Genie AI vs CrimeCheck

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Fast, ACIC-accredited police check processing with same-day results for many applications; integration with HR systems

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

❌ Limited AI application beyond basic automation; not an AI-native platform

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Enterprise-grade security for personal identity information

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ ISO 27001 certified with ACIC accreditation

✅ 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 with Australian-based data storage compliant with Privacy Act 1988

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

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✅ Multi-factor authentication options

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

✅ Role-based access controls for organizational users

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ Compliant with Australian Privacy Principles and relevant screening legislation

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

❌ No contract 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)

❓ Limited to multi-user access for organizational accounts

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

❌ No contract review capabilities

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

✅ Fast, ACIC-accredited police check processing with same-day results for many applications; integration with HR systems

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

✅ Basic workflow capabilities for approving and managing background check requests

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

❌ Not applicable to this service

❓ 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.

✅ Integrates with major HRIS and ATS platforms including PageUp, Workday, and SuccessFactors

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

✅ Digital signature capabilities for consent forms

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

✅ Comprehensive reporting on background checks and verification activities

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❌ No document assembly functionality

✅ 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 document editing features

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

❌ No legal research capabilities

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

❌ No negotiation support tools

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

✅ Basic data extraction capabilities for identification document processing

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Mobile-optimized interface for applicants and basic admin functions

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

❓ Limited storage integrations primarily for document uploads

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No clause library functionality

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 template library

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

❌ No template library

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

❌ No Microsoft Word integration

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

❌ Not applicable to this service

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Occasional comments about pricing compared to direct police check applications

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

✅ Phone, email, and chat support during Australian business hours

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for enterprise clients

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

✅ Streamlined setup for organizations with guided implementation

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2006 - Established provider in Australian background checking services

✅ 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 HR system integrations

✅ 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.

✅ Widely used across Australian businesses and organizations requiring background checks

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

✅ Employers, volunteer organizations, and individuals requiring background checks

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

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✅ Particularly strong in healthcare, education, financial services, and organizations working with vulnerable populations

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

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❓ Primarily focused on Australian police checks with some international capabilities

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

✅ Pay-per-check model with volume discounts; Standard police checks start at approximately AUD $39.50

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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❓ Standard service availability but specific uptime guarantees not prominently advertised

✅ 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 primarily focused on compliance updates and webinarsTraining: ✅ Online guides, tutorials, and webinars for system usersPrompt Training: ❌ Not applicable to this service

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: ✅ Individual checks can be initiated immediately; organizational accounts typically set up within 24 hoursSales: ✅ 1-3 days for standard organizational implementation

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

✅ 1-2 weeks from agreement to full implementation

Pilot: ✅ Quick implementation with minimal testing requirementsImplementation Timeline: ✅ 1-3 days for standard organizational implementation

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

✅ Straightforward, transparent pricing with industry-specific consultation

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

✅ Reduced onboarding time by 60% for healthcare staffing company processing 5,000+ checks annually

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

✅ Average processing time reduction of 75% compared to manual applications; compliance improvement metrics