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¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ vs Practical Law
Let's compare Practical Law and ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ on features, pricing, reviews and market focus. Let's test the accuracy, security and compliance of their Legal AI too.
What is ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ?
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ is a secure intelligent platform that streamlines contract drafting, reviewing, and editing with cutting-edge, AI-powered tools.
✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review
✅ Comprehensive legal resources, know-how, and document automation
✅ Lawyer-supported AI and ML at the core of the platform
✅ AI-powered tools like Westlaw Edge AI, Fast Draft, and Drafting Assistant
✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place
✅ Robust data encryption measures, unlike Genie
✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2
✅ Compliant with ISO27001, SOC2, and other industry standards
✅ 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.
✅ Strict data privacy and sovereignty policies in place
â“ Multiple authentication options (coming soon) (request this feature)
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✅ Supports various authentication methods, including SSO
✅ Granular user permissions and access control features (document level, project level, organization level, party level)
✅ Granular user permissions and access control features
✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations
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✅ Compliant with GDPR and other data privacy regulations
✅ Industry-leading AI-assisted contract drafting capabilities (all expected provisions and sections over 20 pages)
✅ Automated contract drafting with Fast Draft and Drafting Assistant
✅ 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)
⌠Limited real-time collaboration features compared to Genie
✅ Powerful AI-driven contract analysis, red/amber/green flag reviews every clause (industry-leading improvements coming in 2025)
✅ AI-assisted contract review with Westlaw Edge AI
✅ Manage your projects and organise your own template and clause library
✅ Comprehensive legal resources, know-how, and document automation
â“ No 'dumb' automated workflows. Agentic workflows coming in 2025
⌠Limited workflow automation features compared to specialized tools
✅ Full numbering support + AI auto-styling and formatting (coming soon)
✅ Supports complex legal styling and formatting in documents
â“ 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.
✅ Integrates with various Thomson Reuters tools and platforms
â“ Just export to .docx and use your existing provider (request this feature)
⌠No built-in e-signature capabilities, unlike some competitors
✅ Company and user level reporting and analytics (on request)
✅ Robust reporting and analytics features for legal research
✅ AI-powered document assembly
✅ Document assembly capabilities with Practical Law's resources
✅ 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 features compared to Genie
â“ Top-level AI Legal Research available as AI chat within the legal document, some prompting required (request this feature)
✅ Seamless integration with Westlaw and other legal research tools
✅ Negotiation tools for multi-party clause-by-clause agreements
⌠No specific negotiation support tools unlike Genie
â“ No advanced data extraction or OCR capabilities (request this feature)
⌠Limited data extraction and OCR capabilities compared to specialized tools
✅ Mobile-optimised Web App
✅ Mobile-optimized interface for access on-the-go
â“ Coming soon (request this feature)
⌠No direct integration with third-party file storage services
✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts
⌠No community-driven clause library unlike Genie
Coming soon - ✅ A library of your private clauses usable only by your legal team
✅ Ability to create and manage private clause libraries
✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts
⌠No community-driven template library unlike Genie
✅ Bring your own library of private templates usable only by your legal team, within Genie
✅ Ability to create and manage private template libraries
✅ Seamless integration with Microsoft Word, full styling, tables, formatting compatibility
✅ Seamless integration with Microsoft Word and other Office tools
✅ No known issues (Pre-formatted templates, consistent formatting, tables, cross-version compatibility)
✅ Consistent formatting and compatibility across devices and versions
✅ Generally positive reviews
✅ Generally positive reviews, with some reported issues in specific areas
✅ Multiple support channels available including phone, whatsapp, email and live chat
✅ Multiple support channels, including phone, email, and online resources
✅ Available with our custom plans
✅ Dedicated account managers available for enterprise clients
✅ For our custom plans, get setup within 3 days with a guided onboarding plan
✅ Comprehensive onboarding and training resources available
✅ Established AI-focused legal tech company
✅ Established legal tech company with a long history of innovation
✅ 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
✅ Decades of experience, with increasing AI integration in recent years
✅ 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
✅ Transparent about AI capabilities and limitations
✅ 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 adopted by law firms, corporations, and government agencies worldwide
✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models
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✅ Proprietary AI models developed in-house
✅ Cloud-based (SaaS)
✅ Cloud-based and on-premises deployment options available
✅ Suitable for in-house legal, law firms, and SMEs
✅ Serves law firms, in-house legal departments, and government agencies
✅ Built as a platform which is versatile across various industries. Focus areas are construction, manufacturing, consultancy and legal services.
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✅ Covers a wide range of legal practice areas and industries
✅ 120+ jurisdictions including the UK, California, Texas, India, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, France, and Germany.
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✅ Global coverage, with jurisdiction-specific content and resources
✅ Generous free plan. Transparent subscription plans to suit different needs. Custom plans for orgs handling more than 10 documents per month.
✅ Subscription-based pricing, with annual licenses starting at $6,000 per user
✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public
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✅ Offers uptime guarantees and SLAs for enterprise clients
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