Genie AI vs App4Legal

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Integrated legal practice management with matter tracking, time/billing, and contract lifecycle management in a single platform

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

❓ Basic AI features for document classification and search, but not built as an AI-native platform for contract drafting or analysis

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Enterprise-grade security with data encryption

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ ISO27001 certified with regular security audits

✅ 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.

✅ Regional data centers and compliance with data sovereignty requirements

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

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✅ Multiple authentication options including SSO and 2FA

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

✅ Granular user permissions and role-based 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)

❓ Basic template-based contract creation without advanced AI 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)

✅ Task assignment, client portal, and document sharing capabilities

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

❓ Standard contract management features but limited AI-powered analysis capabilities

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

✅ Integrated legal practice management with matter tracking, time/billing, and contract lifecycle management in a single platform

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

✅ Comprehensive workflow management with customizable approval processes

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

❓ Basic document formatting capabilities but not specialized for complex legal styling

❓ 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 Microsoft Office, email systems, accounting software, and popular CRMs

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

✅ Native e-signature capabilities and integrations with popular providers

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

✅ Extensive reporting and analytics dashboard for matters, contracts, and billing

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❓ Template-based document assembly without AI assistance

✅ 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-powered document editing capabilities

❓ 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 versioning and approval workflows but no AI-powered negotiation tools

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

✅ OCR capabilities for document scanning and data extraction

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Native mobile apps for iOS and Android with core functionality

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

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

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No community clause library

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

✅ Ability to create and maintain private clause libraries within the system

✅ 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

✅ Customizable template management for documents and contracts

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

❓ Integration with Microsoft Word but not as seamless as specialized document solutions

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

❓ Some users report limitations when working with complex document structures and formatting

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Some users mention steep learning curve and occasional interface complexity

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

✅ Email, live chat, and phone support available

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for Enterprise clients

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

❓ Structured implementation process typically taking 2-4 weeks

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ Established legal practice management software provider

✅ 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

✅ 2013 - Established player in legal practice management software

✅ 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

❌ No information on AI accuracy or transparency, as AI capabilities are not a focus

✅ 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.

✅ Used by 25,000+ legal professionals across more than 65 countries

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Native web-based platform with mobile apps

✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

✅ Cloud-based solution

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

✅ Law firms (small to mid-sized), corporate legal departments

✅ 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 legal service industries and corporate legal departments

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

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✅ Global platform with multilingual capabilities supporting operations in 65+ countries

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

❓ Subscription-based pricing starting around $65-85 per user per month, with additional costs for premium modules

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.5% uptime guarantee for all 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: ✅ Regular webinars, regional user conferences, and industry events; active on LinkedIn with educational contentTraining: ✅ Knowledge base, video tutorials, and customized training sessionsPrompt Training: ❌ No specialized AI 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: ❓ No immediate self-serve option; requires account setup and configurationSales: ❓ Typically 3-6 weeks from purchase to full implementation

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

✅ 1-2 weeks from agreement to full implementation

Pilot: ❓ Structured pilot process requiring configuration and setupImplementation Timeline: ❓ Typically 2-4 weeks from purchase to initial implementation

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional sales cycle with demos and pricing negotiations

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

✅ Middle East law firm reported 40% increase in productivity after implementing App4Legal for matter and document management

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

✅ Average 30% reduction in administrative time; 25% increase in billable hours capture; improved contract compliance tracking by 35%