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Comprehensive review: evaluating everything at once

An evaluation across all documents of a matter — and why you should upload everything beforehand.

Updated 4 October 2026
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If a matter involves many documents — contracts, invoices, correspondence, minutes — the comprehensive review helps: a coherent evaluation across all documents instead of many individual analyses.

What you receive afterwards

Each detail leads you via a click to the exact spot in the original document from which it originates.

If a party to an event on the timeline could not be recognized, “[unknown]” appears in its place and the event carries the note “Party not recognized”. You can add the detail in your matter under “Analysis”, in the list of detected details (Detected facts (persons, dates, amounts, deadlines)).

Upload everything that belongs to it beforehand

This is the most important point — and it distinguishes the comprehensive review from an individual analysis:

  1. Collect first, then start. File all documents related to the matter (Uploading documents correctly).
  2. Wait until everything has been read in. The start card shows you how many documents are finished. You can also schedule the start — the review will then run automatically as soon as the last document has been read.
  3. Then have it evaluated.

Why this is important: The report is a snapshot. It describes the status of the documents that were available at the time of the evaluation — it does not update itself automatically. If you submit a document later, the report will be marked as outdated; it remains readable and will not be overwritten.

If something is added later

You do not have to repeat the entire review immediately. The more cost-effective way first:

  • Have the identified details of the new document extracted individually — this costs significantly less than a new comprehensive review, and the new details are immediately available in your matter.
  • A new comprehensive review is worthwhile if the subsequently submitted document changes the context and you need a new report.

What a new review costs is, as always, displayed beforehand on the button (Where do I see what something costs before I start?).

Before you buy the comprehensive review, you state which law applies and what your role is (you are claiming something / something is being claimed from you / you are only indirectly involved / there is no dispute yet). Where possible, we prefill both from your scheduled start, your matter, your documents or your profile and show where the suggestion comes from – please check it. If you do not know which law applies, choose "I don't know": the review then does not assume any legal system and marks statements that depend on it. Without both details the review cannot be started – so a paid review does not have to guess these points (languages and countries).

Costs & Limits

The comprehensive review costs credits; the price depends on the volume of your documents and is displayed before the start in the confirmation dialog (Credits: The credit system, Where do I see what something costs before I start?). It runs in the background — you can leave the page. If it fails, a refund will be issued (Refunds & Reimbursements).

The comprehensive review is an AI assessment and not legal advice (Limits of AI & No Legal Advice, How reliable is the AI?). It only evaluates what you have uploaded — it cannot know about documents that are missing.

Related topics: Organizing matters · Uploading documents correctly · Detected facts (persons, dates, amounts, deadlines) · Connections between your information · Where do I see what something costs before I start? · Limits of AI & No Legal Advice · Fact graph: what is behind it and what it costs

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