BlackBoiler vs ClearTerm

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.

ClearTerm analyzes English-language master services agreements and services agreements from a software freelancer’s perspective. It highlights issues such as work-for-hire terms, broad intellectual-property assignment, long payment periods, and uncapped indemnity, then supplies plain-English findings and negotiation wording. Shield Mode reviews a single contract and provides a 0–100 safety score with risk classifications. Diff Mode compares two versions, assesses how changes affect risk, and counts as one scan. Users can paste text or upload selectable-text PDFs within limits: no more than 4 MB and 40 pages, and about 100,000 characters of extracted text. Scanned or photographed contracts are unsupported because the service does not perform OCR. The first scan each month requires no account; a free account includes five monthly scans, which do not roll over. ClearTerm sends contract content to Google Gemini for analysis and says uploaded files and extracted text are not retained in its own storage. It says it is not a law firm and does not replace a lawyer for high-stakes matters.