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✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Free and open-source with no licensing costs; compatibility with multiple document formats; lightweight system requirements

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

❌ No AI or machine learning capabilities; traditional word processing functionality only

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

❌ No built-in end-to-end encryption

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

❓ Open-source security model but no formal 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.

✅ Fully offline capable with no data sharing; complete control over document storage

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

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❓ Basic password protection for documents but no advanced authentication methods

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

❓ Basic document protection features but no granular access controls

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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❓ No specific compliance features but being offline can help with some compliance requirements

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

❌ Basic text editing only; no specialized contract drafting tools or legal-specific functionality

✅ 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 through document sharing and version tracking, but no real-time collaboration

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

❌ No contract review capabilities or automated analysis features

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

✅ Free and open-source with no licensing costs; compatibility with multiple document formats; lightweight system requirements

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

❌ No workflow or approval management capabilities

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

❓ Supports styles and formatting but not specialized for legal 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.

❓ Limited third-party integrations through extensions but not with legal tools

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

❌ No native e-signature support

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

❌ No reporting or analytics capabilities

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❓ Basic template system but no intelligent document assembly features

✅ 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.

❌ No AI-powered editing capabilities; manual editing only

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

❌ No legal research capabilities or integrations

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

❌ No collaborative negotiation tools or redlining capabilities

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

❓ Limited OCR capabilities through third-party extensions

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

❓ No official mobile apps; limited mobile browser compatibility

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

❌ No native cloud storage integration

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No clause library functionality

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

❌ No clause library functionality

✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts

❓ Community-created templates available online but not integrated into the platform

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

❓ Users can create and save their own templates, but no advanced template management

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

❓ Can open and save in .doc/.docx formats but with occasional formatting issues

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

❓ Formatting inconsistencies when exchanging documents with Microsoft Office; numbering issues with complex legal documents

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Outdated interface, lack of modern features, formatting issues with Microsoft Office documents, infrequent updates

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

❓ Community forums and volunteer support; no professional support services

✅ Available with our custom plans

❌ Not available

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

❓ Self-guided through documentation and tutorials; no formal onboarding

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ 2000 - Pioneer in open-source office productivity software

✅ 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 desktop application

✅ 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.

❓ Estimated 33+ million downloads, but limited professional adoption in legal sector

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

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

✅ Individual users, educational institutions, small businesses with basic document needs

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

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❓ General-purpose office suite without specific industry focus or legal specialization

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

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❓ No jurisdiction-specific features or content

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

✅ Completely free and open-source with no licensing costs

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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❌ No uptime guarantees

✅ Fortnightly legal prompt training sessions from ex-Clifford Chance Legal Engineers;

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There's also an active Slack community ()

Community & events: ✅ Active open-source community with forums, mailing lists, and occasional conferences; community-driven development and supportTraining: ❓ Community-created documentation, guides, and tutorialsPrompt Training: ❌ No AI features to train

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: ✅ Immediate download and installationSales: ❓ Not applicable; no sales process

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

✅ 1-2 weeks from agreement to full implementation

Pilot: ❓ Not applicable; no formal pilot processImplementation Timeline: ✅ Immediate installation and deployment

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

✅ No sales process; direct download

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

❓ Adoption by government agencies and educational institutions primarily for cost savings

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

❓ Limited to general office productivity metrics; no legal-specific ROI data