Compare · April vs SpotDraft
April vs SpotDraft.
Both are AI contract management (CLM) software made in India. SpotDraft is built for in-house legal teams at growing and mid-sized companies. April is built to start free, on your own, and also covers law firms and individuals.
Facts checked 23 October 2026, from both companies' websites.
- Your legal team works inside Microsoft Word and wants AI review there.
- Contracts must flow from Salesforce, HubSpot or another CRM.
- Your buyers ask for ISO 27001 or SOC 2 reports.
- You want a guided set-up with migration of old contracts by the vendor.
- You want to start today on a free plan, with prices you can see.
- You are a small or growing company without a full legal team.
- You are a law firm and also need clients, cases and eCourts tracking.
- You work in the UAE as well as India.
In their words
What is SpotDraft?
SpotDraft (Draftspotting Technologies Pvt. Ltd., founded 2017, headquartered in Bengaluru) describes itself as AI-native contract lifecycle management software for in-house legal teams at growth-stage and mid-market companies. It offers templates, clause libraries and AI drafting, AI review against your own checklist (VerifAI), native e-signature, a contract repository, a Microsoft Word add-in and integrations such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho and Slack.
Side by side
April and SpotDraft, point by point.
| April | SpotDraft | |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | Companies, legal teams, advocates, law firms and individuals in India and the UAE. | In-house legal teams at growth-stage and mid-market companies, plus some enterprises. |
| Price | Free plan. Paid plans with prices on the website, in INR, AED or USD. | Three plans priced by document volume and features. Prices are not published. No free plan listed. |
| Getting started | Sign up and start in minutes, on your own. No card needed for the free plan. | Implementation included in every plan, about 4 to 6 weeks, with legacy contract migration. |
| AI drafting | Full first drafts from a few answers, templates for India and the UAE, uploads of PDF, Word or scans. | Templates, clause libraries and AI drafting. |
| AI review | Risky, one-sided and missing clauses marked, with exact wording to ask for; company playbook checked. | VerifAI reviews contracts against your own checklist, also inside Word. |
| Approvals | Approval steps in order, roles with tick-box permissions, signing authority. | Approval workflows (listed on Capterra). |
| E-signature | April's own e-signature: private links, signing order, reminders, optional SMS code, signed PDF with audit certificate and SHA-256 fingerprint. | Native e-signatures, unlimited on every plan. |
| E-stamp (India) | Attach e-stamp paper you have bought; it goes in front of the signed PDF. April does not sell stamp paper. | eStamping is listed; details are not given on the page we checked. |
| Word add-in and integrations | None yet: no Word add-in, CRM integrations or public API. | Word add-in; Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Slack, Google Drive, DocuSign, Zapier and more. |
| Security | Data and AI in Google Cloud's Mumbai region. No ISO 27001 or SOC 2 report yet. | ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type I and II, HIPAA and GDPR listed. |
| Law firm tools | Clients, cases, hearings, firm calendar and eCourts tracking by CNR number. | Not offered; SpotDraft is for in-house teams. |
Is April a good SpotDraft alternative?
For companies that want to start free and on their own, and for law firms, yes. If you need a Word add-in, CRM integrations or ISO and SOC 2 reports today, SpotDraft offers those and April does not yet.
Which is cheaper?
April has a free plan and shows its prices on the pricing page. SpotDraft does not publish prices; you ask them for a quote.
Can I move my contracts from SpotDraft to April?
Yes. Download your contracts as PDF or Word files and upload them to April. April reads them, splits them into clauses and keeps them as your first version.
Do both work in India?
Yes. Both companies are Indian. April also covers UAE law and prices in AED.
Sources
Where these facts come from.
- SpotDraft: official information page
- SpotDraft on Capterra India
- April: features, pricing and security
Names are trademarks of their owners. Facts come from each company's own public pages, linked below, as they read on 23 October 2026. Products change: write to us if something here is out of date and we will correct it.
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