DraftPilot vs Spellbook

Overview

DraftPilot and Spellbook both use AI to help legal teams review and redline contracts inside Microsoft Word. This page summarizes the key differences for in-house legal teams evaluating their options.

At a glance

  • Workflow: DraftPilot keeps the attorney in control with a review-and-accept flow; Spellbook leans into autocomplete-style suggestions.
  • Playbooks: DraftPilot builds custom playbooks from your existing templates; Spellbook offers generalized clause suggestions.
  • Security: DraftPilot is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified, and does not use customer data to train public AI models.
  • Data residency: DraftPilot is UK-based with UK and US hosting options, which can simplify data privacy reviews for UK, EU, and US legal teams; Spellbook is headquartered in Canada.
  • Partnership: DraftPilot is founder-led, with direct access to the product team for feedback and feature requests.
  • Product velocity: DraftPilot ships frequently, so customer feedback tends to land in the product quickly.

Why teams choose DraftPilot

  • Faster mark-ups on third-party contracts using your own playbook.
  • Word-native experience that matches how legal teams already work.
  • Attorney-controlled outputs — every change is reviewed before it lands.

Next step

Request a demo to see how DraftPilot compares for your team’s contracts.