Alice vs BlackBoiler

Alice is a web-based legal AI assistant for litigation workflows, covering case analysis, legal research, argument building, and drafting. It identifies facts, issues, and connections across case documents, which users can query in natural language with Ask Alice. Alice Research connects case facts to law and doctrine across public and private libraries, providing answers with source citations. Argument tools turn facts and research into structured arguments, rebuttals, and rejoinders for lawyer review. Alice Draft assembles litigation documents from facts, arguments, positions, and citations, with editing available in Microsoft Word. The service has a Word add-in; SharePoint integration is included in the Advanced plan. Core is described for small and medium teams and costs €85 a month per user; yearly billing shows 15% off. Advanced uses custom pricing and is designed for larger teams and firmwide rollouts, with dedicated support, onboarding, flexible user management, and tailored setup. Alice lists a 14-day trial and no free plan. The maker says personal data is processed solely within the EU, customer data is not used to train AI models, and the service complies with GDPR.

BlackBoiler reviews contracts in Microsoft Word by applying an organization’s playbook, previous redlines, approved wording, and examples. It creates first-pass tracked changes and comments; reviewers then accept, modify, reject, escalate, or negotiate each suggestion. Veris provides conversational access to playbooks and contract language within Word. The service covers recurring agreements such as NDAs, service agreements, and subcontracts, plus construction prime contracts, subcontracts, and professional services agreements using AIA, ConsensusDocs, and EJCDC forms. BlackBoiler is aimed at in-house legal teams, law firms, contract managers, and construction legal, commercial, procurement, and project teams. It concentrates on pre-execution review and redlining, while an existing CLM can handle intake, approvals, signatures, and the broader lifecycle. Platforms are web and API. Starter costs $1,250/user/year, Pro costs $3,000/user/year, Enterprise pricing is custom, and a seven-day trial requires a credit card.