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Kontractually vs Outside Counsel

You Don't Need a Lawyer for Every Contract.
You Need Your Rules Applied to Every Contract.

Outside counsel is the right call for complex transactions, disputes, and high-stakes negotiations. For the 80% of contracts that are routine - subcontractor agreements, vendor MSAs, client SOWs - Kontractually handles the first pass so you're only billing hours on the ones that genuinely need it.

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Feature comparison

Outside counsel vs Kontractually - head to head.

Feature
Kontractually
Outside Counsel
Cost
$99-$499/month
$300-$800/hour
Turnaround
Minutes
2-5 business days
Applies your specific standards
Yes - always
Requires briefing each time
Audit trail of decisions
Yes - full decision log
Engagement letter only
Consistent across all contracts
Yes - every time
Depends on reviewer
E-signature
Yes - built in
No
Available 24/7
Yes
No
Right for complex matters
Escalate to counsel
Yes
Playbook version history
Yes - locked per review
No
Confidence scoring
Yes - 0-100% per clause
No

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FAQ

Contract review vs outside counsel - common questions.

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For routine first-pass review - checking clause types, flagging deviations from your standards, identifying missing protections - AI review is fast, consistent, and documentable. For complex matters with unusual risk or regulatory nuance, a trained lawyer is still the right choice. Kontractually is the layer between doing nothing and billing hours.

Most businesses that use Kontractually review more contracts with higher confidence, escalate fewer routine matters to outside counsel, and have better briefing materials when they do escalate. The cost comparison is straightforward: $249/month for Professional vs $600-$3,200 per reviewed contract at a law firm.

No. Kontractually handles the first pass on routine contracts. Your lawyer handles complexity, negotiation strategy, and anything that requires professional judgment beyond pattern-based review. Many customers use Kontractually to prepare better briefings for outside counsel - saving time on both sides.

Acquisitions, mergers, complex transactions, dispute resolution, anything with unusual risk or regulatory complexity. Kontractually is for the 80% of routine contracts - subcontractor agreements, vendor MSAs, client SOWs, NDAs - that don't need $500/hour analysis. Use Kontractually for the first pass, escalate the genuinely complex ones.

Stop sending routine contracts to a $500/hour lawyer. Start reviewing them the way you should have been.

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