Genie AI vs LawDepot

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Extensive template library of 150+ legal documents with jurisdiction-specific versions; affordable subscription model with pay-per-document options

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

❌ Traditional template-based approach with minimal AI implementation; relies on form-filling rather than intelligent assistance

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Standard encryption for data transmission

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

❓ Limited publicly available information about specific 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 policy states they don't sell personal information to third parties

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

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❓ Basic email/password authentication with limited advanced options

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

❓ Limited access controls for document sharing

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ GDPR and local privacy law compliance

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

❓ Template-based document creation with question-based customization but no 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)

❌ Limited collaboration features; primarily single-user focused

✅ 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

✅ Extensive template library of 150+ legal documents with jurisdiction-specific versions; affordable subscription model with pay-per-document options

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

❌ No workflow or approval management system

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

❓ Basic document styling and formatting; may require manual adjustments for 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.

❌ Very limited third-party integrations

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

✅ Basic e-signature capabilities included in subscription plans

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

❌ No reporting or analytics features

✅ AI-powered document assembly

✅ Basic document assembly through guided questionnaires and template selection

✅ 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 editing features

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

❌ No legal research integration

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

❌ No negotiation support tools

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

❌ No data extraction or OCR capabilities

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Mobile-responsive website but no dedicated mobile app

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

❌ No direct integration with cloud storage solutions

✅ 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

❌ No private clause library functionality

✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts

❓ Pre-built templates available but not community-contributed

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

❓ Document storage available but limited template customization and management

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

✅ Documents can be downloaded in Word format

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

❓ Some users report formatting inconsistencies when editing downloaded documents

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Users mention limitations in document customization, unexpected renewal charges, and occasionally outdated legal information

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

✅ Email, chat, and phone support available

✅ Available with our custom plans

❌ Not available for standard plans

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

✅ Self-service onboarding with minimal guidance needed

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅Established legal document template provider, but not AI-focused like Genie

✅ 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

✅ 2001 - Established online legal document provider

✅ 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 AI capabilities, unlike Genie's proprietary intelligence and research support

✅ 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.

✅ Claims over 10 million users worldwide

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Web-based platform with no installation required

✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

✅Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

✅ Small businesses, startups, individuals, and entrepreneurs

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

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❓ General templates across common business needs rather than industry-specific expertise

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

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✅ US, Canada, UK, Australia, and limited presence in other countries

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

✅ Subscription: $39.95/month, $89.95/year, or pay-per-document options starting at $7.99

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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❓ No published 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: ❓ Limited community engagement; primarily focused on blog content and knowledge base rather than interactive eventsTraining: ✅ Knowledge base, video tutorials, and blog content availablePrompt Training: ❌ No AI prompt training (not applicable to their services)

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 to templates after registrationSales: ✅ No sales process required for standard plans

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

✅ 1-2 weeks from agreement to full implementation

Pilot: ✅ Free trial serves as pilot; no formal pilot programImplementation Timeline: ✅ Immediate access upon registration

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

✅ Self-service model with minimal sales interaction

✅ 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 small business owners saving thousands compared to attorney fees for routine documents

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

❓ Metrics primarily focus on cost savings versus attorney fees rather than efficiency improvements