Genie AI vs Callidus Legal AI

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Advanced contract analytics and risk identification; comprehensive compliance monitoring; integration with major enterprise systems

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

✅ Proprietary AI models trained on legal documents with focus on contract analysis and risk identification

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

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

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, and HIPAA compliance

✅ 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 strong sovereignty controls

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

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✅ SSO, MFA, and custom authentication options

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

✅ Role-based access control with granular permissions

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and industry-specific compliance frameworks

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

❓ Template-based contract generation with some AI assistance, but lacks the intuitive drafting experience of AI-native platforms

✅ 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)

❓ Basic collaboration features but lacks real-time co-editing capabilities

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

✅ Strong AI-powered contract review with risk scoring and compliance checks

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

✅ Advanced contract analytics and risk identification; comprehensive compliance monitoring; integration with major enterprise systems

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

✅ Comprehensive workflow automation with conditional approvals and escalation paths

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

❓ Handles complex formatting but occasionally struggles with highly customized 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.

✅ Extensive API and pre-built integrations with CRM, ERP, and procurement systems

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

✅ Native e-signature capabilities with audit trail

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

✅ Advanced analytics dashboard with customizable KPIs and risk metrics

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❓ Standard document assembly capabilities based on templates rather than true AI-powered assembly

✅ 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 suggestions for edits but lacks comprehensive document transformation capabilities

❓ 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 precedent analysis rather than comprehensive research

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

✅ AI-powered negotiation assistance with historical comparison analysis

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

✅ Advanced data extraction from contracts with pattern recognition

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

❓ Mobile app available but with limited functionality compared to desktop version

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integrations with major cloud storage providers and document management systems

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No community clause library available

Coming soon - ✅ A library of your private clauses usable only by your legal team

✅ Robust private clause library with version control and usage analytics

✅ 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 private template management with approval workflows

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

✅ Deep integration with Microsoft Word through custom add-in

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

❓ Users report issues with document conversion between systems and preservation of complex formatting

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Complex implementation, steep learning curve, and high cost

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

✅ 24/7 support via phone, email, and chat for enterprise clients

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Dedicated success manager for enterprise accounts

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

❓ Comprehensive but lengthy implementation process (typically 4-8 weeks)

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2018 - Early entrant in the enterprise legal AI space

✅ 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

❓ Cloud-based platform with Microsoft Word plugin for desktop editing

✅ 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 presence with Fortune 500 clients, particularly in financial services and healthcare

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

✅ Enterprise companies, particularly in finance, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors

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

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✅ Specialized in highly regulated industries (finance, healthcare, pharma)

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

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✅ Primary focus on US, UK, and EU markets

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

❓ Enterprise pricing starting at approximately $50,000 annually with additional costs for premium modules and support

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.9% uptime SLA with financial penalties for non-compliance

✅ 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: ❓ Quarterly webinars and annual user conference, but limited community engagement compared to more open platformsTraining: ✅ Extensive training programs, certification courses, and knowledge basePrompt Training: ✅ AI prompt engineering workshops for enterprise clients

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 self-serve option; requires sales process and implementationSales: ❓ 2-4 months from initial contact 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 programs requiring significant investment of time and resourcesImplementation Timeline: ❓ Typically 6-12 weeks from contract signing to full implementation

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Enterprise sales approach with multiple stakeholder engagement and lengthy proof of concept

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

✅ Global financial institution reduced contract review time by 65% and identified $2.3M in potential cost savings through obligation management

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

✅ Risk reduction metrics, compliance improvement statistics, and time savings across contract lifecycle