Definely vs Legal Robot

Definely is a LegalTech platform built for lawyers who review complex contracts in Microsoft Word. The company offers a suite of Word add-ins that help legal teams navigate definitions, proof documents, track ripple effects from edits, search precedents, and ask questions about contract language without leaving the document.

The product grew out of a real accessibility challenge. Co-founder Feargus MacDaeid, a former Magic Circle lawyer who is registered blind, could not move through long contracts the way sighted colleagues could. Definely started as a way to reach defined terms and cross-references from inside a clause, then expanded into broader contract review workflows.

Law firms and in-house legal teams use Definely to cut review time, keep formatting consistent, and reduce risk in negotiations. The company reports more than 150 customers worldwide, including firms such as Dentons, A&O Shearman, and DLA Piper plus in-house teams at KPMG, Samsung, and BT Group.

Legal Robot reads legal documents and flags risky language, unclear definitions, and style problems before you sign. Its Legal Simplifier turns dense legalese into plain English, and compliance helpers cover GDPR and DMCA requests. A Legal Graph Data layer lets you compare contract language against a large tagged corpus.

Most contract review tools send your files to a remote server. Legal Robot runs analysis on your device, encrypts the results with a key only you hold, and stores the ciphertext in your own cloud account. That local-first model targets teams who cannot upload sensitive agreements to a vendor cloud.

Legal Robot was trained on English-language contracts from the US, Canada, UK, and Australia under common law. The FAQ states it does not provide legal advice, only automated comparisons and linguistic statistics. New sign-ups currently show a Coming soon label on the homepage, so access may be limited even though the product pages remain live.

It fits small business owners, in-house counsel, and contract managers who need a first pass on agreements before involving an attorney. Support is email-only at [email protected], and the company lists a Vallejo, California address on its site.