# Contractbook — Contract Management (CLM)

Contractbook by Scrive ApS holds a panel rating of 2/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2.5/5), as of 2026-10-15. Provenance: EU-Made; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Scrive ApS (https://contractbook.com)
- Category: [Contract Management (CLM)](https://whats-best.ai/software/contract-management.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): EU-Made
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/contract-management/contractbook
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/contract-management/contractbook/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/contract-management/contractbook/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-10-21 · evaluated 2026-10-15 · oldest source captured 2026-10-13

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Scrive ApS
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026

## The panel's verdict

Contractbook, the contract management platform of Scrive ApS, Copenhagen, lands mid-table, persona-weighted totals 3.6 to 4.6. Its strength is daily contract work: authoring and templates drew the top score (4 to 6), and negotiation and approval, repository and obligations and integration and exit each range 4 to 5, resting on German-language templates in ten categories, in-platform counterparty suggestions and AI-extracted renewal and expiry dates. Sovereignty (1 to 3) and pricing transparency (2 to 4) are weakest: the captured pages show a Copenhagen headquarters and a data processing agreement on the Danish Data Protection Agency's template, but leave hosting, the subprocessor list including the AI provider and the contracting entity's jurisdiction unconfirmed, and publish tier limits without price figures. Judges split on both: the sovereignty 3s credit the Danish signals while the 1 weighs the missing hosting and subprocessor disclosure as decisive; on pricing, rationales record the same absent prices yet scores run 2 to 4. AI extraction control sits flat at 4 on the terms' commitment not to use platform data for AI model training without consent.

**Speaks for it:**
- Customisable templates in ten categories and five languages including German create contract drafts automatically when a HubSpot, Salesforce or Pipedrive deal stage changes.
- Counterparty recipients add suggestions directly in the platform without needing a licence, with private comments kept separate under individual permissions.
- AI extracts renewal and expiry dates, and renewal reminders carry assigned responsibilities on a central dashboard with savable filters.
- A documented API with webhooks and an API service level agreement for enterprise subscriptions joins HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Slack and QuickBooks integrations and Okta or Microsoft Azure sign-in.
- Published tier limits — users 1, 5 and 10, contracts signed 100, 350 and 500 per year, templates 5, 15 and 25, 50 contract uploads — name which add-on sits in which tier.

**Held against it:**
- We found no public information on where contracts and extracted data are hosted, on the subprocessor list including the AI or OCR provider, or on the contracting entity's jurisdiction.
- We found no public information on price figures for any tier or add-on, on onboarding or migration fees, on the minimum term or VAT treatment.
- We found no public information on a Word round-trip preserving changes, on redline comparison between versions, or on an approval audit trail naming who signed off which version.
- We found no public information on a bulk export of documents with their metadata, versions and audit trail — the terms grant only removal or archival within the platform.
- We found no public information stating the eIDAS level of the digital signature, or on certifications such as ISO 27001 or BSI C5.

**Best for:**
- You want sales or operations users to generate contracts themselves from HubSpot, Salesforce or Pipedrive deal stages, negotiate in-browser with counterparty suggestions, and sign in the same flow.
- You need a central repository where AI-extracted renewal and expiry dates drive reminders assigned to named owners.
- Your contracts run in Danish, German, Swedish, Norwegian or English and you want ready templates across ten categories rather than a blank library.
- You require a contractual commitment that platform data is not used for AI model training without your consent.

**Avoid if:**
- You must confirm hosting location, subprocessors including the AI or OCR provider, and the contracting entity's jurisdiction before entrusting your most confidential commitments — the captured pages leave these unconfirmed.
- You must compute the annual invoice before talking to sales — ask the vendor: the public pages we read do not show it
- Your negotiation process depends on Word round-trips with tracked changes, version-to-version redline comparison and an audit trail of who approved which version.
- You need a documented exit — a bulk export of documents with their metadata, versions and audit trail — before committing your portfolio.

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price.

| Criterion | The General Counsel | The Procurement Analyst | The Sales Ops Owner | The IT Integrator | The Data Protection Officer | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Drafting, templates & clause library | 2/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Negotiation, redlining & approval | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 |
| Repository, deadlines & obligations | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| AI extraction & review transparency | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Integrations, signature & exit | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| European sovereignty | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 0.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1/5 |
| Pricing transparency | 1/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 1.5/5 |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** |

### The judges

- **The General Counsel** (v1.0): Runs a three-lawyer legal team that negotiates every supplier and customer contract in Word with the other side's counsel. Wants approved clauses with fallbacks, redlines that survive the round-trip, and an approval on record for every deviation — not a sign-off by email.
- **The Procurement Analyst** (v1.0): Holds four hundred supplier contracts and the Kündigungsfristen nobody else remembers. Wants notice periods and auto-renewals modelled rather than typed into a note, reminders that escalate to a named owner, and a portfolio report that shows what can be cancelled this quarter.
- **The Sales Ops Owner** (v1.0): Owns the quote-to-signature path for a sales team that closes standard deals without legal. Wants contracts generated from the CRM record, approvals that route by discount and value, signature in the same flow, and a price she can put in next year's budget.
- **The IT Integrator** (v1.0): Connects the CLM to SAP, Microsoft 365 and the CRM, and will be the one migrating out of it. Wants a versioned API, SSO and SCIM, qualified signature where the law asks for it, and an export that brings back metadata, versions and audit trail — not a ZIP of PDFs.
- **The Data Protection Officer** (v1.0): Reads the subprocessor list before the feature page. Asks which model provider receives contract text, whether it is retained or used for training, where OCR runs, and whether the counterparties' personal data in every contract is covered by the DPA.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has seen "AI that reads your contracts" miss a notice period buried in an amendment. Reads for an extraction accuracy nobody states, "Word integration" that loses tracked changes, "never miss a renewal" with reminders to one inbox, and an export that leaves the metadata behind.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Ownership | Not determined | — | — |
| Data residency | Not determined | — | — |
| Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- AI policy: yes [S12]
- Data act addendum: EU/EEA legal entities · 2026-02-16 [S4]
- DPA available: yes [S5]
- Encrypted storage: yes [S7]
- International transfers: adequacy decisions · Data Privacy Framework · other equivalent instruments [S3]
- Penetration testing: yes [S7]
- Profile verification: yes [S7]
- Related documents: Terms & Conditions · Privacy Policy · Cookie Policy · Subprocessor · Disclosure Policy · Data Act Addendum [S3]
- Security contact: security@contractbook.com [S3]
- Security contact: security vulnerability reporting contact [S5]
- Security measures: yes · yes · yes · yes [S3]
- Security page: yes [S6]
- SOC 2: yes · yes · yes · yes [S1]
- SOC 2 GDPR: yes · yes · yes [S7]
- Ssl encryption: SHA-256 with RSA Encryption [S7]
- Two factor signature: yes [S7]

**Data**
- DPA availability: yes · Danish Data Protection Agency [S4]
- Ownership split: yes [S4]
- Removal right: yes [S4]
- Retention general: 5 [S3]
- Retention marketing: 2 [S3]
- Rights exercise email: support@contractbook.com [S3]
- Signature verification shared: yes [S4]

**Hosting**
- Office address: yes · Copenhagen · Farvergade 2, 4., 1463 København K, Denmark · Denmark [S5]

**Integrations**
- API documentation: yes [S6]
- Comparisons: Docusign · Pandadoc · Juro · Ironclad · GetAccept · Conga [S12]
- Count: yes · yes · 3000 [S7]
- CRM: Hubspot · Salesforce · yes [S9]
- Hubspot: yes [S6]
- Hubspot: yes [S7]
- Hubspot salesforce API: Hubspot · Salesforce · yes [S12]
- Humaans: yes [S7]
- Listed: HubSpot · Salesforce · API [S1]
- Listed: Hubspot · Salesforce · yes [S5]
- Listed integrations: Hubspot · Salesforce · API [S4]
- Pipedrive: yes [S7]
- Quickbooks: yes [S7]
- Salary: yes [S7]
- Salesforce: yes [S6]
- Salesforce: yes [S7]
- Slack: yes [S7]
- Zapier: yes [S7]

**Legal**
- Amendment notice: 30 [S4]
- Amendment notification: yes [S3]
- Associated documents: Order Confirmation · Privacy Policy · Data Processing Agreement · Sub-processors · API Service Level Agreement · Data Disclosure Policy [S4]
- Controller: 36890649 · Contractbook ApS · Denmark [S3]
- Dispute venue EU: City Court of Copenhagen, Denmark [S4]
- Dispute venue US: Civil Court of the City of New York, US [S4]
- DPA: yes [S1]
- DPA: yes [S9]
- DPA authority: Danish Data Protection Agency [S3]
- DPA request: yes [S6]
- DPA request: yes [S12]
- Entity: DK-36890649 · Scrive ApS [S1]
- Entity: DK-36890649 · Scrive ApS [S2]
- Entity: DE-36890649 · US-7554932 · Scrive ApS [S5]
- Entity: DK-36890649 · Scrive ApS [S6]
- Entity: Scrive ApS · Denmark · DK-36890649 [S9]
- Entity: DK-36890649 · Scrive ApS [S7]
- Entity: DK-36890649 · Scrive ApS [S12]
- Footer company: DK-36890649 · Scrive ApS [S4]
- Footer entity: DK-36890649 · Scrive ApS [S3]
- Governing law EU: Denmark (EU) [S4]
- Governing law US: State of New York (US) [S4]
- Hq: Farvergade 2, 4., 1463 København K, Denmark [S1]
- Hq address: Copenhagen · Farvergade 2, 4., 1463 København K, Denmark [S2]
- Hq address: 1463 · Copenhagen · Farvergade 2, 4. · Denmark [S3]
- Hq address: Copenhagen · Denmark [S4]
- Hq address: Copenhagen · Farvergade 2, 4., 1463 København K · Denmark [S6]
- Hq address: HQ · Farvergade 2, 4., 1463 København K, Denmark [S9]
- Hq address: Copenhagen · Farvergade 2, 4., 1463 København K, Denmark [S7]
- Hq address: 1463 København K · Copenhagen · Farvergade 2, 4. · Denmark [S12]
- Legal entity: 36890649 · Contractbook ApS [S4]
- Promotion logo use: yes [S4]
- Terms last updated: 2026-01-15 [S4]
- Updated: 2024-01-31 [S3]

**Pricing**
- Accelerate plan: Accelerate · no · 10 · 500 [S2]
- Accelerate plan: Accelerate · yes · yes · 10 · 500 · yes · yes [S7]
- Annual discount: 25 [S2]
- Auto renewal notice: 30 [S4]
- Centralize plan: Centralize · 15 · no · 5 · 350 [S2]
- Centralize plan: Centralize · 15 · yes · yes · yes · 5 · 350 [S7]
- Essential plan: Essential · solo operators · 5 · no · 1 · 100 [S2]
- Essential plan: Essential · solo operators going digital · 5 · no · 1 · 100 [S7]
- Fees currency: EUR [S4]
- Free trial: yes [S6]
- Price change notice: 60 [S4]
- Renewal price increase cap: 10 [S4]
- Usage limits basis: signed contracts · templates · users · uploaded contracts [S4]
- VAT treatment: yes [S4]

**Product**
- Addon API: Centralize · Accelerate · yes [S2]
- Addon automations: Automations · Accelerate · Centralize [S2]
- Addon forms: Accelerate [S2]
- Addon hubspot: Accelerate [S2]
- Addon make: Centralize · Accelerate [S2]
- Addon salesforce: Accelerate [S2]
- Addon user provisioning: User Provisioning · Okta · Microsoft Azure · Accelerate · Centralize [S2]
- Addon zapier: 3000+ · Centralize · Accelerate [S2]
- AI contract management: yes [S6]
- AI import: Drag-and-drop AI import scans and extracts contract data automatically [S9]
- AI qa: AI answers questions about a contract in seconds [S12]
- AI scan explain: AI scans, highlights and explains contracts in everyday language [S12]
- AI training no consent: yes [S4]
- API enterprise SLA: yes [S4]
- Central storage: central storage of all contracts [S5]
- Claims metrics: 250+ · 95 [S9]
- Clause recommendations: clause-by-clause AI recommendations while drafting [S12]
- Competitors listed: Docusign · Pandadoc · Juro · Ironclad · GetAccept · Conga [S1]
- Contract analysis: yes [S6]
- Contract automation: yes [S6]
- Contract templates: yes [S4]
- Core modules: Import & Extract, Insights, Create/collaborate/sign [S1]
- Dashboard insights: centralised contract insights dashboard [S12]
- Data extraction filtering: Filter contracts by names, dates, or data fields; filters can be saved [S9]
- Deadline reminders: AI flags and explains critical deadlines/renewal dates [S12]
- Demo: yes [S9]
- Demo: yes [S12]
- Digital signature use case: yes [S6]
- Digital signatures: Digital Signatures offered for contract signing [S6]
- DPA available: yes [S7]
- Error checking: built-in error-checking feature [S7]
- Free trial: yes [S1]
- Free trial: yes [S9]
- Free trial: yes [S12]
- Free user support: 9am-5pm CET business days · email · chat [S4]
- Free user tier: yes [S4]
- G2 rating: 4.7 [S1]
- G2 rating: 4.7 [S2]
- G2 rating: 4.7 [S9]
- G2 rating: 4.7 [S7]
- Industries: Construction · Small Business · Government · Healthcare · Non-profit · Procurement · Real Estate · SaaS [S12]
- Languages: English · Danish · German · Swedish · Norwegian [S1]
- Languages: English · Danish · German · Swedish · Norwegian [S7]
- Languages: English · Danish · German · Swedish · Norwegian [S12]
- Languages available: English · Danish · German · Swedish · Norwegian [S4]
- Limits matrix: 1 · 5 · 10 · 5 · 15 · 25 · 100 · 350 · 500 · 50 [S2]
- Metadata verification: Users can add metadata and verify AI-generated insights [S9]
- Minimum age: 18 [S3]
- Modules: Create, Collaborate & Sign · Centralize · Insights [S6]
- No code automation builder: no-code automation builder with conditional workflows [S7]
- No touch contracts: 95 [S7]
- Paid customer support: chat · email · phone [S4]
- Pdf signing: upload PDF · text and signature fields · draw signature · share signed document · data fields · central contract overview [S6]
- Platform definition: online contract drafting and management system [S3]
- Private comments permissions: individual permissions and private comments and suggestions [S7]
- Red flags rewrite summarise: red flag detection · clause rewriting · terms summarisation [S12]
- Redlining suggestions: Contract recipients can add actionable suggestions directly to the document within the platform [S7]
- Reminders: AI extracts renewal and expiry dates; automatic reminders support renegotiations [S9]
- Renewal reminders: renewal reminders with assigned responsibilities [S1]
- Smart templates purpose: Smart Templates help maintain contract overview and avoid chaos from static templates [S6]
- Spaces template management: automated template management to keep templates up-to-date [S6]
- Status portal: https://status.contractbook.com/ [S4]
- Template categories: Commercial · Confidentiality · Corporate · Employment · Featured · HR · Intellectual property · Other · Real estate · Sales [S5]
- Template languages: English · Danish · German · Swedish · Norwegian [S5]

**Support**
- Channels: 9:00 - 22:00 · yes · support@contractbook.com [S1]
- Channels: support@contractbook.com · 9:00 - 22:00 (CET) · yes · yes [S9]
- Chat email hours: support@contractbook.com · 9:00 - 22:00 CET [S2]
- Docs: yes · yes [S5]
- Extended hours footer: 9:00-22:00 [S4]
- Help center: yes [S6]
- Help center: yes [S12]
- Hours: 9:00 - 22:00 [S3]
- Live chat email: support@contractbook.com · live chat · email · 4:00 AM - 5:00 PM · 9:00 - 23:00 [S5]
- Live chat email: support@contractbook.com · 9:00 - 22:00 (CET) · live chat · email [S6]
- Live chat email hours: support@contractbook.com · 9:00 - 22:00 [S7]
- Live chat email hours: support@contractbook.com · 9:00 - 22:00 (CET) · live chat and email [S12]
- Paid hours: business days in Denmark · 4:00 AM - 5:00 PM · 9:00-17:00 [S4]
- Security contact: security@contractbook.com [S1]
- Security contact: security@contractbook.com [S4]
- Security contact: security@contractbook.com [S6]
- Security contact: security@contractbook.com for security issues [S9]
- Security contact: security@contractbook.com [S7]
- Service status: yes [S6]
- Service status: yes [S12]

7 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/contract-management/contractbook

## Questions

### Is Contractbook European?

Yes. whats-best.ai classifies Contractbook as EU-Made.

### Where does Contractbook store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

### Does Contractbook have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to Contractbook?

As of 21 Oct 2026, the panel rates [Tomorro (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/contract-management/tomorro), [Precisely (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/contract-management/precisely) and [fynk (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/contract-management/fynk) highest among the other 19 Contract Management (CLM) products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Precisely](https://whats-best.ai/software/contract-management/precisely) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Contractbook alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/contract-management/contractbook/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 12 pricing facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 12 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 data facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 support facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 integrations fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 subprocessors fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 sovereignty dimension could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and is shown as unknown.
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://contractbook.com/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S2] Pricing page: https://contractbook.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S3] Privacy policy: https://contractbook.com/legal/privacy-policy (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S4] Terms of service: https://contractbook.com/legal/terms (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S5] Drafting, templates & clause library — found from sitemap: https://contractbook.com/de/templates (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S6] Drafting, templates & clause library — found from sitemap: https://contractbook.com/learn/smart-templates (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S7] Negotiation, redlining & approval — found from sitemap: https://contractbook.com/contract-redlining-software (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S8] Negotiation, redlining & approval — found from sitemap: https://contractbook.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/206000046143-what-types-of-permissions-can-i-allow-my-collaborators-in-shared-drafts- (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S9] Repository, deadlines & obligations — found from sitemap: https://contractbook.com/product/centralized-contract-repository (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S10] Repository, deadlines & obligations — found from sitemap: https://contractbook.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/206000046313-how-to-set-up-reminders-renewal-automation-with-contractbook- (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S11] AI extraction & review transparency — found from sitemap: https://contractbook.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/206000046321-how-contractbook-handles-ai-data-processing-and-storage (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S12] AI extraction & review transparency — found from sitemap: https://contractbook.com/product/ai-contract-assistant (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S13] Integrations, signature & exit — found from sitemap: https://contractbook.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/206000046264-does-contractbook-signature-qualify-for-eidas- (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S14] Integrations, signature & exit — found from sitemap: https://contractbook.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/206000046115-generate-api-keys-on-contractbook (checked 2026-10-13)

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