Genie AI vs Zegal

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Strong APAC focus with region-specific templates; built-in e-signature and approval workflows; clear pricing tiers for different business sizes

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

❓ Some basic AI features for document analysis but not built as an AI-native platform; primarily focused on template automation rather than generative AI

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Secure data transmission and storage with encryption

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ ISO 27001 certified

✅ 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.

✅ GDPR compliant with data centers in multiple regions for data sovereignty

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

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✅ Multiple authentication methods including SSO

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

✅ Role-based access controls and permissions management

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ Compliant with major data protection regulations in APAC regions

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

❓ Template-based document creation with limited AI assistance; relies more on pre-built templates than dynamic AI 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)

✅ Collaborative editing with version control and commenting features

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

❓ Basic contract review capabilities but lacks sophisticated AI analysis for red flag identification

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

✅ Strong APAC focus with region-specific templates; built-in e-signature and approval workflows; clear pricing tiers for different business sizes

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

✅ Strong workflow automation with approval processes, notifications, and status tracking

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

❓ Handles basic legal formatting but may struggle with very complex documents

❓ 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.

✅ Integrations with CRM systems, accounting software, and other business tools

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

✅ Native e-signature integration included in most plans

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

✅ Dashboard with contract analytics, usage statistics, and customizable reports

✅ AI-powered document assembly

✅ Strong document assembly from templates with conditional logic and dynamic fields

✅ 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.

❓ Limited AI-powered editing capabilities; focuses more on template-based customization

❓ 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

❓ Basic version comparison and redlining, but lacks AI-powered negotiation assistance

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

❓ Limited data extraction capabilities compared to specialized tools

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Mobile app available for on-the-go document management

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox, and other cloud storage solutions

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❓ Limited community clause library compared to larger platforms

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

✅ Ability to create and maintain private clause libraries

✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts

✅ Pre-built template library with jurisdiction-specific documents for APAC region

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

✅ Tools for creating and managing private template libraries

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

✅ Microsoft Word integration for document editing

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

❓ Some users report issues with complex formatting when moving between Word and the platform

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Some users note steep learning curve, limited customization beyond templates, and APAC-centric focus limiting global applicability

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

✅ Email and chat support; phone support for higher-tier plans

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for enterprise clients

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

❓ Structured onboarding process that typically takes 1-2 weeks

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2013 - Established legal automation platform in Asia-Pacific

✅ 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 Microsoft Word integration

✅ 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.

✅ Over 10,000 businesses across Asia-Pacific region; popular among SMEs in Hong Kong and Singapore

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

✅ Small to medium-sized businesses, particularly in APAC region; some law firm clients

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

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✅ Strong in APAC business law, employment, corporate governance

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

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❓ Primarily APAC focused (Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand) with some UK coverage; limited global reach

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

✅ Tiered pricing: Essential ($69/month), Business ($139/month), and Professional ($299/month) with custom Enterprise options; pricing varies by region

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.5% 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: ❓ Regular webinars and resources focused on APAC legal topics; smaller community compared to global solutionsTraining: ✅ Knowledge base, video tutorials, and webinars for user trainingPrompt Training: ❌ No specialized AI prompt training offered

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: ❓ Self-serve options available but require initial setup and template selectionSales: ❓ 2-4 weeks from purchase to implementation for most businesses

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

✅ 1-2 weeks from agreement to full implementation

Pilot: ❓ Standard demonstrations and trial period rather than tailored pilot programImplementation Timeline: ❓ 1-4 weeks depending on complexity and template customization needs

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Combination of self-serve signup and sales-assisted process for larger clients

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

✅ Helped Neat, a Hong Kong fintech, reduce contract creation time by 75% and improve compliance

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

✅ Reports 70-80% time savings on document creation; 50% reduction in contract errors