Features ≠ Capabilities in Legal Tech

When evaluating legal tech capabilities, especially contract automation tools, it’s easy to be dazzled by a list of features. At Obviate, we’ve highlighted essential contract-redlining features that our users love:

✔️ Flag indemnity clauses

✔️ Suggest edits

✔️ Compare to fallback (i.e., your approved language baseline)

These are undeniably valuable—but they are features. Check-boxes. What really drives business outcomes? Capabilities.

FEATURES tick boxes; CAPABILITIES drive value.

⚙️ What’s the difference?

Feature: flags a deviation in your contract.

Capability: explains why that language adds risk, what exposures it creates, and how it compares to your fallback language.

Capabilities go deeper—they inform and empower. They don’t just highlight issues; they walk you through the implications and provide mitigation strategies that align with your risk posture.

🤝 From Features to Capabilities in Legal Tech

Feature: may suggest edits.

Capability: acts based on your unique risk assessment, mitigation preferences, and negotiation strategy—tailored to your industry and business model.

Obviate’s autonomous contract review agents understand the mission: manage compliance, reduce risk, and speed up reviews. We don’t just highlight problems—we provide judgment-aligned guidance you can trust, apply, and explain.

Ready to level up?

If you're looking for both speed and depth in your contract reviews—without sacrificing risk clarity—Obviate can help.

✅ Instant redlines

✅ Structured risk analysis

✅ Playbook-aligned edits—no prompts or training required

Sign up for a free trial today at https://www.obviate.ai/get-started.