Genie AI vs Microsoft Copilot

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Deep integration with Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Outlook, Teams, etc.), enterprise-grade security, and widespread availability across Microsoft products

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

✅ Powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 models with enterprise-grade enhancements and Microsoft's own innovations

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Enterprise-grade security and encryption throughout Microsoft's ecosystem

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ ISO 27001, SOC 1 and SOC 2, FedRAMP, and numerous other Microsoft 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.

✅ Strong data sovereignty controls and Microsoft's commercial data protection promises

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

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✅ Robust authentication including MFA, conditional access, and Azure AD integration

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

✅ Granular permission controls through Microsoft 365 admin center

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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

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

❓ Can assist with writing in Word, but lacks specialized legal drafting capabilities, clause libraries, and contract-specific features

✅ 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)

✅ Excellent collaboration through Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Word, Teams, etc.)

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

❓ Can help analyze text but lacks dedicated contract review features, playbooks, and legal risk flagging

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

✅ Deep integration with Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Outlook, Teams, etc.), enterprise-grade security, and widespread availability across Microsoft products

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

❓ Basic workflow capabilities through Microsoft 365 but lacks specialized legal approval workflows

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

✅ Supports complex formatting through Microsoft Word's native 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.

✅ Extensive integration within Microsoft ecosystem and growing third-party connectors

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

❓ Works with Microsoft's partner e-signature solutions but no native capability

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

✅ Integration with Microsoft Power BI and native analytics within Microsoft 365

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❓ Limited document assembly capabilities without specialized legal templates or clause management

✅ 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.

✅ Strong general document editing capabilities within Microsoft Word with AI-powered suggestions

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

❓ Can perform basic web searches but lacks integration with legal research databases and case law repositories

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

❌ No specialized negotiation tools or clause-by-clause comparison features

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

✅ Can extract information from various document formats through Microsoft's AI Document Intelligence

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Available across Microsoft mobile apps with consistent experience

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Native integration with OneDrive and SharePoint; limited with competitors

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No community clause library or legal-specific content

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

❌ No dedicated clause library functionality

✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts

❌ No legal-specific template library

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

❓ Can save and use templates in Word but lacks specialized legal template management

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

✅ Seamless integration with Microsoft Word as part of the Microsoft ecosystem

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

❓ Occasional inconsistencies when AI generates content with complex formatting requirements

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Cost concerns, inconsistent quality of outputs, hallucinations in complex scenarios

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

✅ 24/7 support through Microsoft's extensive support infrastructure

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for enterprise Microsoft customers

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

❓ Requires Microsoft 365 administrator setup and licensing assignments

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ Developed by Microsoft, a well-established technology giant

✅ 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

✅ 2023 - Microsoft's entry into the commercial AI assistant space

✅ 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

✅ Utilizes Microsoft's advanced AI models, with a focus on accuracy and transparency

✅ 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.

✅ Rapid adoption across Microsoft's extensive enterprise customer base

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Native integration within Microsoft 365 applications

✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

✅ Primarily cloud-based, with some on-premises deployment options

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

✅ General business users across all industries and departments

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

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❓ Generalist tool for all industries with no specific legal specialization

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

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❓ No specific legal jurisdictional coverage as it's not designed primarily for legal applications

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

❓ $30 per user per month for Copilot for Microsoft 365 (requires Microsoft 365 license)

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ Follows Microsoft 365's 99.9% uptime guarantee

✅ 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: ✅ Extensive Microsoft-led training, webinars, Microsoft Ignite conference sessions, and Microsoft Learn resourcesTraining: ✅ Extensive documentation, Microsoft Learn courses, and training videosPrompt Training: ✅ General prompt engineering guidance but not legal-specific

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: ❓ Requires Microsoft 365 license and administrative setupSales: ❓ Typically follows Microsoft's enterprise sales cycle (weeks to months)

✅ 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 Microsoft 365 E3/E5 licenses and administrative setupImplementation Timeline: ❓ Typically 2-4 weeks for enterprise rollout depending on organization size

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional Microsoft enterprise sales approach through Microsoft sales teams and partners

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

✅ Numerous early adopter stories across various industries but limited legal-specific examples

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

❓ Microsoft cites productivity gains but limited legal-specific ROI metrics