“We’re less than half the cost of our competitor and we actually offer more functionality. We’re doing something really boring – building good products, supporting it well and charging a fair price for it. It’s not rocket science, but lawyers love it.”
That’s how Draftable’s General Manager, Caspar Roxburgh, sums up their mission in Above the Law’s latest product review. The article spotlights how Draftable Legal is making document comparison fast, accurate, easy - and even possible directly within your emails.
From its simple design and reliable performance to fair pricing and exceptional support, Above the Law's review of Draftable shows how it takes the stress out of redlining, and why more than 950 law firms worldwide have already made the switch.
Read on for the highlights or read the full review in Above the Law.
Solving a universal legal pain point
Every lawyer knows the pain of late-night redlining, with endless versions, formatting chaos, and the constant fear of missing a critical change. Above the Law opens its review with that exact scenario, describing the “1,000-page contract review to be done by dinner” moment that every legal professional dreads.
Draftable Legal was built to end that pain for good, delivering fast, accurate document comparison that lawyers can actually trust.
Designed for the way lawyers actually work
Draftable doesn’t try to reinvent the lawyer’s workflow - it enhances it. The solution is fully integrated with leading document management systems like iManage, NetDocuments and SharePoint, and offers more than 25 ways to upload documents.
As Above the Law notes, that flexibility is a big reason why more than 950 firms globally, including Allens, Brodies and Mills & Reeve, have already adopted Draftable Legal.
Focused on one thing – and doing it brilliantly
While many legal tech tools try to do everything, Draftable Legal focuses on one thing and does it exceptionally well - comparing any document and finding every change.
The review praises Draftable’s “no regrets” design philosophy, which is intuitive, requires minimal training and doesn’t overwhelm you with features you don’t need. Lawyers can run comparisons and review changes in several ways, depending on their preference.
“Products should be designed in a way where you don’t have to go backwards,” Caspar explains. “You maintain the flexibility to allow people to flow through the product to get the outcome they want.”
Introducing Redline in Email
One feature that’s creating serious buzz is Redline in Email. Draftable’s new Outlook add-in lets lawyers compare and track changes in email messages directly in Outlook.
Above the Law writes: “Instead of having to compare each email in a thread of dozens, Draftable’s integration with Outlook compares emails in the thread to highlight the differences. You can also accept or reject changes directly in the email.”
“This is hugely valuable because Outlook can’t do this on its own,” says Caspar. “We’re using Draftable’s algorithm with all that ability to detect moves and granularity. We’ve been demoing this new feature at conferences and firms are saying, ‘I want everyone in my firm to have this’”.
Departures Table – change summaries in seconds
Draftable’s Departures Table feature transforms how lawyers handle change summaries. Instead of manually reviewing a full redline and building a departures table by hand, Draftable automatically extracts key edits into a clear, structured format in seconds.
As Caspar explains, “Most people looking at what’s changed in an agreement aren’t reading the full agreement. They’re reading a summary someone else has created.”
With Draftable, that summary is created instantly. Lawyers can choose how much detail to include, from every change to only those marked as important, and export the table to Word or Excel, or drop it directly into an email. Partners can see the substance of the edits straight away, without waiting for a manual summary.
A refreshing change - fair pricing and exceptional support
One of Draftable’s biggest differentiators is its fair and transparent pricing and outstanding customer support. Caspar puts it simply:
“We’re less than half the cost of our competitor and we actually offer more functionality, but it’s a deliberate choice. We’re doing something really boring – building good products, supporting it well and charging a fair price for it. It’s not rocket science, but lawyers love it.”
For firms tired of overpriced, overcomplicated comparison tools, Draftable is a breath of fresh air: simple, powerful and supported by people who care.
More to come in 2025, for half the price
The Above the Law review gives a look into what’s ahead for Draftable in 2025:
- Performance upgrades that will speed up comparisons and improve the already best-in-class PDF comparison tool.
- Modern Microsoft Office JavaScript (JS) add ins — File loading from Microsoft Office is now future proofed and easier to deploy thanks to new JavaScript add ins for Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Capability in German and French languages
- And, most exciting for Mac users, a web app that works on any operating system or browser
See Draftable in action
If your firm is still battling slow, clunky, overpriced comparison tools, now’s the time to make the easy switch to Draftable. Book a demo or start your free 5-day trial now.
