Genie AI vs LegalBox

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Comprehensive contract lifecycle management with strong workflow automation and native e-signature capability

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

❓ Limited AI capabilities focused on contract analysis rather than generative AI for drafting

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ End-to-end encryption for document storage and transmission

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ SOC 2 Type II and 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 centers with options for data sovereignty compliance

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

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✅ Multiple authentication options including SSO and MFA

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

✅ Granular permission controls for document access and editing

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ Compliant with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and other major regulations

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

❓ Template-based contract creation with limited AI assistance compared to newer 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 collaborative editing

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

✅ Contract analysis and risk assessment tools with automatic flagging of concerning clauses

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

✅ Comprehensive contract lifecycle management with strong workflow automation and native e-signature capability

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

✅ Strong workflow automation with customizable approval chains and notifications

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

❓ Supports legal styling but sometimes struggles 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.

✅ Integrations with CRM systems, ERP platforms, and other business tools

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

✅ Native e-signature capabilities with legal validity in multiple jurisdictions

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

✅ Detailed reporting on contract status, approval times, and usage metrics

✅ AI-powered document assembly

✅ Document assembly capabilities from pre-approved templates and clauses

✅ 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 editing capabilities without advanced AI-powered document modification features

❓ Top-level AI Legal Research available as AI chat within the legal document, some prompting required (request this feature)

❌ No significant legal research capabilities or integrations

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

❓ Basic redlining and version control, but limited AI assistance for negotiations

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

✅ OCR capabilities for importing and processing existing contracts

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Mobile applications for iOS and Android with core functionality

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, 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

✅ 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 support for creating and maintaining private template libraries

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

❓ Word integration available but not as seamless as native editing

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

❓ Some users report formatting issues when importing complex documents

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Some users report steep learning curve and challenges with complex implementations

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

✅ Support via email, chat, and phone during business hours

✅ 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 typically taking 2-4 weeks

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2012 - Established contract lifecycle management solution

✅ 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

✅ Native web-based platform

✅ 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 customer base primarily in North America, with particular strength in Canadian market

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

✅ Mid-market and enterprise companies, primarily in-house legal teams

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

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✅ General business contracts across various industries, particularly strong in financial services and healthcare

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

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❓ Primary focus on North America with expanding international presence

✅ 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 around $20-30 per user per month for basic functionality, with higher tiers for advanced features

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.9% uptime SLA for paid plans

✅ 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 and training sessions but limited community engagement compared to newer platformsTraining: ✅ Comprehensive documentation, webinars, and on-demand training resourcesPrompt Training: ❌ No specialized AI prompt training sessions

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: ❓ Basic functionality available quickly, but full implementation requires configurationSales: ❓ Typically 1-2 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: ❓ Formal pilot process requiring moderate resource commitmentImplementation Timeline: ❓ Typically 3-6 weeks from agreement to full implementation

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Traditional sales process with demos and tailored proposals

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

✅ Case study shows a financial services company reduced contract processing time by 65% and improved compliance tracking

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

❓ Metrics focus on approval time reduction and compliance improvements rather than drafting efficiency