Gavel vs. Contract Express: The Clear Winner for Powerful, Intuitive Document Automation

Gavel is easier to use, gives you robust document automation capability, and has customizable client-facing features at a more affordable price.

“We were able to do an entire estate plan in 30 minutes. I was running around the office telling everyone about how magical Gavel is.”

Jessica Streeter, Partner at Streeter Law Firm

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Advanced Logic

Gavel's conditional logic supports complex rules and exceptions, improving accuracy.

Clio Manage Integration

Gavel lets you automate with Clio fields. Voted 'Best Integration' by Clio.

Client-Facing Functionality

Send secure intake links where clients can enter and save their data in a secure portal.

Higher Client Satisfaction

Gavel's templates contain clear, well-crafted document language that enhances client understanding and satisfaction.

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Practice at the top of your law
license. Automate the rest.

Gavel makes drafting even your most complex documents simple. Our powerful automation reduces time spent on document drafting and client intake by 90%, letting you focus on practicing law.

Save Time

Creating an estate planning packet reportedly takes around six hours. Use one of Gavel’s templates or automate your own to save 90% of the time spent drafting.

Increase Accuracy

Gavel eliminates common drafting mistakes with advanced logic that ensures correct clauses, automatic formatting, dynamic calculations, and date handling.

Delight Clients

Make client intake effortless with secure, branded questionnaires. Gavel’s client intake portal allows clients to input data that can directly fill your documents.

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How Gavel stacks up against Contract Express

Gavel

Contract Express

Client Facing Interface

Yes

Use a client questionnaire to collect data from clients and internal team-members, guide users through a whitelabeled workflow, guided workflow, and allow clients to sign into your portal to see their data.

Client Facing Interface

Yes

Pricing

$ All-In-One

$83/mo base for one template-builder with 20 users free. Those 20 users can be internal team-members who are generating documents using the automation you set up. Includes both Word and PDF automation.

Pricing

Unclear and fluctuating pricing agreements. Requires consultation and going through Thomson Reuters enterprise sales team.

Clio Integration

Yes

Gavel was chosen by Clio as their best integration and awarded $100k by Clio for the integration.

Clio Integration

No

Zapier Integration

Yes

Zapier Integration

No

Public API

Yes

Public API

Yes

Templating

Yes

Templating

No

Ease of Use

Yes

Ease of Use

No

Customer Ratings

Customer Ratings

4.5 on Capterra

Customer Support

Yes

Email, phone, screenshare

Customer Support

No

Email and phone only

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