Definely

Definely is an independent review tool for complex contracts, built on a principle the vendor states plainly: the maker cannot be the checker. As drafting tools get more capable, Definely argues, the need for review grows, and it is used by lawyers at the highest level to protect sound legal judgment. Its published client list includes firms and companies such as DLA Piper, Dentons, A&O Shearman, Slaughter and May, and Pinsent Masons. The review starts with context. Contracts are not written to be read linearly, and a clause on one page may depend on a definition many pages later. Definely brings that meaning to the clause in front of you, without scrolling, printing, or searching, so you can read it, fix it in place, and keep your thread. Its proofreading works the same way in one pass, catching the errors clients notice: a stray capital letter that redefines a term, a broken cross-reference that points an obligation at nothing, or a term defined twice with conflicting meanings. Definely also compares a draft against your standard form and the deal itself, and shows where it has wandered, including missing clauses. Control stays with the lawyer throughout: Definely shows its working, anything you accept is added as a tracked change you can review word by word, and the vendor's own summary is that Definely suggests and you decide. Two further pieces round out the workflow. Definely connects to your document management system so you can search your firm's precedent in natural language, pick the best fit, and insert it with its formatting matched and its definitions brought in alongside it. It also turns the markup, comments, and open placeholders in a draft into an issues list and a gaps list, and folds returning markup back into the original as tracked changes. Definely was built natively for Microsoft Word, and the vendor says the same rules-based review technology is now available via MCP inside Claude, ChatGPT, and a firm's own AI tools. On security, the homepage states that data is encrypted with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2 or higher in transit, SSO sign in is an option, customer data is never used to train AI models, and the company holds ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications, with dedicated deployment options available.