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Woodpecker

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Document automation app for solo or small legal firms
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About Woodpecker

Woodpecker is a document preparation application aimed at the solo or small legal firms. The software automatically generates documents from templates using client data. Data can be entered through an input form and used to populate single or multiple documents, defined by class or selection. Woodpecker can also generate external questionnaires to interact with clients or other users. The results of these questionnaires populate chosen documents in the background, which are then conveyed to the creator. For complex integrations, Woodpecker offers an API for user-defined interfaces. It also works with Zapier.

When the templates have been populated with input data, Woodpecker analyses the output text for overlapping fields or grammatical inconsistencies. It will automatically update pronouns and verb tenses, as well as include or exclude clauses for consistency of content. Final documents can be exported in bulk as DOCX or PDF files, and Woodpecker can generate links for sharing.

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4.7 /5
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Value for Money
4.8/5
Features
4.5/5
Ease of Use
4.6/5
Customer Support
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Erdal
Erdal
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

My Woodpecker document automation review

Reviewed on 2023/08/23

Great service with great customer service and webinars to help learn all of the automation features.

Great service with great customer service and webinars to help learn all of the automation features.

Pros

Ability to automate my document drafting and integrate them with MyCase, and actually use the automations directly within MyCase.

Cons

Sometimes it wants me to save over templates due to similarities. Basic version only gives you 10 slots to save templates.

Gary
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Woodpecker has helped our firm become more efficient

Reviewed on 2022/11/20

After using several other document assembly systems Woodpecker is by far my favorite. It has the...

After using several other document assembly systems Woodpecker is by far my favorite. It has the exact features we need.

Pros

I especially like the fact that it is integrated directly into Word.

Cons

Training on template management is critical as it is easy for new users to get confused and overwrite templates or fail to save template changes.

Alternatives Considered

Mitratech HotDocs

Reasons for Choosing Woodpecker

HotDocs was difficult to administer for multiple users and was difficult for average users to create and manage templates. Also we needed a cloud based solution and HotDocs so-called cloud solution is not truly on the cloud.

Switched From

Mitratech HotDocs

Reasons for Switching to Woodpecker

Woodpecker integration with word and ease of template programming, plus Woodpecker is cloud based as compared to the local installation required for the standard HotDocs product.
Michel
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  • Industry: Legal Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10

Beta testing BEWARE!!

Reviewed on 2023/05/28

Awful. They offer seamless integration, but not for common word documents.

Awful. They offer seamless integration, but not for common word documents.

Pros

The sales pitch. We believed it. Had no idea it was in beta testing

Cons

They never told us the software was in beta testing, and that when they released updates that it would essentially make all of our documents crash and have to be revised. It takes weeks to get a solution.

Jason
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Woodpecker review

Reviewed on 2019/05/31

I use Woodpecker daily and it makes drafting documents more efficient. I recently tried HotDocs...

I use Woodpecker daily and it makes drafting documents more efficient. I recently tried HotDocs again and found that I can get the same results with Woodpecker at a more affordable cost and much easier to use.

Pros

It was an easy program to learn to use. After building templates, the time spent drafting and editing documents has drastically decreased. I can spend more time on the legal issues of the documents instead of wasting time double checking the parties names, his/her, he/she, etc.

Cons

When I build a template I like to start at the beginning and work my way through the document. Sometimes after building the template, I find that I forget a field. It would be nice to insert a field back up where it was forgotten instead of at the end of all the fields.

Alternatives Considered

Mitratech HotDocs

Reasons for Switching to Woodpecker

Cost was the biggest factor and ease of use was the next.

Response from Woodpecker Technologies

Thanks a lot for your feedback Jason, great to hear about the benefits you're getting from Woodpecker! Apologies for the confusion with inserting fields at the end of the field list, fortunately you can reorder your fields whenever you like, this should help: https://help.woodpeckerweb.com/using-woodpecker/woodpecker-fields/reordering-fields

Patricia
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Wish all tech was this easy and affordable.

Reviewed on 2019/05/31

It is easy to install, we have had no technical glitches, and it has sped up our turn around time.

It is easy to install, we have had no technical glitches, and it has sped up our turn around time.

Pros

Easy to use, better functionality (like conditional clauses) than many of the far more expensive options.

Cons

Occasionally, I have had recipients of documents created in Word with WoodPecker fields tell me that they were unable to edit the form filled terms.

Alternatives Considered

Mitratech HotDocs

Reasons for Switching to Woodpecker

Better price than either - and easier to use.

Response from Woodpecker Technologies

Hi Patricia, great to hear that Woodpecker has sped up your turn-around time! We'd love to know more about the issue you described where recipients of your documents were unable to edit the form filled terms, so that we can make sure this doesn't happen again.

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Woodpecker FAQs

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Woodpecker offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$59.00/month
  • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

Discounts available for solo business owners and legal services providers; non-profits; and student and academic institutions.

Woodpecker has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200

Woodpecker supports the following languages:

English

Woodpecker supports the following devices:

Woodpecker integrates with the following applications:

Zapier

Woodpecker offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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