Genie AI vs SpotDraft

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Comprehensive CLM platform with strong contract repository, approval workflows, and AI-powered contract analysis

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

✅ AI-driven contract analysis, risk identification, and data extraction with continuous model improvements

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Enterprise-grade security with end-to-end encryption and data protection

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ SOC 2 Type II compliant, 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.

✅ Regional data hosting options and strong data sovereignty controls

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

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✅ SSO, multi-factor authentication, and other enterprise-grade security options

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

✅ Granular role-based access controls and permissions management

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ GDPR, CCPA, and other major privacy regulation compliant

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

❓ Template-based contract generation but less emphasis on AI-powered drafting from scratch

✅ 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)

✅ Robust collaboration features including commenting, approval workflows, and audit trails

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

✅ Strong AI-powered contract review capabilities with custom playbook enforcement and risk identification

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

✅ Comprehensive CLM platform with strong contract repository, approval workflows, and AI-powered contract analysis

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

✅ Comprehensive workflow automation with customizable approval chains and conditional logic

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

❓ Supports legal styling and formatting but occasionally faces challenges with complex formatting

❓ 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.

✅ Extensive integrations with CRM, ERP, procurement, and e-signature tools (Salesforce, SAP, NetSuite, DocuSign, etc.)

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

✅ Native e-signature capabilities plus integrations with DocuSign and Adobe Sign

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

✅ Detailed reporting and analytics on contract status, cycle times, and obligations

✅ AI-powered document assembly

✅ Template-based document assembly with customizable fields and clause libraries

✅ 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 assistance for editing but not as sophisticated as pure AI-first platforms

❓ 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

✅ Negotiation capabilities with redlining, version comparison, and approval workflows

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

✅ Strong AI-powered data extraction for contract analysis and metadata population

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Mobile-friendly interface with dedicated app for on-the-go contract management

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and other 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

✅ Ability to create and maintain private clause libraries and playbooks

✅ 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

✅ Comprehensive private template library with customization options

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

✅ Microsoft Word integration for editing and reviewing within familiar interface

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

❓ Some users report formatting inconsistencies when moving between the platform and MS Word

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Some users report complexity in setup and occasional learning curve for new users

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

✅ Multi-channel support via email, chat, and phone

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for enterprise customers

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

❓ Structured onboarding process that typically takes 4-8 weeks for enterprise implementations

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ Founded in 2017, focused on contract management

✅ 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

✅ 2017 - Founded by former Uber lawyer Shashank Bijapur and technology expert Madhav Bhagat

✅ 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

❌ Limited public information on AI model accuracy

✅ 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 including Airbnb, Notion, Strava, Chargebee, and G2

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Native web-based platform with Microsoft Word add-in option

✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

✅ Cloud-based SaaS solution

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

✅ Mid-market and enterprise companies, particularly in-house legal teams and procurement departments

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

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✅ Horizontal solution applicable across industries with particular strength in technology, financial services, and manufacturing

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

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✅ Global coverage with strong presence in US, UK, India, and Asia-Pacific regions

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

❓ Subscription-based pricing with tiers based on features and user count, starting around $15,000 annually for small teams

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.9% uptime guarantee for all customers

✅ 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, knowledge sharing sessions, and annual customer summits; active blog with contract management insightsTraining: ✅ Comprehensive documentation, video tutorials, and training sessionsPrompt Training: ❓ Basic training on AI functionality but not specialized legal prompt engineering

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 without account setup and onboardingSales: ❓ Typically 1-3 months 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 commitment of resources and configurationImplementation Timeline: ❓ Average implementation time of 6-8 weeks for mid-sized companies

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional enterprise sales cycle with demos, stakeholder meetings, and ROI analysis

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

✅ Notion reduced contract cycle time by 75% and saved 25 hours per week in contract management

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

✅ Average 60-70% reduction in contract cycle time, 40% decrease in contract administration costs