Genie AI vs Contract Tools

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Deep Microsoft Word integration; excellent defined term analysis; cross-reference tracking; intuitive navigation features

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

❌ Minimal AI capabilities; focused on rule-based analysis rather than generative AI

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

❓ Relies on Microsoft Word's security features

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

❓ Limited information about formal 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.

✅ No cloud processing of documents; operates locally within Word

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

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❓ License-based authentication

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

❓ Limited to Microsoft Word's native access controls

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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❓ Limited information about specific compliance certifications

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

❓ Not a drafting tool; primarily supports review and analysis of existing documents

✅ 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 to Microsoft Word's native collaboration features

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

✅ Strong capabilities for analyzing defined terms, cross-references, and other contract elements

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

✅ Deep Microsoft Word integration; excellent defined term analysis; cross-reference tracking; intuitive navigation features

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

❌ No workflow or approval management tools

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

✅ Works with Microsoft Word's native 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.

❓ Primarily works within the Microsoft ecosystem

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

❌ No e-signature capabilities

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

❓ Basic analytics related to document structure and defined terms

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❌ No document assembly capabilities

✅ 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 editing tools

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

❌ No integrated legal research capabilities

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

❓ Provides some assistance through proofreading and analysis tools, but not purpose-built for negotiation

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

❌ No data extraction or OCR capabilities

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

❌ Desktop application only

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

❓ Limited to Microsoft Word's native storage integrations

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No community clause library

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 community template library

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

❌ No template library functionality

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

✅ Deep, native Microsoft Word integration

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

✅ Minimal formatting issues as it operates within Microsoft Word

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Limited functionality outside of Microsoft Word; limited AI capabilities

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

✅ Email support and documentation

✅ Available with our custom plans

❓ Available for enterprise clients

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

✅ Simple installation as a Word add-in with minimal training required

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2010 - Established contract analysis software 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

✅ Microsoft Word add-in (plugin) that enhances existing workflows

✅ 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 numerous law firms and corporations but market share is modest compared to larger players

✅ 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, and contract professionals

✅ 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 focus on transactional work

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

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✅ Global usage with primary focus on US and English-language contracts

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

✅ Subscription-based: approximately $150-$240 per user annually depending on volume

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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❓ No formal uptime guarantees (operates locally)

✅ 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: ❓ Limited community engagement, occasional webinars and training sessionsTraining: ✅ Documentation, tutorials, and customer support for onboardingPrompt Training: ❌ No AI prompt training (not applicable to this tool)

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 with immediate value as a Word add-inSales: ✅ Typically days from purchase to productive use

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

✅ 1-2 weeks from agreement to full implementation

Pilot: ✅ Free trial serves as the pilot processImplementation Timeline: ✅ Same-day implementation as a simple Word add-in

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

✅ Straightforward, transparent pricing with simple sales process

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

✅ Law firms report 30-40% time savings on contract review tasks

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

✅ Focuses on error reduction in contracts and time saved in navigating complex documents