Genie AI vs WiseDoc

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Easy-to-use template system with conditional logic, user-friendly interface for non-technical users, and basic workflow automation

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

❓ Uses third-party AI models with some customization for document tasks, not built from ground up as an AI-native platform

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ End-to-end encryption for all documents and communications

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

❓ SOC 2 Type II compliant but lacks some advanced 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.

❓ Data stored in US-based servers with limited regional options

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

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✅ Supports SSO, 2FA, and standard authentication methods

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

❓ Basic role-based permissions but lacks granular document-level controls

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ GDPR and CCPA compliant

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

❓ Template-based contract drafting with basic AI assistance for completing fields and suggesting standard clauses

✅ 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 including commenting and sharing, but lacks real-time collaborative editing

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

❓ Basic AI-powered contract review that flags common issues but lacks depth for sophisticated legal analysis

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

✅ Easy-to-use template system with conditional logic, user-friendly interface for non-technical users, and basic workflow automation

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

✅ Solid workflow management with approval routing and status tracking

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

❓ Handles basic 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.

❓ Limited integrations with CRM and business tools (Salesforce, HubSpot)

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

✅ Native e-signature capabilities included in all plans

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

❓ Basic usage analytics and document metrics

✅ AI-powered document assembly

✅ Strong template-based document assembly with conditional logic and variable fields

✅ 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 editing capabilities focused primarily on formatting and simple text suggestions

❓ 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 redlining and comparison features, but limited AI-powered negotiation assistance

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

✅ Solid OCR capabilities for document scanning and data extraction

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

❓ Mobile-responsive web interface but limited functionality compared to desktop

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Integrates with Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and Box

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❓ Small library of community-contributed clauses, not extensively curated

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

✅ Supports creation and management of private clause libraries

✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts

❓ Limited selection of community templates compared to more established platforms

✅ Bring your own library of private templates usable only by your legal team, within Genie

✅ Robust private template library with folder organization and tagging

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

❓ Word plugin available but with occasional formatting inconsistencies

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

❓ Users report issues with table formatting and complex numbering schemes

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Users cite limited template customization, occasional formatting issues, and basic AI capabilities as common pain points

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

❓ Email support for all users, chat and phone support for premium plans only

✅ Available with our custom plans

❓ Available only for enterprise customers with significant annual contracts

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

❓ Self-serve onboarding with optional paid training sessions

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2019 - Relatively new entrant in the document automation 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

❓ Web-based platform with Microsoft Word plugin available

✅ 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 user base of approximately 5,000+ businesses, primarily in the SMB segment

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

❓ SMBs, mid-market companies, with some enterprise clients primarily in specific verticals

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

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❓ Strong in real estate, healthcare, and technology sectors

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

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❓ Primarily focused on US market with limited international templates

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

❓ Tiered pricing: Starter ($25/user/month), Professional ($50/user/month), Enterprise (custom pricing)

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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❓ 99.5% uptime guarantee for all 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: ❓ Monthly webinars and occasional user conferences; small but active user community forumTraining: ✅ Comprehensive knowledge base, video tutorials, and weekly webinarsPrompt Training: ❌ No specialized AI prompt engineering 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: ❓ Requires account creation and some setup, typically 1-2 days to meaningful useSales: ❓ 2-4 weeks from purchase to implementation for teams

✅ Simple 3-step process: try with your document, explore your scenarios, receive 360° assessment

✅ 1-2 weeks from agreement to full implementation

Pilot: ❓ Standard 14-day free trial; custom pilots available for enterprise prospectsImplementation Timeline: ❓ Self-serve implementation possible within days; enterprise setup typically 2-4 weeks

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Product-led growth model with inside sales team for larger accounts

✅ 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 with regional law firm reporting 25% time savings on routine document creation

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

❓ Limited published metrics; general claims of 30-40% time savings without detailed ROI analysis