Contract lifecycle management and e-signature · September 2026 Edition
Ironclad vs SpotDraft
Four of twelve models named Ironclad first on the direct prompt; one named SpotDraft. Ironclad was named by twelve of the twelve models and SpotDraft by seven and Ironclad carries 48 labels and SpotDraft 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share12%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate31%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels4819A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Ironclad reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Juro was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. PandaDoc vs Ironclad · PandaDoc vs SpotDraft · Juro vs Ironclad
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the contract lifecycle management and e-signature page.
By framing
How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
IroncladFirst choices, of twelve modelsSpotDraft
Direct41
Paraphrase00
Comparative40
Budget-constrained016 against Ironclad · 1 against SpotDraft
Scale-constrained211 against Ironclad
Negative108 against Ironclad · 1 against SpotDraft
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.
Every model, every framing
The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Ironclad and SpotDraft stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |
Ironclad SpotDraft first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Ironclad on the left and SpotDraft on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Ironclad and SpotDraft stood in it.
Ironclad first, SpotDraft an alternative
4 of 12 modelsSpotDraft was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Ironclad alternatives: Juro, LinkSquares, SpotDraft
GPT-5.4 miniIronclad alternatives: Conga CLM, DocuSign CLM
Gemini 3.5 FlashIronclad, Juro alternatives: Gatekeeper, LinkSquares, SpotDraft, Stackpack
Grok 4.1 FastIronclad, Juro alternatives: Concord, DocuSign CLM, LinkSquares, SpotDraft
SpotDraft first, Ironclad an alternative
1 of 12 modelsIronclad was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Kimi K2Juro, SpotDraft alternatives: Bind, Concord, Ironclad, PandaDoc
Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Perplexity SonarJuro alternatives: Ironclad, LinkSquares, SpotDraft
Mistral SmallLinkSquares alternatives: DealHub, Ironclad, Juro
DeepSeek V4 FlashJuro alternatives: Concord, Conga CLM, DocuSign CLM, Ironclad, PandaDoc, Salesforce Service Cloud, SpotDraft
Qwen 3.7 FlashMalbek alternatives: Conga CLM, Gatekeeper, Ironclad, Zoho Contracts
GLM 4.7 FlashXConcord, Juro alternatives: Agiloft, Ironclad
MiniMax M2.5LinkSquares alternatives: Contractbook, Ironclad
Neither was named
1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
SpotDraft leads by two points.
SpotDraft2%#9 of 15Ironclad0%#15 of 15Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Ironclad leads at mid-market.
Ironclad12%#3 of 16SpotDraft6%#5 of 16Enterprise
Ironclad leads by twenty-two points.
Ironclad22%#1 of 8SpotDraft0%#– of 8What the models said about Ironclad
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid enterprise platforms (Ironclad, DocuSign CLM) - typically start at $20,000-50,000/year” Mistral Small · budget prompt · hard negative
“Enterprise tools like Ironclad/DocuSign CLM start at $20K+/yr, so avoid for budgets.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise CLMs like Ironclad, DocuSign CLM, Agiloft, or ContractPodAi” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“The standard for fast-growing mid-market companies. Incredible, visual, drag-and-drop workflow designer and best-in-class Salesforce integration.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“focus your search on no-code, collaborative, and AI-native CLMs (such as Ironclad, Juro, LinkSquares, or ContractSafe)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Ironclad is a leader in AI-powered contract lifecycle management, particularly for mid-market and enterprise legal teams.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about SpotDraft
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Bugs/UI glitches, missing features ... avoid if reliability or advanced editing is key.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“typically starts around $15,000–$30,000/year (Juro, SpotDraft, Ironclad)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · soft negative
“For startups with very limited budgets, SpotDraft's free tier and affordable paid options may be worth evaluating first.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Expected value usually comes fastest from Ironclad, Juro, SpotDraft, or DocuSign CLM” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“SpotDraft offers the best value (lowest median price, legal-team focus)” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.