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Clio Draft vs Gavel

Both stand on legal automation. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Clio Draft

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Clio Draft brings templates, questionnaires, court forms and e-signatures into a browser-based legal document workflow. Teams need to contact Clio for pricing.

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Gavel combines AI-assisted contract work with legal document automation. Its two products have distinct workflows and pricing, so teams should choose based on whether they need contract review, document generation, or both.

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The facts

	Clio Draft	Gavel
Free plan	Not published	A free trial
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web	API, Mac, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Gavel Workflows Scale: $417 a year
Plans published	1	6
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	clio.com	gavel.io
On legal automation	#10 of 24	#6 of 24

Clio Draft: what it does well

AI turns Word documents into reusable fillable templates.
Questionnaires can adapt to client responses.
Thousands of court forms cover all 50 U.S. states.
Documents export as PDF or Word files.
Pricing includes onboarding and live training.

What to know first

Pricing is available only by request.
Clio Manage is needed for the stated flow of client and matter details.
Support is listed as available 24/5.

Gavel: what it does well

Exec works inside Microsoft Word and online.
Workflows creates Word documents and PDFs from intake answers.
Listed integrations include Clio, Zapier, DocuSign, and Stripe.
Exec includes traceable explanations for contract work.
Gavel advertises unlimited support and free onboarding and training.

What to know first

No general free plan; the free trial is limited to 25 queries per user.
Workflows Lite is capped at 10 workflows.
Exec costs $160 a month on the listed monthly plan.
API access is available only on higher Workflows tiers.

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