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✅ AI-superpowered contract drafting, collaboration & review

✅ Universal compatibility, familiar interface used by 1.2 billion users worldwide, and integration with Microsoft 365 ecosystem; now enhanced with Microsoft Copilot AI capabilities

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

❓ Microsoft Copilot provides general AI assistance for writing and editing, but lacks specialized legal AI capabilities tailored for contract drafting and analysis

✅ Enterprise-grade security measures in place

✅ Enterprise-grade security with encryption for Microsoft 365 subscribers

✅ Compliant with major security standards, ISO27001 and SOC2

✅ ISO 27001, SOC 1 and SOC 2, HIPAA, and numerous other certifications as part of Microsoft 365

✅ 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.

✅ Regional data centers and compliance with local data sovereignty requirements

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

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✅ Multiple authentication options including MFA, passwordless, and SSO

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

✅ Granular permissions at document level with Information Rights Management for enterprise users

✅ Compliant with GDPR and other privacy regulations

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✅ Compliant with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA and other major regulations

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

❓ Basic text editor with templates, but no specialized contract drafting features beyond what Copilot offers for general text generation

✅ 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 real-time collaboration in Microsoft 365 versions with commenting, tracked changes, and co-authoring

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

❓ Basic spelling and grammar checks with Editor, but no specialized legal review capabilities without add-ins

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

✅ Universal compatibility, familiar interface used by 1.2 billion users worldwide, and integration with Microsoft 365 ecosystem; now enhanced with Microsoft Copilot AI capabilities

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

❓ Basic review tools but requires integration with other Microsoft products (SharePoint, Teams) for comprehensive workflow management

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

✅ Advanced styling, formatting, numbering, cross-references, and table of contents generation

❓ 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 with Microsoft 365 ecosystem and thousands of third-party applications

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

❓ Integration with Microsoft or third-party e-signature solutions required

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

❓ Basic document statistics but no legal-specific analytics

✅ AI-powered document assembly

❓ Basic template functionality but no specialized legal 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.

❓ Copilot offers general AI editing assistance but lacks legal-specific capabilities for contract language, terms, and clauses

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

❌ No built-in legal research capabilities

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

❌ Basic track changes and comments, but no specialized negotiation tools for contract collaboration

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

❓ Basic OCR capabilities through Microsoft 365 ecosystem but lacks specialized legal data extraction features

✅ Mobile-optimised Web App

✅ Fully-featured mobile apps for iOS and Android

❓ Coming soon (request this feature)

✅ Native integration with OneDrive and SharePoint; third-party connectors available for Google Drive and Dropbox

✅ Community clause library available for creating modular contracts

❌ No community clause library

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

❓ Can be implemented with add-ins or custom solutions, but not native functionality

✅ Community template library available to create modular contracts

❓ Microsoft template gallery contains some basic legal templates, but not an extensive community-driven library

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

✅ Supports creation and storage of custom templates

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

✅ Native .docx format creator and gold standard for document compatibility

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

❓ Complex formatting can break across versions; numbering issues and formatting inconsistencies between Mac/Windows versions

✅ Generally positive reviews

❓ Formatting inconsistencies, complex interface for advanced features, high cost of Copilot add-on

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

✅ Multiple support channels available (community forums, chat, phone, email)

✅ Available with our custom plans

✅ Available for enterprise Microsoft 365 customers

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

❓ Familiar to most users, but complex features require training; Microsoft 365 enterprise implementations can take weeks

✅ 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

✅ 1983 - Pioneer in word processing software

✅ 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.

✅ Used by approximately 1.2 billion users worldwide across all industries

✅ 3rd party and proprietary AI models

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✅ Native application, desktop and web-based versions

✅ 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

✅ Universal tool for all professionals and individuals who need to create documents

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

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❓ Generalist word processor without specific legal focus or built-in specialized features for contracts or legal documents

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

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✅ Available worldwide with localization for 100+ languages

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

❓ Microsoft 365 Business Basic: $6/user/month; Microsoft 365 Business Standard: $12.50/user/month; Microsoft 365 Business Premium: $22/user/month; Copilot for Microsoft 365: additional $30/user/month

✅ Offers SLAs for custom plans, specifics not public

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✅ 99.9% uptime guarantee for Microsoft 365 services

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

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There's also an active Slack community ()

Community & events: ✅ Extensive Microsoft community, user forums, regular Microsoft events and conferences focusing on productivity and Microsoft 365Training: ✅ Extensive documentation, tutorials, videos, and certified training programsPrompt Training: ❓ Basic Copilot guidance but not specialized legal prompt engineering

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 access with Microsoft account; familiar interface for most usersSales: ❓ For enterprise deployments, typically 2-4 weeks from purchase to implementation

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

✅ 1-2 weeks from agreement to full implementation

Pilot: ❓ Enterprise customers can pilot Microsoft 365 with structured process; smaller organizations self-serveImplementation Timeline: ❓ Individual/small team setup is immediate; enterprise implementations typically take 2-6 weeks

✅ Consultative, transparent pricing, no hard selling

❓ Direct online purchase for small businesses; enterprise sales process for larger organizations

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

✅ Numerous case studies across industries showing productivity gains from Microsoft 365 ecosystem adoption

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

❓ General productivity metrics but limited legal-specific metrics on contract drafting efficiency