Genie was so intuitive, and easy to use, allowed me to not only review but adjust my document so that my clients and me were protected and expectations were clear.
Genie AI vs Spellbook
Let's compare Spellbook and Genie AI on features, pricing, reviews and market focus. Let's test the accuracy, security and compliance of their Legal AI too.
What is Genie AI?
Genie AI is a secure intelligent platform that streamlines contract drafting, reviewing, and editing with cutting-edge, AI-powered tools.
✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review
✅AI-assisted contract drafting and review, but lacks Genie's depth and collaboration features
✅ Lawyer-supported AI and ML at the core of the platform
✅Uses AI and ML, but not as deeply integrated as Genie
✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place
❌No clear information on encryption measures, unlike Genie
✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2
❌No publicly available information on security certifications, 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.
❌Unclear data handling practices, unlike Genie's commitment to not training models on client data
❓ Multiple authentication options (coming soon) (request this feature)
❌Limited authentication options compared to Genie's upcoming features
✅ Granular user permissions and access control features (document level, project level, organization level, party level)
✅Likely offers some access control, but not as granular as Genie
✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations
❓ Compliance with GDPR and other standards unclear, unlike Genie
✅ Industry-leading AI-assisted contract drafting capabilities (all expected provisions and sections over 20 pages)
✅Offers AI-assisted contract drafting, but not as comprehensive as Genie's 20+ page 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 built-in real-time collaboration features like Genie
✅ Powerful AI-driven contract analysis, red/amber/green flag reviews every clause (industry-leading improvements coming in 2025)
✅AI-driven contract review, but lacks Genie's clause-level red/amber/green flagging
✅ Manage your projects and organise your own template and clause library
✅AI-assisted contract drafting and review, but lacks Genie's depth and collaboration features
❓ No 'dumb' automated workflows. Agentic workflows coming in 2025
❌No automated workflow processes, unlike Genie's upcoming features
✅ Full numbering support + AI auto-styling and formatting (coming soon)
❌Limited support for complex numbering and AI-assisted styling compared to Genie
❓ 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 known integrations with legal and business tools, unlike Genie's .docx compatibility
❓ Just export to .docx and use your existing provider (request this feature)
❌No built-in e-signature capabilities, unlike Genie's upcoming feature
✅ Company and user level reporting and analytics (on request)
❌No clear reporting and analytics features, unlike Genie's company and user-level insights
✅ AI-powered document assembly
✅Offers document assembly, but not as AI-powered as Genie
✅ 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 market-leading AI document editing capabilities like Genie's tracked changes and private party editing
❓ Top-level AI Legal Research available as AI chat within the legal document, some prompting required (request this feature)
❌No AI-powered legal research integration, unlike Genie's upcoming feature
✅ Negotiation tools for multi-party clause-by-clause agreements
❌Lacks Genie's negotiation tools for multi-party clause-by-clause agreements
❓ No advanced data extraction or OCR capabilities (request this feature)
❌No advanced data extraction or OCR capabilities, similar to Genie
✅ Mobile-optimised Web App
❓ Mobile accessibility unclear, unlike Genie's optimized interface
❓ Coming soon (request this feature)
❌No known file storage integrations, unlike Genie's upcoming feature
✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts
❌No community clause library for modular contracts, unlike Genie
Coming soon - ✅ A library of your private clauses usable only by your legal team
❌No private clause library for legal teams, unlike Genie's upcoming feature
✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts
❌No community template library for modular contracts, unlike Genie
✅ Bring your own library of private templates usable only by your legal team, within Genie
❌No private template library for legal teams, unlike Genie
✅ Seamless integration with Microsoft Word, full styling, tables, formatting compatibility
❓ Microsoft Word compatibility unclear, unlike Genie's seamless integration
✅ No known issues (Pre-formatted templates, consistent formatting, tables, cross-version compatibility)
❌Potential formatting inconsistencies and issues, unlike Genie's pre-formatted templates and cross-version compatibility
✅ Generally positive reviews
❌Mixed user reviews, with some noting Genie's superior 'Ask' feature and questioning Spellbook's effectiveness
✅ Multiple support channels available including phone, whatsapp, email and live chat
❓ Customer support options and responsiveness unclear, unlike 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 clear guided onboarding or quick setup like Genie's 3-day custom plan process
✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company
✅Relatively new legal tech company focused on AI
✅ 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 more recently than Genie, with less mature AI integration
✅ 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 clear information on AI model accuracy or research partnerships, unlike Genie's ties to top 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.
❌Smaller customer base compared to Genie's Fortune 500, FTSE100, and 8000+ law firm clients
✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models
❓ Unclear if using open-source or proprietary AI models, unlike Genie's mix
✅ Suitable for in-house legal, law firms, and SMEs
✅Targets law firms and legal teams, but may not cater to SMEs like Genie
✅ Built as a platform which is versatile across various industries. Focus areas are construction, manufacturing, consultancy and legal services.
❓ Industry specialization unclear, unlike Genie's versatility
✅ 120+ jurisdictions including the UK, California, Texas, India, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, France, and Germany.
❓ Global coverage uncertain, unlike Genie's broad reach
✅ Generous free plan. Transparent subscription plans to suit different needs. Custom plans for orgs handling more than 10 documents per month.
❌Pricing not publicly available, estimated at $6,000+ per user annually after lengthy sales discussions, unlike Genie's transparent and flexible plans
✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public
❓ Uptime guarantees and SLAs unclear, unlike Genie's likely offerings
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