Genie AI vs ParagraphAI

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Chrome extension that works across multiple platforms; grammar correction; plagiarism detection; platform-agnostic content generation

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

✅ AI writing assistance powered by advanced language models; continuous improvement of AI capabilities

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Standard encryption for data in transit and at rest

✅ 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.

✅ Privacy-focused policies; claims not to store user content permanently

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

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❓ Basic authentication options without advanced enterprise features

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

❓ Limited access control features compared to enterprise platforms

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ GDPR compliant

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

❓ Can assist with basic writing but lacks specialized contract templates, legal terms, and contract-specific structuring 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 collaboration features; primarily designed for individual use

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

❌ No specialized contract review capabilities or risk identification features

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

✅ Chrome extension that works across multiple platforms; grammar correction; plagiarism detection; platform-agnostic content generation

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

❌ No workflow or approval management capabilities

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

❌ No specialized legal styling or 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.

✅ Chrome extension integrates with various web-based applications and platforms

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

❌ No e-signature capabilities or integrations

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

❓ Basic usage analytics but lacks comprehensive reporting on document activities

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❌ No document assembly features for complex legal documents

✅ 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 AI-powered text editing, rewriting, and refinement capabilities for general content

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

❌ No legal research integration or capabilities

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

❌ No specialized negotiation tools or features

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

❌ No data extraction or OCR capabilities

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Mobile-optimized interface through browser extension and web application

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

❓ Limited storage integrations

✅ 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 private clause library capabilities

✅ 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 private template library capabilities

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

❓ Works through browser extension but not as deeply integrated with Word as specialized legal tools

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

❓ May struggle with maintaining complex document formatting when generating content

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Some users report inconsistent quality for specialized content and limitations with longer documents

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

❓ Email support with limited channels compared to enterprise solutions

✅ Available with our custom plans

❓ Limited information about dedicated support for enterprise clients

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

✅ Simple self-service onboarding process with minimal setup required

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2022 - Relatively new entrant in the AI writing assistant space

✅ 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

✅ Browser extension and web application that works across multiple platforms

✅ 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.

❓ Growing user base among general business and education users, but limited penetration in legal market specifically

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

❓ Primarily targets general business professionals, students, and content creators rather than specialized legal users

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

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❓ General writing tool without specific industry focus or legal specialization

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

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❓ No specialized legal jurisdictional coverage; designed as a general writing tool

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

✅ Free tier with limited features, Premium plan at $9.99/month for individuals, Business plans starting around $20/user/month

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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❓ No published uptime guarantees for business users

✅ 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 blog content on AI writing topicsTraining: ❓ Basic documentation and guides but limited comprehensive trainingPrompt Training: ❓ Basic guides on effective prompting but not specialized legal prompt training

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: ✅ Immediate access and value through browser extension or web applicationSales: ✅ Quick implementation for business accounts

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

✅ 1-2 weeks from agreement to full implementation

Pilot: ✅ Easy trial through free tier without formal pilot processImplementation Timeline: ✅ Immediate implementation through browser extension or web application

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

✅ Self-service model with minimal sales interaction for smaller accounts

✅ 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 focus on general writing productivity gains rather than specialized legal workflow improvements

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

❓ Metrics primarily focused on general time savings rather than specific legal process improvements