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 client access is logged per § 43e BRAO. Already using ChatGPT 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 — logged per § 43e BRAO.
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 fact 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.
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 — logged per § 43e BRAO. |
| 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 fact 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. |
| 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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Watchers & autopilot in detail
What the five free watchers observe and how the autopilot screen steers automation is shown step by step on the agents page — including the "respond to opposing counsel's brief" chain.
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