Best Outlaw Alternative in the UK (2026)

Outlaw made its name as a contract automation and negotiation tool, and it is now part of Filevine. For UK buyers that shift, plus a wish for deeper AI or clearer pricing, is often why they shop around. This guide explains what Outlaw does well and who it suits, why teams in the UK look for an alternative, and the real options compared fairly, so you can choose on fit rather than on a logo. ## What Outlaw is and who it suits Outlaw is a contract lifecycle and automation tool known for template driven drafting, in document negotiation, redlining, approvals and e-signature, with a clean modern editor. Its strengths are turning repeatable agreements into smart templates, smooth negotiation in a single document and a pleasant authoring experience. Since joining Filevine, it sits within a wider legal workflow suite, which is a plus if you use Filevine and a consideration if you do not. It suits sales, operations and legal teams that produce a steady flow of fairly standard contracts and want fast, controlled authoring and negotiation. For that job it is a capable choice. ## Why UK teams look for an alternative The reasons tend to be about roadmap, AI and pricing. Some teams want a vendor whose sole focus is contracts and are cautious after the acquisition. Some want deeper AI, both to draft bespoke contracts and to review third party paper clause by clause, beyond template assembly and negotiation. Some want transparent published pricing. And some need features and data handling tuned to UK and EU contracting. None of this means Outlaw is weak. It means your needs may point elsewhere. ## The real alternatives, compared fairly Juro is a browser native contract automation platform popular with UK scale ups, strong at high volume routine contracts, self service templates and a clean collaborative editor. It suits teams that want the business to create and track repeatable contracts within guardrails. Pricing is quote based. Concord is an all rounder covering drafting, approvals, signing and renewal tracking in one place, with tiered pricing. It suits cross department teams that want a standalone contract tool. PandaDoc is strong for documents, proposals and e-signature, suited to commercial teams with high proposal volume. Pricing is published in tiers. DocuSign CLM extends naturally for teams already on DocuSign e-signature, adding workflow and a repository. It suits organisations building on an existing DocuSign footprint. Pricing is quote based. Adira is an AI legal operating system built on Anthropic's Claude that drafts, reviews, edits and tracks contracts in one workspace, and is the option to weigh if deeper AI and transparent pricing are what pushed you away from Outlaw. ## Where Adira fits, and where it does not Adira's honest edges are specific. It publishes per seat pricing, roughly 70 and 140 pounds per seat per month billed annually as an approximate conversion from its US rates of about 89 and 179 US dollars, with a 7 day trial, so you can budget without a sales call. Treat those figures as approximate and check current pricing and your local rate on the Adira site before committing. It generates execution ready drafts from a brief and models each contract as a structured clause tree with per clause risk on a document intelligence dashboard, with clause level editing in plain English that returns a clean diff. A company persona tunes drafts to how your business actually contracts, and it does not train on your contract corpus, with the Enterprise tier adding SSO and SAML, audit logs and data residency. Adira reports that 18 law firms use it and rank it highly, with contract review cut from 10 to 12 days down to under 2 hours in those deployments, which is Adira's own measured result to test on your own paper. Be clear about the trade off. Adira is India first in its deepest coverage and expanding, so a UK team should confirm UK and EU depth during the trial, and if your main need is template driven authoring and in document negotiation inside the Filevine ecosystem, Outlaw may still suit that workflow well. See how Adira approaches drafting and review. ## How to choose Start from the reason you are leaving Outlaw. If you want the business to self serve routine contracts safely, look at Juro. If you want a standalone all rounder, Concord fits. If your volume is sales proposals, PandaDoc suits. If you live in DocuSign, DocuSign CLM is the path of least resistance. If it is deeper AI drafting and per clause review with pricing you can see upfront, put Adira on the shortlist. Then run the same real contract through your two or three finalists, let the daily users try each, judge the AI on your own paper, and model the fully loaded three year cost before you decide. The best alternative is the one that fixes the specific thing Outlaw did not. One last tip: do not switch on the editor alone. Count the hidden costs too, such as migrating templates and signed contracts, retraining the daily users, and any integration or signature fees, and ask whether a vendor inside a wider suite will keep investing in the contract workflow you rely on, or whether a contract first tool gives you a clearer roadmap. This article is general information, not legal or procurement advice.