Explains.app vs Clio Export

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Explains.app compared with Clio Export
Detail	Explains.app	Clio Export
What it does	Understand any contract in 60 seconds	Free command-line tool to export your entire Clio account with documents to your own computer
Stage	Not given	Established
Founded	Not given	2015
Based in	Not given	RS
Pricing model	Freemium	Open source
Pricing	Basic Plan: 9€/month for 25 documents per month with AI-powered explanations, risk highlighting, personal glossary, and email support. Pro Plan: 39€/month for unlimited documents with AI-powered explanations, AI Chat per section, advanced risk analysis, personal glossary, export to PDF & DOCX, OCR f	Free. Requires Node.js 20 or later and a Clio developer app (free from Clio). Optional: Clio Backup setup at $500 one time for nightly automated backups to OneDrive, SharePoint or S3.
Key features	Support for 7 languages Bank-level encryption for document security 60-second document analysis	Export all Clio data types: matters, contacts, notes, tasks, calendar entries, time entries, expenses and bills Documents exported to folders per matter with folder structure preserved Records exported as both JSON and CSV formats Read-only operation with no ability to modify Clio account Resumable exports that continue without duplicates after interruptions Dry-run mode to estimate export time before running full export Completion report matching record counts with Clio to verify nothing is missing Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux with Node.js 20 or later
What makes it different	Analyzes any document in under 60 seconds without needing a lawyer Identifies and highlights hidden risks, fees, and unfair clauses automatically Works with any document format including scanned PDFs Side-by-side view makes it easy to verify AI explanations against original text AI Chat feature allows asking context-aware questions about specific sections	Includes documents, bills and trust transactions that Clio's built-in export omits Completely free and open source under MIT license Data stays on your encrypted disk, you control all credentials and storage Logs do not contain client data for privacy and security
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	2 no change since last check	30 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	3	3
Citation Flow (Majestic)	23	34
Referring domains (Majestic)	17	61

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