Drafting & Automation

Litera

Multi-product platform — 8 products

Connected legal drafting, review, and knowledge management platform

Est. 2006 Chicago, IL Updated 2026-02-20
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Overview

Litera provides the legal industry’s most widely adopted drafting and document management tools, trusted by 99% of the AmLaw 100 and 75% of the legal industry worldwide. In April 2025, the company launched Litera One — the first unified, cloud-based platform connecting drafting, contract review, and firm performance tools within Microsoft Word and Outlook.

Key Products

  • Litera One — Unified cloud platform connecting all Litera tools in a single interface within Microsoft 365
  • Litera AI+ — Purpose-built generative AI for legal drafting, powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI
  • Litera Draft — Single toolbar for creating, checking, cleaning, and comparing documents
  • Litera Compare — Side-by-side document comparison with redlines
  • Contract Companion — Automated proofreading and clause checking
  • DocXtools — Document cleanup and metadata management
  • Precedent (beta) — Search and retrieve precedent language from curated libraries within Word
  • Foundation — Knowledge management, CRM, and firm intelligence
  • Foundation Dragon — GenAI-powered answers to complex legal questions using firm knowledge

Key Features

  • Connected Workflows — Maintains context across drafting, review, knowledge management, and firm performance
  • Contextual Intelligence — AI that remembers previous edits and understands firm practices
  • Metadata Cleaning — Automated removal of sensitive metadata before document sharing
  • Clause Library — Pre-approved clauses for streamlined drafting
  • Version Control — Comprehensive change history across all documents

Recent Developments (2025)

  • April 2025: Launched Litera One and Litera AI+
  • July 2025: Expanded platform with Precedent workflow and Foundation/Peppermint CRM integrations
  • Roadmap: Integrating Kira (contract analysis), Litera Transact, and full Foundation suite into Litera One

Market Context

Before the GenAI wave, Litera was the dominant name in legal document tools — Compare and DocXtools are effectively ubiquitous in BigLaw. The Litera One strategy is about retaining that position by integrating AI into workflows lawyers already use, rather than asking them to switch to new tools. IDC research cited by Litera found professionals spend an average of 20 hours per week manually searching for and gathering information.

Platform Products

Kira Contract Lifecycle

Kira (now part of Litera) is machine learning software that identifies, extracts, and analyses data points from contracts and documents. Includes 1,400+ built-in smart fields for common contract provisions. Used for due diligence, contract analysis, and compliance review at scale.

Capabilities

Spans 3 product areas: Due , Diligence, Contract Review and Analysis (Post Signature).

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 1 workflow area:

  • Document Review & Management

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Litera Check Document Management

Litera Check combines the powerful technology of Contract Companion, Litigation Companion, DocXtools Companion, and Best Authority into one seamless user experience. That means one installer, one add-in, no feature overlap, and a clean appearance with a logical workflow accessed through a shared task pane. This streamlined tool is the legal industry’s all-in-one solution to analyze, proofread, repair, and make corrections to documents to improve turnaround times, and relieve the burden of repetitive work so you can spend more time adding value through better client service.

Capabilities

Spans 5 product areas: Document , Review and , Analysis, Smart Contracts, Document Management.

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 5 workflow areas:

  • Document Review & Management — Document sets/Packages Supported, Extranets or Portals for Document Sharing, Version Control, Document Database Management (Repository for Archiving and Retention) (+8 more)
  • Document Drafting & Automation — Automated Document Generation and Assembly, Conditional Logic Support, Language Support for International Languages, Process Automation (+8 more)
  • Filing & Compliance — Encryption in transit, Access Controls, Encryption capabilities, Data Loss and Malware Prevention (+3 more)
  • Communication & Collaboration — Collaboration Tools for Document Automation, Integrations with Business Process Systems, Integration with Microsoft Teams
  • Firm Operations & Growth — Integrations with Document Management Systems, Integrations with CRM, Integrations with Digital Signature Apps

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Litera Compare Document Management

Litera Compare detects changes across any two documents in seconds. A standard document comparison tool used widely across law firms for redlining and version control. Works from desktop, cloud, or on the go.

Capabilities

Spans 4 product areas: Document Management, Document , Review and , Analysis.

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 5 workflow areas:

  • Document Review & Management — Document Database Management (Repository for Archiving and Retention), Document Disposition Based on User Defined Rules, Version Control, Search Metadata, Classifications and Indexing (+8 more)
  • Document Drafting & Automation — Automated Document Generation and Assembly, Conditional Logic Support, Language Support for International Languages, Process Automation (+8 more)
  • Filing & Compliance — Access Controls, Encryption capabilities, Data Loss and Malware Prevention, Data Recovery (+3 more)
  • Communication & Collaboration — Integration with Microsoft Teams, Collaboration Tools for Document Automation, Integrations with Business Process Systems
  • Firm Operations & Growth — Integrations with Document Management Systems, Integrations with CRM, Integrations with Digital Signature Apps

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Litera Content Crawler Other

contentCrawler is an OCR and document compression solution that identifies non-searchable documents in a repository and converts them into text-searchable PDFs of manageable sizes – all while running 24/7 without any intervention.

With contentCrawler you:

Make Smart Detection: Leverage smart technology that finds and assesses image-based documents.

Get 24/7 Automation: Make every document 100% searchable with an automated solution that runs 24/7.

Get Enhanced Compliance: Ensure documents are searchable to comply with client and regulatory requirements.

Capabilities

Spans 4 product areas: Smart Contracts, Document , Review and , Analysis.

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 1 workflow area:

  • Document Drafting & Automation

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Litera Create Drafting & Automation

Litera Create is a document assembly and content library platform for Microsoft Word. Legal professionals build first drafts using approved templates and clause libraries. Part of the Litera product suite.

Capabilities

Spans 7 product areas: Document Automation and Assembly, Document , Checking and , Formatting, Document Management, Review and , Analysis.

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 5 workflow areas:

  • Document Drafting & Automation — Automated Document Generation and Assembly, Conditional Logic Support, Language Support for International Languages, Process Automation (+8 more)
  • Document Review & Management — Document sets/Packages Supported, Extranets or Portals for Document Sharing, Version Control
  • Firm Operations & Growth — Integrations with Document Management Systems, Integrations with CRM, Integrations with Digital Signature Apps
  • Communication & Collaboration — Collaboration Tools for Document Automation, Integrations with Business Process Systems
  • Filing & Compliance — Encryption in transit

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Litera Desktop Drafting & Automation

Litera Desktop is a document drafting platform that captures the entire drafting lifecycle in one Microsoft Word ribbon. The solution allows legal professionals to draft 85% faster by easily creating, proofreading, comparing, cleaning, and publishing documents without ever leaving Microsoft Word

Professionals toggle between applications 1,200 times each day, spending up to 4 hours per week simply navigating technology solutions. That’s 4 hours of billable and productive time that legal professionals waste switching between different drafting solutions to finalize a single document.
But not with Litera Desktop! Litera Desktop sits in one Microsoft Word ribbon so legal professionals can easily create documents with templates and a content library, proofread, format, and review in one click, compare multiple versions of a document with detailed redlines, clean documents from risky metadata, and easily publish editable PDFs.

Capabilities

Spans 8 product areas: Document Automation and Assembly, Document , Checking and , Formatting, Review and , Analysis, Redaction, Email Management and Security.

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 5 workflow areas:

  • Document Drafting & Automation — Automated Document Generation and Assembly, Conditional Logic Support, Language Support for International Languages, Process Automation (+8 more)
  • Document Review & Management — Document sets/Packages Supported, Extranets or Portals for Document Sharing, Version Control
  • Communication & Collaboration — Collaboration Tools for Document Automation, Integrations with Business Process Systems
  • Firm Operations & Growth — Integrations with Document Management Systems, Integrations with CRM, Integrations with Digital Signature Apps
  • Filing & Compliance — Encryption in transit

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Litera One By Litera Other

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Litera Transact Other

Litera Transact is a transaction management platform that enables legal teams to securely manage all aspects of corporate transactions with dynamic checklists and automated signing management and closing set creation.

Dynamic Checklists: Collaborative, customizable checklists enable you to streamline the management of tasks, diligence requests, issues, and transaction documents. Easily set roles and permissions, and instantly identify item status and the responsible party through searches, filters, and status labels.

Automated Signature Management: Assemble—and perfectly format—signature blocks, pages, and packets for all relevant signers, and automatically update tracking as signatures are captured.

Instant Custom Closing Sets: Create closing books in minutes—not days or weeks. The table of contents is automatically generated and can be easily edited to create closing books in the preferred format for each transaction and for specific stakeholders.

Capabilities

Spans 1 product area: Transaction Management.

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 1 workflow area:

  • Document Drafting & Automation

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

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