Adel alternatives: when you need certified templates instead of AI drafting

Why people look for an alternative to Adel

Some of the reasons have nothing to do with Adel's quality at all, but with the user needing a different kind of product. Others relate to information we did not find on its public pages. These are the most common reasons as we see them:

• You lack the legal expertise to judge text written by AI, and want fixed wording a lawyer reviewed before it reaches you. We found no mention on Adel's pages of a human lawyer reviewing its output, and it describes an automated verification layer.
• You need few documents a year, so a monthly subscription does not suit you, and you would rather buy only the document you need.
• You want to know before paying whether the price includes VAT, what the annual price is, and what the refund policy is. We did not find these three pieces of information on the Adel pages we read.
• You want to know the file format before subscribing. Adel says the document comes in a signature-ready format, and we did not find on its site or its two store pages whether it is Word or PDF.
• Your matter is a live dispute or a large deal that needs a lawyer who takes responsibility for the advice, not a tool however advanced.
• You need e-signature and contract lifecycle management inside your business, which we did not find among Adel's stated features.

When staying with Adel is the right call

Before you look for an alternative, make sure you are not giving up something you actually need. Adel offers things that neither Sighaty nor many other alternatives offer, so stay with it in these cases:

• You work as a lawyer or consultant, you have the expertise to edit what the AI drafts, and you need fast drafting of varied documents.
• You often review contracts others send you and need a quick flag of their risks, a service Sighaty does not offer.
• You rely on daily legal questions, and the Premium package gives unlimited use of 'Ask Adel'.
• You have a team working on the same documents that needs shared workspaces, or you need legal translation between Arabic and English, or you prefer working from a mobile app.
• Your documents are not covered by any fixed catalogue, so free-form drafting is what you need.

The real alternatives, by type

The right alternative is decided by the need, not the name. These are the types of alternatives available in Saudi Arabia, what each is good for and its limit, with facts about other companies taken from their public pages on 3 October 2026:

• Government platforms: the employment contract is documented on Qiwa, the lease is registered on Ejar, the promissory note is created on Nafith, the enforcement request is filed through Najiz, and powers of attorney and notarisation go through the Ministry of Justice services. If your document is one of these, there is no substitute. Their limit is that they do not issue the documents around them, such as the regulation, letters and annexes.
• A lawyer consultation: the right choice for a dispute or an unusual situation. Shwra, for example, lists on its English page a Main consultation at 149 riyals including VAT, lasting 20 minutes. The limit is that a consultation answers a question and does not build you a document library.
• A contracts and e-signature platform: Signit describes itself as a contract and e-signature platform, and its pricing page shows no figures, only a free trial button and a demo request. It suits a business managing the contract and signature cycle in-house, and we found no template library with listed titles on its public pages.
• A law firm's template store: Hoquqi is a Saudi law firm whose store sells template bundles in editable Word format and in Arabic, including a construction contracts bundle at 450 riyals, plus consultations at 99 riyals. Its limit, from what we saw on 3 October 2026, is that its store listed only bundles and consultations, we did not find in it the single documents priced in the gallery on its site, and it does not state whether prices include VAT.
• Other AI tools: Genie AI is an international tool priced in dollars, with the Pro plan at $75 a month, and we found nothing on its pages stating that it produces documents in Arabic. It suits someone working in English across several countries.
• Free templates online: useful for orientation and for understanding a document's structure, but many have no update date and nobody standing behind the text.
• A certified template library such as Sighaty: standard documents in fixed wording certified under the name of a licensed Saudi lawyer. Its limit is that the catalogue is 67 documents only, with no free-form drafting and no review of other people's contracts.

Sighaty as the alternative: what you gain and what you give up

If what you need is standard documents for a small or medium business, Sighaty is a logical alternative: 67 templates in seven packs covering employment, commercial contracts, formation, e-commerce, debt collection, leasing and intellectual property. You answer a short questionnaire and receive a Word file in Arabic and English, and the text is the certified text itself, not text generated by AI. Prices are published including VAT: a Free plan with no card where you keep 3 of 9 documents, Essential at 99 riyals a month or 950 a year, Professional at 249 riyals a month or 2,390 a year for the whole library with no monthly cap, or a single template for between 99 and 329 riyals.

What you give up by moving from Adel to Sighaty is real, so count it before you decide:

• Free-form drafting of any document: if yours is not among the 67, Sighaty will not make it.
• Review of contracts others send you and flagging of their risks.
• Legal questions and translation: Sighaty offers neither.
• Team workspaces and mobile apps: a Sighaty account is for one person and works in the browser.
• Instalments through Tamara and Tabby: Sighaty takes payment by mada, Visa and Mastercard.

Practical steps before you switch or subscribe

1. Write a list of the documents you actually used in the last year, not the ones you expect to need.
2. Separate out the ones a government body issues, such as the employment contract on Qiwa and the lease on Ejar, since these need no tool.
3. Compare the rest with the Sighaty catalogue. If most of it is there, the certified library is enough for you; if most of it is unusual, free-form drafting suits you better.
4. Try the Sighaty Free plan on a real document you need, such as an NDA or a demand letter.
5. Compare the same document from both routes: can you judge the generated text on your own, or do you need certified wording that does not depend on your judgement?
6. Then decide, and remember that combining the two is a legitimate option for some businesses.

Who should not switch

• A lawyer, a law firm or an in-house legal team relying on daily drafting and review: Sighaty does not replace that for you.
• Anyone who relies on reviewing customer and supplier contracts before signing and has no regular lawyer: do not drop the review tool before you find someone to do that work.
• Anyone who needs most of their documents outside any fixed library, such as contracts specific to a particular industry.

Facts about other companies were taken from their public pages on 3 October 2026, and prices and catalogues change, so check the current page before you decide. If anything here is out of date or wrong, tell Sighaty support so it is corrected. Sighaty's templates are certified drafts and a strong starting point, not a substitute for advice on a specific case or a live dispute, and where the Arabic and English texts differ the Arabic text prevails.

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