Comparison

DraftAria vs Clearbrief

Clearbrief: a Microsoft Word add-in that checks citations against the record and the law and builds hyperlinked briefs. DraftAria focuses on the last mile: getting a document court-formatted, checked against the court’s rules and ready to file, with tools for everyone on the team who handles it. Many firms could reasonably use both.

Last reviewed: October 2026. Every statement about Clearbrief links to a public source.

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Who it’s for

Who each product is for

Clearbrief

Litigators, from solo practitioners to large firms, as well as courts, government agencies, arbitrators and in-house teams.^[3],[1]

DraftAria

Litigation teams where attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants and docketing staff all touch a filing before it goes out.
Solo and small-firm attorneys who prepare and file their own documents.

Credit where due

What Clearbrief does well

Works inside Microsoft Word: it finds each citation in a brief, matches it to the cited record document or case, and color-codes how well the source supports the sentence.^[2]
Checks both legal and factual citations, and produces hyperlinked briefs so readers can click through to each source.^[2],[3]
Generates tables of authorities and timelines.^[3],[4]
A LexisNexis partnership (January 2024) lets Lexis subscribers link citations to Lexis and Lexis+.^[5]
Integrations with the Clio and MyCase practice management systems.^[6],[7]

Where DraftAria differs

Built for getting a filing out the door

Tools for each role on the team

Separate tools for attorneys (Aria for Attorneys), paralegals and legal assistants (workflow checklists, service lists, certificates of service, cover sheets) and docketing (deadlines and docket entries), not only a single chat box.

Court-formatted templates

Templates start from the court: caption, table of contents and table of authorities placeholders, signature block and certificate of service, following the court’s formatting requirements.

"Ready to File" checks without AI

Filing checks compare your document with stored court rules (page limits, formatting and required parts). They are rule-based and do not send your document to an AI model.

Court rules watched every week

Every Monday an automated job checks 209 official federal court and national-rules websites for changes to local rules and standing orders, and reports changes for a person to review.

Citations are never invented

Aria is instructed not to fabricate authority. Where a citation is needed and not supplied, drafts use a [CITE AUTHORITY] placeholder, and uncertain citations are flagged for review.

Court requirements in DraftAria are labelled “Not yet verified” until a reviewer has checked them against the court’s own rules. Read how we check court rules every week and our Trust Center.

Being honest

Where Clearbrief is ahead

A Word add-in that is available today. Ours is in development.^[2]
Citation-to-record checking and hyperlinked briefs. Our automated citation lookup is still in development.^[2],[3]
Security attestation: Clearbrief states it is SOC 2 Type 2 certified. We have not completed an audit.^[8]
Practice management integrations (Clio, MyCase) and a LexisNexis link that are live today.^[6],[7],[5]

See the current status of our integrations and what we haven’t done yet.

Side by side

Comparison table

DraftAria compared with Clearbrief
Feature	DraftAria	Clearbrief
Court-formatted filing templates	Yes: captions, TOC/TOA placeholders, signature blocks, certificates of service	Not stated publicly
Formatting checks against court rules	Yes: rule-based "Ready to File" checks; the document is not sent to AI. Court requirements are labelled "Not yet verified" until reviewed	Not stated publicly
Watching official court rules sites for changes	Yes: 209 federal sources checked every Monday; changes go to a person for review	Not stated publicly
Tools for paralegals, legal assistants and docketing	Yes: paralegal workflow, service lists, certificates of service, deadlines, docketing	Not stated publicly
Citation approach	Never invents citations; [CITE AUTHORITY] placeholders; uncertain citations flagged. Automated citation lookup (CourtListener) is in development	Matches citations to the cited record or case and flags weak support; hyperlinked briefs^[2],[3]
Legal research content	No: DraftAria is not a research database	Links to Lexis and Lexis+ for Lexis subscribers^[5]
Microsoft Word add-in	In development	Available: Clearbrief is a Word add-in^[2]
Document and practice management integrations	iManage and NetDocuments planned	Clio and MyCase^[6],[7]
SOC 2 / ISO 27001	Not yet: no audit completed	SOC 2 Type 2 (stated by Clearbrief)^[8]

“Not stated publicly” means we did not find it in Clearbrief’s public materials when we reviewed them; it does not mean the product lacks it. Last reviewed: October 2026.

Sources

Last reviewed: October 2026. DraftAria facts come from our own product; see the Trust Center and Integrations.

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