Genie AI vs SimplyDocs

✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Offers a wide range of legal document templates

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

❌ No AI or machine learning capabilities mentioned

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

❌ No information available on encryption measures, unlike Genie

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

❌ No specific security certifications mentioned, unlike Genie's ISO27001 and SOC2 compliance

✅ 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.

❌ No clear information on data sovereignty practices, unlike Genie's commitment to not sharing confidential data

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

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❌ No advanced authentication methods mentioned, unlike Genie's upcoming features

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

❌ No granular access control features highlighted, unlike Genie

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ Complies with GDPR standards

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

✅ Offers a variety of contract templates, but lacks Genie's AI-assisted drafting capabilities

✅ 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)

❌ No real-time collaboration features mentioned, unlike Genie

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

❌ No AI-driven contract analysis or review features, unlike Genie's clause-level reviews

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

✅ Offers a wide range of legal document templates

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

❌ No automated workflow processes mentioned

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

❌ Limited information on advanced styling and formatting capabilities, unlike Genie's AI auto-styling

❓ 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.

❌ No integration with legal or business tools mentioned, unlike Genie's .docx compatibility

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

❌ No built-in e-signature functionality

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

❌ No reporting or analytics features mentioned, unlike Genie's company and user-level insights

✅ AI-powered document assembly

✅ Offers document assembly through templates, but lacks Genie's AI-powered 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.

❌ No AI-powered document editing features, unlike Genie's market-leading capabilities

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

❌ No legal research integration mentioned, unlike Genie's top-level AI legal research within documents

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

❌ No specific negotiation tools mentioned, unlike Genie's clause-by-clause agreement features

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

❌ No advanced data extraction or OCR capabilities mentioned

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

❌ No information on mobile accessibility

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

❌ No file storage integrations mentioned, unlike Genie's upcoming features

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No community clause library available, unlike Genie

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

❌ No private clause library mentioned, unlike Genie's upcoming feature

✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts

✅ Offers a library of document templates, but lacks Genie's modular approach

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

❌ No private template library mentioned, unlike Genie's feature for legal teams

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

✅ Templates can be downloaded in Word format, but may lack Genie's seamless integration and formatting consistency

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

❌ Potential formatting inconsistencies when using templates across different versions or applications, unlike Genie's pre-formatted templates and cross-version compatibility

✅ Generally positive reviews

✅ Generally positive reviews on TrustPilot, but some users mention formatting issues and limited customization options

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

✅ Offers email and phone support, but responsiveness may vary compared to Genie's multiple channels

✅ Available with our custom plans

❌ No information on dedicated account managers, unlike Genie's custom plans

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

❌ No guided onboarding or setup mentioned, unlike Genie's 3-day onboarding for custom plans

✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company

✅ Established document template provider, but lacks Genie's AI focus from inception

✅ 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

❌ Founded in 2009, but no evidence of deep AI integration, unlike 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

❌ No information on AI accuracy or transparency, unlike Genie's proprietary models supported by leading universities

✅ 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.

✅ Claims to have helped over 2 million businesses, but no specific information on Fortune 500 or FTSE100 clients like Genie

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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❌ No information on the use of open-source or proprietary models

✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)

✅ Cloud-based solution for accessing templates

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

✅ Primarily targets SMEs and individuals, unlike Genie's broader focus on in-house legal and law firms

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

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✅ Offers templates for various industries, but may lack Genie's versatility

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

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✅ Primarily focused on the UK market, unlike Genie's global coverage

✅ 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 £35 + VAT per year for unlimited access to templates, lower than Genie's estimated $6000 per seat annual license

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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❌ No information on uptime guarantees or SLAs, unlike Genie