Genie AI vs Zycus

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ End-to-end procurement suite with integrated contract lifecycle management; strong in supplier management and spend analytics

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

❓ AI capabilities through Merlin AI focused on procurement processes rather than advanced legal document drafting

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures with encryption

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ ISO 27001, SOC 1, SOC 2, and other 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.

✅ Regional data centers with data sovereignty controls

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

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✅ Multiple authentication options including SSO

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

✅ Granular role-based access controls

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ GDPR, CCPA compliant

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

❓ Basic contract authoring capabilities with templates but lacks advanced AI-powered drafting

✅ 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)

✅ Collaboration features for contract review and approval

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

❓ Contract review capabilities with risk identification but less sophisticated than legal-specific solutions

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

✅ End-to-end procurement suite with integrated contract lifecycle management; strong in supplier management and spend analytics

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

✅ Comprehensive workflow capabilities with configurable approval chains

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

❓ Basic support for legal styling and 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.

✅ Wide range of integrations with ERP, CRM, and financial systems

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

✅ Native e-signature capabilities and third-party integrations

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

✅ Advanced analytics and reporting on contract performance and compliance

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❓ Template-based document assembly without advanced AI customization

✅ 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 document editing capabilities compared to legal-specific solutions

❓ 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

✅ Contract negotiation workflow management and collaboration tools

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

✅ OCR and data extraction capabilities for invoices and contracts

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Mobile-optimized interface with dedicated apps

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integrations with common 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

✅ 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

✅ Extensive template library capabilities for customers

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

✅ Microsoft Word integration for contract authoring

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

❓ Some users report challenges with complex document formatting

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Implementation complexity, steep learning curve, and configuration requirements

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

✅ Multiple support channels including phone, email, and chat

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for enterprise customers

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

❓ Requires significant implementation time for full deployment

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ Founded in 1998, focused on procurement software

✅ 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

✅ 1998 - Established player in procurement technology

✅ 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

❓ Specific information on AI accuracy and transparency not readily available

✅ 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.

✅ 200+ Fortune 1000 clients globally including Whirlpool, Cummins, and KPMG

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Native web-based platform

✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

✅ Cloud-based and on-premises deployment options

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

✅ Mid to large enterprises, primarily procurement and supply chain departments

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

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✅ Manufacturing, retail, healthcare, financial services, and public sector

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

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✅ Global presence with offices across North America, Europe, APAC, and Middle East

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

❓ Subscription-based with modular pricing; typical starting point for full CLM around $50,000-100,000 annually for mid-sized enterprises

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.9% uptime guarantee for enterprise 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: ✅ Annual Horizon conference, webinars, and procurement community engagementTraining: ✅ Comprehensive documentation, training programs, and knowledge basePrompt Training: ❓ Limited AI prompt training focused on procurement use cases

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 implementationSales: ❓ Typically 2-4 months for 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: ❓ Formal pilot process requiring significant commitmentImplementation Timeline: ❓ Typically 2-4 months for standard implementation

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional enterprise sales cycle with demos and negotiations

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

✅ Whirlpool achieved 90% reduction in contract cycle time and $30 million in savings

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

✅ Metrics focused on procurement efficiency: average 30-60% reduction in contract cycle time; 2-5% savings on addressable spend