Contract AI
Work through contracts.
Spellbook
Drafting, review and playbooks, with ACM extending into the contract lifecycle.
YOUR TEAM OWNS
Your contract standards, review decisions and the rollout of the products you select.
Alaro vs Spellbook
Spellbook offers contract drafting and review tools, plus Autonomous Contract Management. Alaro runs agreed recurring legal work through the channels and systems your business already uses.
Start with the contract. Or the whole request.
Consider Spellbook for contract-focused AI, from drafting and review to its broader ACM offering. Consider Alaro when the job is an agreed stream of recurring legal work, with implementation and maintenance handled by Alaro. Test the actual scope on both sides: the difference is not simply whether a product can automate.
Managed AI paralegal
Hand over the work.
Alaro
An agreed recurring legal workflow, maintained and run for you.
YOUR TEAM OWNS
The playbook, approvals and decisions that require your judgement.
Where the responsibility sits.
Compare the work you are buying—and what your team still needs to own.
| Decision | Spellbook | Alaro |
|---|---|---|
| What you buy | Contract AI tools, with a broader Autonomous Contract Management offering. | An AI paralegal carrying out agreed recurring workflows. |
| How standards are applied | Reusable playbooks guide contract review and redline suggestions. | Alaro scopes your playbook, precedents, approval rules and escalation points with you. |
| How work moves | Word-based review and drafting; ACM adds intake, collaboration and repository workflows. | Alaro progresses the agreed workflow across your communication and business systems. |
| What your team owns | Choose the product scope, approve legal positions and agree rollout responsibilities. | Approve the operating rules and handle exceptions or judgement calls. |
| What to test | Review quality, precedent use and the availability of ACM for your team. | Missing inputs, follow-ups, approval routing, signature and filing in the agreed scope. |
| Implementation question | Which capabilities are included, and who maintains our configuration? | Which steps will Alaro own, and when must a human intervene? |
Follow the work. See what changes.
From the first message to the final record. Explore how Alaro handles an agreed workflow—and the decisions that stay with you.
TRY THIS IN YOUR DEMO
One supplier contract. More than a redline.
Use a supplier agreement with a missing schedule, a non-standard liability clause and an absent approver. Compare the review itself, then test who gathers the missing information and gets the matter to a signed, filed agreement.
Your precedents. Your approved positions. Your approval rules. Alaro checks the work against them and asks before going outside them.
Ask in your demo: what happens when a clause falls outside our playbook?
Hand over the work in the channel you already use. Alaro gathers the context and missing information needed to get started.
Ask in your demo: who follows up when an input is missing?
Connect the systems needed for the agreed workflow, from documents and approvals to signature and filing.
Ask in your demo: which handoffs are included in our scope?
When you need specialist legal review, ask Alaro to coordinate it. Your team keeps the decisions reserved to it.
Ask in your demo: which exceptions come back to us, and what legal support is included?
See the outstanding actions and ask about unsigned or renewing documents. The useful endpoint is a complete record, with anything unresolved made clear.
Ask in your demo: can we see the next action and who owns it?
What does Spellbook offer?
Spellbook’s Review product proposes redlines and comments in Microsoft Word. Teams can reuse review instructions through playbooks, inspect proposed changes and decide what to apply. Its help centre also covers drafting from instructions or precedent documents.
Spellbook also markets Autonomous Contract Management, covering request intake, initial review, collaboration and a searchable repository with renewal monitoring. Its June launch described a phased early-access rollout. Ask which ACM capabilities are available in your proposal today; comparing Alaro only with the Word add-in would miss this broader scope.
Product references: Spellbook contract review, Spellbook overview, Spellbook Autonomous Contract Management, Spellbook ACM launch and rollout.
When to choose each
Consider Spellbook if
- Your immediate priority is improving contract drafting and review inside Word.
- You want lawyers to reuse playbooks and inspect suggested changes in their document workflow.
- You want to evaluate Spellbook’s broader ACM scope as well as its drafting tools.
Consider Alaro if
- Recurring legal work is consuming time in follow-ups, approvals and handoffs.
- You want your business to delegate through email, Slack, Teams or WhatsApp.
- You want Alaro to maintain the agreed workflow while your team handles judgement calls.
Can you use both?
You could use Spellbook for a lawyer-led review and Alaro for the recurring requests and follow-ups around that work. Agree which product owns the current version, which one can send documents and where approvals are recorded. Confirm the handoff during scoping rather than assuming a direct integration.
How should you compare pricing?
Ask Spellbook to separate the products and capabilities in its proposal: drafting and review access, any ACM scope, onboarding and ongoing support. Compare the cost against the complete task your team needs done, not just the price of generating a redline.
Alaro scopes each workflow and prices the type and volume of work upfront, without per-seat or per-token charges. Confirm included actions, support and any volume changes in your proposal.
What should you check before sharing legal work?
- Which data can the service access, where is it processed and how long is it retained?
- What are the rules for model training, subprocessors and deletion?
- Which actions need approval, and can access be limited to the intended matter?
- Who reviews exceptions, and what legal support is actually included in the agreement?
Use Alaro’s Trust Centre and each provider’s current security documentation during procurement. Confirm the arrangements for your organisation and jurisdiction; the presence of an AI agent does not itself settle those questions.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Alaro and Spellbook?
Spellbook provides contract AI tools and an ACM offering. Alaro runs an agreed recurring legal workflow, with Alaro maintaining it and your team retaining approvals and judgement calls. Compare supported scope and operating responsibilities in a pilot.
Does Spellbook only work inside Microsoft Word?
No. Word-based drafting and review are part of its offering, but Spellbook also markets Autonomous Contract Management. Confirm which products, interfaces and capabilities are included for your organisation.
Can Spellbook review contracts against our playbook?
Yes. Spellbook supports reusable playbooks for contract review. Alaro also scopes work against agreed standards. Test how each handles a new position, a conflicting precedent and an exception requiring approval.
Can we use Spellbook and Alaro together?
Potentially, for different parts of a process. Define document ownership, access and approval handoffs first. A combined workflow and any integration need to be confirmed during scoping.
What should a comparison pilot measure?
Measure review quality and the complete request: missing inputs, human interventions, elapsed time and the final record. Specify whether the Spellbook pilot includes ACM, so both proposals are judged against an explicit scope.
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