Genie AI vs LawStack

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Document assembly with logic-driven workflows and guided interviews; custom templates based on firm's existing documents

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

❓ Incorporates some AI features for document analysis but not built as an AI-native platform

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Enterprise-grade security with encryption for data in transit and at rest

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ ISO27001 compliant

✅ 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.

✅ Data residency options for UK and EU clients

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

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✅ SSO and multi-factor authentication options

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

✅ Role-based access controls and permissions

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ GDPR compliant

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

✅ Template-based document generation with customizable workflows

✅ 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 team review and approval of documents

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

❓ Basic contract analysis capabilities but not as sophisticated as specialized AI review tools

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

✅ Document assembly with logic-driven workflows and guided interviews; custom templates based on firm's existing documents

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

✅ Structured workflow capabilities with approval processes

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

✅ Handles complex legal styling including numbering and cross-references

❓ 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 common practice management and CRM systems

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

✅ Integration with popular e-signature platforms

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

✅ Basic usage analytics and reporting for administrators

✅ AI-powered document assembly

✅ Strong document assembly capabilities through questionnaire-driven workflows

✅ 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 editing capabilities compared to 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

❓ Basic version tracking but limited specific negotiation support tools

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

❓ Basic data extraction capabilities but not a core strength

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

❓ Web interface accessible on mobile but full functionality requires desktop

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integrations with common cloud storage platforms

✅ 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

✅ Robust private template library capabilities for firm-specific documents

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

✅ Strong Microsoft Word compatibility for document editing

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

❓ Some users report occasional formatting issues when working with complex documents

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Some users note complexity of template setup and occasional formatting issues

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

✅ Email and phone support during business hours

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for enterprise clients

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

❓ Typical implementation takes 2-4 weeks depending on complexity

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2022 - Relatively recent entrant to legal tech market

✅ 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

✅ Web-based platform with Microsoft Word integration

✅ 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

✅ 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 client base in UK market but less established than legacy providers

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

✅ Law firms, in-house legal teams, and compliance departments

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

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✅ Adaptable to various legal practice areas with focus on corporate, commercial, and real estate

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

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✅ Primary focus on UK and European markets

✅ 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 at approximately £3,000-£5,000 annually for small teams with additional costs for custom templates

✅ 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: ❓ Occasional webinars and training sessions for clients; limited community compared to more established platformsTraining: ✅ Training documentation, videos, and webinars availablePrompt Training: ❌ No specific prompt engineering or AI 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: ❓ Some self-serve capabilities but full setup typically requires assistanceSales: ❓ Usually 3-4 weeks from purchase to initial 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 available but requires commitment to setup processImplementation Timeline: ❓ Typically 2-6 weeks from agreement to full implementation

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional sales approach with demonstrations and proposal process

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

✅ Mid-sized law firm reduced document creation time by 40% for standard agreements

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

❓ Some case studies available but metrics focus mainly on template creation rather than comprehensive workflow improvements