Document assembly software, platforms and snake oil
Many document assembly sales persons will be quick to show you an array of brilliant features, powerful
development tools and intuitive languages that will
lead you to believe you can "whip up" entire document assembly systems in just hours,
or perhaps a day. This is exactly what many sales staff would
love you to believe; that Rome was built in a day and furthermore, that you can do it too!
This is of course, total bollox.
As with most programming languages, the more it is capable of
doing, the longer it takes to master it; simply because there
is more to learn. Conversely, the easier a programming
language is to learn, the less it generally offers, as it doesn't
have as many features - that is why it was easy to learn. Beware
of document assembly products that promise the ability for "anyone"
to build and maintain their templates without any programming
knowledge. For this to be true, the system must run on wizards
and paragraph/clause selection mechanisms, rather than a logical
thought building process, which is how legal documents are created.
Products that operate on this basis are usually inherently limited
in the quality of system that can be built with them.
The purpose of this page is to succinctly and impartially
list the power and penalties associated with some of the more
common document assembly software platforms available today.
Deal Builder Software Review
Overview
Features
Reason to Purchase Deal Builder
DealBuilder Links
GhostFill Software Review
Overview
Features
Reason to Purchase GhostFill
GhostFill Links
HotDocs Software Review
Overview
Features
Reason to Purchase HotDocs
HotDocs Links
PerfectUS Software Review
Overview
Features
Reason to Purchase PerfectUS
PerfectUS Links
qShift Software Review
Overview
Features
Reason to Purchase qShift
qShift Links
