I use Genie for creating contracts for software development, it's better than the LLMs, but not perfect yet. I still need a lawyer to finish things off.

May 6, 2025
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Ƶ is a secure intelligent platform that streamlines contract drafting, reviewing, and editing with cutting-edge, AI-powered tools.
✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review
✅ Single unified workspace for legal operations with matter tracking, contract lifecycle management, automated intake, and comprehensive KPI dashboards
✅ Lawyer-supported AI and ML at the core of the platform
❓ Some AI functionality for contract analysis and workflow automation, but not built as an AI-native platform
✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place
✅ Enterprise-grade security with encryption at rest and in transit
✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2
✅ ISO 27001 certified, SOC 2 Type II 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.
✅ Regional data centers with strong data sovereignty controls
❓ Multiple authentication options (coming soon) (request this feature)
✅ Multiple authentication options including SSO, SAML, and multi-factor authentication
✅ Granular user permissions and access control features (document level, project level, organization level, party level)
✅ Granular role-based access controls and permissions management
✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations
✅ Compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and other major privacy regulations
✅ Industry-leading AI-assisted contract drafting capabilities (all expected provisions and sections over 20 pages)
❓ Basic document generation capabilities but lacks advanced AI-powered drafting features
✅ 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)
✅ Strong collaboration features for internal legal teams and stakeholders
✅ Powerful AI-driven contract analysis, red/amber/green flag reviews every clause (industry-leading improvements coming in 2025)
✅ Contract analysis and review tools with risk flagging and analytics
✅ Manage your projects and organise your own template and clause library
✅ Single unified workspace for legal operations with matter tracking, contract lifecycle management, automated intake, and comprehensive KPI dashboards
❓ No 'dumb' automated workflows. Agentic workflows coming in 2025
✅ Comprehensive workflow automation and approval routing capabilities
✅ Full numbering support + AI auto-styling and formatting (coming soon)
❓ Some support for legal styling but not as robust as specialized document editors
❓ 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 integration capabilities with Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Slack, Teams, and other business tools
❓ Just export to .docx and use your existing provider (request this feature)
✅ Native e-signature capabilities and integrations with DocuSign and other providers
✅ Company and user level reporting and analytics (on request)
✅ Advanced analytics and reporting on legal operations, workloads, and contract performance
✅ AI-powered document assembly
❓ Template-based document assembly with limited AI capabilities
✅ 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
❓ Top-level AI Legal Research available as AI chat within the legal document, some prompting required (request this feature)
❌ No built-in legal research capabilities
✅ Negotiation tools for multi-party clause-by-clause agreements
✅ Contract negotiation tools with version control and approval workflows
❓ No advanced data extraction or OCR capabilities (request this feature)
✅ OCR capabilities for document intake and data extraction
✅ Mobile-optimised Web App
✅ Mobile-responsive interface with dedicated mobile app
❓ Coming soon (request this feature)
✅ Integrations with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and other 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
✅ Support for private template libraries and document automation
✅ Seamless integration with Microsoft Word, full styling, tables, formatting compatibility
✅ Microsoft Word integration for document editing and version control
✅ No known issues (Pre-formatted templates, consistent formatting, tables, cross-version compatibility)
❓ Users report occasional formatting issues when moving between the platform and external document editors
✅ Generally positive reviews
❓ Some users report steep learning curve and complexity in setup and configuration
✅ Multiple support channels available including phone, whatsapp, email and live chat
✅ Multiple support channels including email, chat, and phone
✅ 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 that typically takes 4-8 weeks for full implementation
✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company
✅ Founded in 2015, focused on legal operations and matter management
✅ 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
✅ 2015 - Early innovator in legal operations platform space
✅ 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
❌ No information on AI accuracy or transparency, as AI capabilities are not a focus
✅ 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 including Telstra, AMP, Expedia, and San Francisco 49ers
✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models
✅ Native cloud-based platform with web interface
✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)
✅ Cloud-based solution
✅ Suitable for in-house legal, law firms, and SMEs
✅ In-house legal departments in mid-market and enterprise companies
✅ Built as a platform which is versatile across various industries. Focus areas are construction, manufacturing, consultancy and legal services.
✅ Industry-agnostic, but particularly strong in technology, manufacturing, financial services, and healthcare
✅ 120+ jurisdictions including the UK, California, Texas, India, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, France, and Germany.
✅ Global platform with customers in US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and other regions
✅ 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 $25,000-$50,000 annually for small to mid-sized legal teams, with enterprise pricing available
✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public
✅ 99.9% uptime guarantee for all customers
✅ Fortnightly legal prompt training sessions from ex-Clifford Chance Legal Engineers;
There's also an active Slack community ()
Community & events: ✅ Active community with regular webinars, the annual "Convergence" user conference, and regional user groupsTraining: ✅ Comprehensive documentation, learning portal, and personalized training sessionsPrompt Training: ❌ No specialized AI prompt engineering training
Self-Serve: ✅ 1-click, no email address required, no card required
Sales: ✅ 2-3 weeks from pilot to full team adoption
Self-serve: ❌ No immediate self-serve option; requires account setup and implementationSales: ❓ Typically 1-3 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 significant planning and implementation timeImplementation Timeline: ❓ Typically 4-8 weeks from contract signing to full implementation
✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling
❓ Traditional enterprise sales process with demos, stakeholder meetings, 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
✅ Linktree reduced contract turnaround time by 65% and improved visibility across legal operations
✅ Average 60% time savings on contract drafting; 50% reduction in review cycles; ROI typically 3x cost
✅ Average 30-40% increase in team productivity; 65% faster contract cycle times; 90% reduction in contract risk
Can’t find the right template? Create the bespoke agreement in minutes by conversing with our AI and tailoring to your needs
Ask Genie to edit your document in the same way you’d ask a paralegal. Genie makes track changes, and explains its thinking just like a junior lawyer would.
Import 100+ page docx. files and run a clause-by-clause red flag review in 3 minutes. Chat with Genie to understand anything about your document.