Genie AI vs Ironclad

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ End-to-end contract lifecycle management, automated workflows, searchable repository, analytics dashboard, and integration with 200+ business tools

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

✅ Ironclad AI for contract analysis, risk identification, and metadata extraction; recently enhanced with generative AI 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 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.

✅ Strong data privacy controls with options for regional data storage

❓ 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 permissions and access controls

✅ 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)

❓ AI-assisted drafting capabilities through Ironclad Editor, but primarily focused on template-based drafting rather than AI-first generation

✅ 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)

✅ Real-time collaboration with commenting, redlining, and approval workflows

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

✅ Strong AI-powered contract review capabilities that flag risks and extract key terms

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

✅ End-to-end contract lifecycle management, automated workflows, searchable repository, analytics dashboard, and integration with 200+ business tools

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

✅ Industry-leading workflow automation with customizable approval flows and routing

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

❓ Handles basic to intermediate formatting, but complex styling may require Word plugin

❓ 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.

✅ 200+ integrations including Salesforce, DocuSign, SAP, Workday, and other business systems

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

✅ Native e-signature capabilities included at no additional cost

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

✅ Robust analytics dashboard with customizable reports and insights

✅ AI-powered document assembly

✅ Template-based document assembly with workflow 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.

✅ Ironclad Editor offers AI-assisted editing features and collaboration tools

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

❌ No built-in legal research capabilities

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

✅ Redlining, version control, and approval workflow support for negotiations

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

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

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Mobile-optimized interface and dedicated mobile app

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integrates with cloud storage solutions including Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❓ Limited community clause library compared to specialized drafting platforms

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

✅ Ability to create and maintain organization-specific clause libraries

✅ 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

✅ Comprehensive template management for creating and maintaining organization-specific templates

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

✅ Microsoft Word plugin and .docx import/export capabilities

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

❓ Some users report formatting inconsistencies when converting between systems

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Some users report steep learning curve, complex implementation, and high cost for smaller organizations

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

✅ Email, chat, and phone support with dedicated customer success managers for enterprise clients

✅ 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 that typically takes 4-8 weeks for enterprise deployments

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ Founded in 2014, with a focus on contract management automation

✅ 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

✅ 2014 - Founded to modernize contract management

✅ 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

❌ Limited information on AI model accuracy and transparency compared to Genie

✅ 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.

✅ 1,000+ customers including L'Oréal, Mastercard, Dropbox, Snowflake, and Lyft

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Native web-based platform with Microsoft Word plugin available

✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

✅ Cloud-based solution hosted on AWS

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

✅ Primarily mid-market and enterprise businesses with 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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✅ Versatile across various industries with particular strength in technology, retail, 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 customers across multiple jurisdictions

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

❓ Subscription-based pricing with different tiers (Basic, Growth, Enterprise). Starting around $15,000 annually for smaller implementations, with enterprise deals ranging from $50,000 to $500,000+ annually

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.9% uptime guarantee for enterprise 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: ✅ Active community through Ironclad Community, regular webinars, annual State of Digital Contracting report, and Ironclad Summit conferenceTraining: ✅ Comprehensive documentation, training videos, and Ironclad UniversityPrompt Training: ❓ Basic AI training but limited specialized prompt engineering for legal use cases

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: ❓ Limited self-serve options; primarily sales-led with demos requiredSales: ❓ Typically 1-3 months from purchase to full implementation for enterprise clients

✅ 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 planning and implementation timeImplementation Timeline: ❓ 4-8 weeks for standard implementation, longer for complex enterprise deployments

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional enterprise sales cycle with 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

✅ L'Oréal reduced contract turnaround times by 93%; Dropbox achieved 70% faster contract processing

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

✅ Average 80% faster contract cycle times, 25% more closed deals, and 60-70% time savings for legal teams