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.