Not just another AI — a law-firm portal in a category of its own.
Generic AI chats answer whatever you ask. Pure law-firm AI workspaces give you tools for your own case work. Smart Legal Pro does both — and adds matters, free watchers, and a client portal that don't come together anywhere else.
Control as a product
Five watchers keep an eye on things for free, every send needs your approval and can be undone, every draft carries clickable evidence, and every document retrieval via the client portal is logged per document. Already using a general AI chat for your cases? You don't need to migrate anything — Smart Legal Pro runs alongside your existing practice management software, doesn't replace beA or case management, and is ready to use immediately.
Own consumer side
Generic AI chats:
No access to matters — you have to acquire clients yourself.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Pure tools for your own case work, no matter referrals.
Smart Legal Pro:
Our own consumer side with one clear rule: if a case gets too complex, it goes to a law firm — optionally to yours.
Watchers & proactivity
Generic AI chats:
Only responds to your prompt, observes nothing on its own.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Chained flows that you have to assemble and start yourself.
Smart Legal Pro:
Five watchers keep an eye on every matter for free, with no prompt needed — you decide on one screen what the AI is allowed to do beyond that.
Setup & upkeep
Generic AI chats:
You put together the prompt and context yourself for every request.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Freely assembled AI skills and automations — you configure, test, and maintain them yourself.
Smart Legal Pro:
Built in and ready to use, no technical skills needed — pre-configured for liability instead of assembled by you.
Client portal
Generic AI chats:
No client access.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
No dedicated client portal.
Smart Legal Pro:
Clients submit documents, answer follow-up questions and see approvals — access logged per document.
Billing
Generic AI chats:
Consumer subscription with no matter or firm context.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Usually pure annual billing per seat, often with license minimums.
Smart Legal Pro:
Monthly, cancel-anytime subscription with fixed quotas, from your very first seat — publicly listed prices.
Deadlines & fees
Generic AI chats:
Deadlines and fees are estimated by the AI — with the hallucination risk that carries.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Varies, usually not the core promise.
Smart Legal Pro:
Deadlines and statutory fees are computed in code, not estimated by the AI.
Governance & undo
Generic AI chats:
No firm-specific approval chain.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Partly present, but not consistently.
Smart Legal Pro:
Autonomy level set per agent, mandatory approval before every send, gapless undo, a brake against bulk runs.
Evidence & knowledge network
Generic AI chats:
Cites sources that do not exist — with no verification at all.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Solved differently everywhere; the check itself is rarely made visible.
Smart Legal Pro:
Every statutory citation is checked against our own legal library; the result has three values — supported, not found, or not verifiable.
Case knowledge
Generic AI chats:
Knows only what you paste into this one conversation.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Partly available, mostly as document search rather than a knowledge network.
Smart Legal Pro:
Every case becomes a fact network: facts as nodes, 30 legal relationship types as edges, each with a source quote and a jump into the document.
Confidentiality before the model
Generic AI chats:
Your text goes out exactly as you paste it — client names included.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Solved differently everywhere; detection is often bought in as a separate service that sees the texts in the clear.
Smart Legal Pro:
Detection inside the same stack, with no model left to guess: legal forms and checksums structurally, matter participants looked up in the relationship graph. Quality measured, exceptions named.
Looking up current legal sources
Generic AI chats:
Answers from training knowledge — without saying whether a source is actually still current.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Solved differently everywhere; often tied to a bought-in search service, with no consistent source attribution.
Smart Legal Pro:
Its own, jurisdiction-filtered legal-sources index plus a verified page fetch — every finding with its source, a named search only after your explicit consent.
Support for the team
Generic AI chats:
A chat window that knows nothing of your files and deadlines — it answers but doesn't guide.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Varies; where a recommendation comes from often stays invisible.
Smart Legal Pro:
Lex or Lexi as a second pair of eyes, not a replacement: a reasoned next step for every file, deadlines by rule instead of estimate, a guide to every feature — on your quota, and can be scaled back at any time.
Document editor
Generic AI chats:
A chat window: text is copied out, formatting and structure are lost.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Varies – often just an output field for AI answers rather than a writing surface.
Smart Legal Pro:
A document editor in page view: AI on the selected text, compare versions, open Word files and export as Word, clients comment in the portal.
Fits your existing setup
Generic AI chats:
Used informally, with no case context — runs alongside your actual workflow without knowing it.
Law-firm AI workspaces:
Often replaces parts of your existing practice management software — rollout involves a migration effort.
Smart Legal Pro:
Runs alongside your existing practice management software — no beA replacement, no case management replacement, no migration, ready immediately.
| Criterion | Generic AI chats | Law-firm AI workspaces | Smart Legal Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Own consumer side | No access to matters — you have to acquire clients yourself. | Pure tools for your own case work, no matter referrals. | Our own consumer side with one clear rule: if a case gets too complex, it goes to a law firm — optionally to yours. |
| Watchers & proactivity | Only responds to your prompt, observes nothing on its own. | Chained flows that you have to assemble and start yourself. | Five watchers keep an eye on every matter for free, with no prompt needed — you decide on one screen what the AI is allowed to do beyond that. |
| Setup & upkeep | You put together the prompt and context yourself for every request. | Freely assembled AI skills and automations — you configure, test, and maintain them yourself. | Built in and ready to use, no technical skills needed — pre-configured for liability instead of assembled by you. |
| Client portal | No client access. | No dedicated client portal. | Clients submit documents, answer follow-up questions and see approvals — access logged per document. |
| Billing | Consumer subscription with no matter or firm context. | Usually pure annual billing per seat, often with license minimums. | Monthly, cancel-anytime subscription with fixed quotas, from your very first seat — publicly listed prices. |
| Deadlines & fees | Deadlines and fees are estimated by the AI — with the hallucination risk that carries. | Varies, usually not the core promise. | Deadlines and statutory fees are computed in code, not estimated by the AI. |
| Governance & undo | No firm-specific approval chain. | Partly present, but not consistently. | Autonomy level set per agent, mandatory approval before every send, gapless undo, a brake against bulk runs. |
| Evidence & knowledge network | Cites sources that do not exist — with no verification at all. | Solved differently everywhere; the check itself is rarely made visible. | Every statutory citation is checked against our own legal library; the result has three values — supported, not found, or not verifiable. |
| Case knowledge | Knows only what you paste into this one conversation. | Partly available, mostly as document search rather than a knowledge network. | Every case becomes a fact network: facts as nodes, 30 legal relationship types as edges, each with a source quote and a jump into the document. |
| Confidentiality before the model | Your text goes out exactly as you paste it — client names included. | Solved differently everywhere; detection is often bought in as a separate service that sees the texts in the clear. | Detection inside the same stack, with no model left to guess: legal forms and checksums structurally, matter participants looked up in the relationship graph. Quality measured, exceptions named. |
| Looking up current legal sources | Answers from training knowledge — without saying whether a source is actually still current. | Solved differently everywhere; often tied to a bought-in search service, with no consistent source attribution. | Its own, jurisdiction-filtered legal-sources index plus a verified page fetch — every finding with its source, a named search only after your explicit consent. |
| Support for the team | A chat window that knows nothing of your files and deadlines — it answers but doesn't guide. | Varies; where a recommendation comes from often stays invisible. | Lex or Lexi as a second pair of eyes, not a replacement: a reasoned next step for every file, deadlines by rule instead of estimate, a guide to every feature — on your quota, and can be scaled back at any time. |
| Document editor | A chat window: text is copied out, formatting and structure are lost. | Varies – often just an output field for AI answers rather than a writing surface. | A document editor in page view: AI on the selected text, compare versions, open Word files and export as Word, clients comment in the portal. |
| Fits your existing setup | Used informally, with no case context — runs alongside your actual workflow without knowing it. | Often replaces parts of your existing practice management software — rollout involves a migration effort. | Runs alongside your existing practice management software — no beA replacement, no case management replacement, no migration, ready immediately. |
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