As a freelancer, I can now prepare proper long-form legal contracts for and with my clients, using AI

May 6, 2025
Let's compare LegalFly and Genie AI on features, pricing, reviews and market focus. Let's test the accuracy, security and compliance of their Legal AI too.
Genie AI is a secure intelligent platform that streamlines contract drafting, reviewing, and editing with cutting-edge, AI-powered tools.
✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review
✅ Contract workflow automation, approval routing, template management, and integration with popular business tools
✅ Lawyer-supported AI and ML at the core of the platform
❓ AI features incorporated into platform but not built as an AI-native solution from the ground up
✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place
✅ Data encrypted in transit and at rest
✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2
✅ SOC 2 Type II, working toward ISO27001
✅ 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 with data residency options for enterprise clients
❓ Multiple authentication options (coming soon) (request this feature)
✅ SSO, 2FA, and OAuth authentication options
✅ Granular user permissions and access control features (document level, project level, organization level, party level)
✅ Role-based access controls with custom permission settings
✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations
✅ GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA compliant
✅ Industry-leading AI-assisted contract drafting capabilities (all expected provisions and sections over 20 pages)
✅ Template-based contract drafting with some AI assistance for clause suggestions
✅ 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)
✅ Real-time collaboration features with commenting and version control
✅ Powerful AI-driven contract analysis, red/amber/green flag reviews every clause (industry-leading improvements coming in 2025)
✅ AI-assisted contract review with risk identification and clause analysis
✅ Manage your projects and organise your own template and clause library
✅ Contract workflow automation, approval routing, template management, and integration with popular business tools
❓ No 'dumb' automated workflows. Agentic workflows coming in 2025
✅ Robust workflow capabilities with customizable approval processes
✅ Full numbering support + AI auto-styling and formatting (coming soon)
❓ Supports basic legal styling and formatting, but complex documents may require adjustments
❓ 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 Salesforce, MS Teams, Slack, DocuSign, and popular CRMs
❓ Just export to .docx and use your existing provider (request this feature)
✅ Native e-signature capabilities included in all plans
✅ Company and user level reporting and analytics (on request)
✅ Detailed reporting on contract status, cycle times, and obligations
✅ AI-powered document assembly
✅ Template-based document assembly with conditional logic
✅ 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.
❓ Basic AI editing capabilities, primarily focused on suggestions rather than comprehensive editing
❓ Top-level AI Legal Research available as AI chat within the legal document, some prompting required (request this feature)
❓ Limited legal research capabilities, focused on internal document repository search
✅ Negotiation tools for multi-party clause-by-clause agreements
✅ Version comparison and redlining features with some AI assistance
❓ No advanced data extraction or OCR capabilities (request this feature)
✅ OCR capabilities for converting scanned documents into searchable and analyzable formats
✅ Mobile-optimised Web App
✅ Mobile-optimized interface with core functionality available on smartphones and tablets
❓ Coming soon (request this feature)
✅ Integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive
✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts
❓ Limited community clause library with industry-specific samples
Coming soon - ✅ A library of your private clauses usable only by your legal team
✅ Customizable private clause library with tagging and categorization
✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts
❓ Small selection of industry-specific templates
✅ Bring your own library of private templates usable only by your legal team, within Genie
✅ Comprehensive template management for organizational templates
✅ Seamless integration with Microsoft Word, full styling, tables, formatting compatibility
✅ Microsoft Word integration through add-in with synchronization capabilities
✅ No known issues (Pre-formatted templates, consistent formatting, tables, cross-version compatibility)
❓ Some users report issues with complex tables and cross-referencing when moving between systems
✅ Generally positive reviews
❓ Some users note steep learning curve and challenges with complex document formatting
✅ Multiple support channels available including phone, whatsapp, email and live chat
✅ Email, chat, and phone support with varying response times based on plan
✅ Available with our custom plans
✅ Available for Enterprise and Premium plans
✅ For our custom plans, get setup within 3 days with a guided onboarding plan
❓ Self-guided for basic plans; dedicated onboarding for 2-3 weeks for enterprise clients
✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company
❓ Company history and development background not extensively detailed
✅ 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
✅ 2019 - Relatively new entrant in the legal tech space
✅ 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
❓ AI model accuracy and transparency not highlighted, unlike Genie's proprietary models supported by top universities
✅ 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 customer base with 3,000+ organizations, primarily in North America
✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models
✅ Native web-based platform with Microsoft Word add-in
✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)
✅ Cloud-based solution
✅ Suitable for in-house legal, law firms, and SMEs
✅ Mid-market businesses, growing law firms, and in-house legal departments
✅ Built as a platform which is versatile across various industries. Focus areas are construction, manufacturing, consultancy and legal services.
✅ Technology, SaaS, professional services, and manufacturing
✅ 120+ jurisdictions including the UK, California, Texas, India, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, France, and Germany.
✅ US, UK, Canada, and Australia, with limited coverage in other jurisdictions
✅ Generous free plan. Transparent subscription plans to suit different needs. Custom plans for orgs handling more than 10 documents per month.
✅ Tiered pricing: Basic ($45/user/month), Professional ($85/user/month), Enterprise (custom pricing)
✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public
✅ 99.5% uptime guarantee for all plans
✅ Fortnightly legal prompt training sessions from ex-Clifford Chance Legal Engineers;
There's also an active Slack community (join now)
Community & events: ✅ Monthly webinars on contract management, quarterly user conferences, and active user forumTraining: ✅ Knowledge base, video tutorials, and webinar recordingsPrompt Training: ❓ Basic AI usage training but limited specialized prompt engineering training
Self-Serve: ✅ 1-click, no email address required, no card required
Sales: ✅ 2-3 weeks from pilot to full team adoption
Self-serve: ❓ Free trial available but requires email address and basic setup; 1-3 days to productive useSales: ❓ 3-4 weeks from purchase to implementation for average client
✅ 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 commitment but includes guided implementationImplementation Timeline: ❓ 2-4 weeks from purchase to implementation for most clients
✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling
❓ Standard sales process with demos and follow-ups; some users report persistent sales tactics
✅ Firefish reduced contract review time by 50%, from 2.5 hrs to 1.25 hrs per document, saving 15+ hrs weekly per person
✅ Tech company reduced contract creation time by 65% and cut approval cycles from 2 weeks to 3 days
✅ Average 60% time savings on contract drafting; 50% reduction in review cycles; ROI typically 3x cost
✅ 40% reduction in contract cycle time; 65% faster contract creation; 30% increased legal team productiv
Can’t find the right template? Create the bespoke agreement in minutes by conversing with our AI and tailoring to your needs
Ask Genie to edit your document in the same way you’d ask a paralegal. Genie makes track changes, and explains its thinking just like a junior lawyer would.
Import 100+ page docx. files and run a clause-by-clause red flag review in 3 minutes. Chat with Genie to understand anything about your document.