Genie AI vs Microsoft Word

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅Industry-standard document editor with rich formatting and collaboration features, unlike Genie's AI-powered contract drafting

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

❌No built-in AI or machine learning capabilities for legal tasks

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅Offers encryption for data in transit and at rest through Microsoft 365

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅Compliant with various security standards as part of Microsoft 365, including ISO 27001, HIPAA, and FedRAMP

✅ 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.

✅Provides data residency options through Microsoft 365

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

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✅Supports various authentication methods, including SSO, as part of Microsoft 365

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

✅Granular access control and permissions management through Microsoft 365

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅Compliant with major data privacy regulations, such as GDPR and CCPA, as part of Microsoft 365

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

❌No AI-assisted contract drafting capabilities, unlike Genie

✅ 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)

✅Robust collaboration features, including real-time co-authoring, comments, and track changes

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

❌No built-in AI-powered contract review or analysis features

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

✅Industry-standard document editor with rich formatting and collaboration features, unlike Genie's AI-powered contract drafting

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

❌Limited workflow automation capabilities compared to specialized tools

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

✅Supports complex formatting, numbering, and styles

❓ 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 options with other Microsoft 365 apps and third-party services

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

❌No native e-signature functionality, but can integrate with third-party solutions

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

❌Limited reporting and analytics features specific to legal documents

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❌No built-in document assembly tools

✅ 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 document editing features, unlike Genie

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

❌No integration with legal research databases

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

❌No specific tools for contract negotiation

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

❌Limited data extraction and OCR capabilities compared to specialized tools

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅Available on mobile devices through Microsoft 365 apps

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅Seamless integration with OneDrive, can also integrate with other cloud storage services

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌No community-driven clause library

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

❌No built-in private clause library functionality

✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts

❌No community-driven template library

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

✅Users can create and manage their own template libraries

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

✅Native Microsoft Word application

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

❌Some users may experience formatting inconsistencies across different versions or platforms

✅ Generally positive reviews

✅Generally positive reviews, with some users reporting performance issues or learning curve

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

✅Comprehensive support options through Microsoft 365, including phone, email, and chat support

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅Available for enterprise customers with Microsoft 365 plans

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

✅Relatively straightforward setup and onboarding process, with resources available through Microsoft 365

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅Developed by Microsoft, a well-established technology company with a long history

✅ 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

❌Microsoft is an established company, but Word has limited AI integration compared to Genie

✅ 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

❌Limited information on AI accuracy and transparency in Word

✅ 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.

✅Widely used across various industries and organization sizes

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅Proprietary software developed by Microsoft

✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

✅Available as both cloud-based (Microsoft 365) and on-premises (Microsoft Office) deployments

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

✅Widely used across in-house legal teams, law firms, and SMEs

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

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✅Versatile and used across various industries

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

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✅Global presence and support for multiple languages

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

✅Subscription-based pricing as part of Microsoft 365 plans, starting at $12.50 per user per month for Business Standard

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅Offers 99.9% uptime guarantee for Microsoft 365 services, with financial credits for unm