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Genie AI vs Spellbook

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Genie AI publishes a starting price ($75); Spellbook does not. Only Genie AI has a free tier. Only Genie AI ships a public API.

Genie AIDrafts, reviews and redlines commercial contracts in a browser app and a Microsoft Word add-in.SpellbookContract drafting and redlining inside Microsoft Word

Side by side

FactGenie AISpellbook
CategoryContract Analysis & ReviewContract Analysis & Review
Pricing modelFreemiumContact
Starts at$75 month—
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, APIWindows, macOS, Web
CompanyGenie AI LtdSpellbook
Launched20172018
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Genie AI

One of the older names in AI contract work, with real investors behind it and a Word add-in that puts review where lawyers and founders actually redline. Pricing is per-user and steep for the tier: $75 a month buys one seat and insight across 50 documents. API and MCP access require the $600-plus Enterprise tier.

Pros

  • Word add-in as well as a browser app, so redlining happens in the working document
  • 500-plus template library alongside review and Q&A
  • Free tier lets you test creation and review before paying
  • Named UK company trading since 2017, backed by GV and Khosla Ventures
  • Enterprise tier covers 150+ jurisdictions with SSO, API and MCP

Cons

  • Pro is $75/month for a single seat
  • Free plan blocks exports entirely
  • API and MCP gated behind Enterprise at $600+/month
  • Token allowances, not document counts, govern how much you can actually run

Spellbook

Spellbook wins on the thing that decides legal-tech adoption: it lives in Word, where the lawyers already are, instead of asking them to move. The cost of that is a sales process and a price you cannot check before you engage.

Pros

  • Native Word add-in means near-zero behaviour change for the people who have to use it
  • Benchmarks against both market norms and the firm's own precedent, not just generic templates
  • Well capitalised: $50M Series B led by Khosla in October 2025 plus $40M debt in March 2026
  • 7-day free trial is available without going through procurement

Cons

  • No published pricing at any tier, so budgeting requires a sales conversation
  • No API, which blocks integration into an existing contract lifecycle system
  • Priced per seat, so cost scales with headcount rather than contract volume
  • The vendor is now actively acquiring competitors, so the product surface may shift

Which one fits

Choose Genie AI if you need

  • Founders and commercial teams signing contracts without in-house counsel
  • Sales and procurement staff who redline in Word
  • Companies that want templates plus review in the same tool

Choose Spellbook if you need

  • Small and mid-size firms and in-house teams doing high contract volume in Word
  • Practices with an existing precedent bank worth benchmarking drafts against
  • Teams that want redlining suggestions in the document rather than in a separate portal

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