studies highlighting 30% increase in billable time capture and significant reduction in administrative overhead

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

✅ Metrics focused on practice efficiency, compliance adherence, and business growth for law firms