Contractflow · Enterprise contract management software

Every contract on one record, from first request to renewal.

Contractflow runs intake, drafting, Word redlining, AI review, approvals, signature and renewals in one system. Aavenir AI reads every draft against your playbook, and a person approves every change.

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Contract lifecycle

Run all eight stages of contract management in one system.

One front door for requests from sales, procurement, finance and HR. AI validates the request data and routes it by type, value and risk, so legal sees a complete record before drafting starts.
Contract intake
Drafts come from templates and a clause library that legal approves once, from templates filled with ServiceNow records, or in one click from an RFPflow award.
Contract authoring
Counterparties keep redlining in Microsoft Word through Office 365. Every round returns to the contract record as a version, with comments kept.
Contract redlining
Aavenir AI checks each clause against your playbook, scores the deviation and suggests your approved fallback language. Legal decides what to accept.
Contract review
Rules route the contract by value, contract type and deviation, so the right people sign off and everyone can see who is still pending and why.
Contract approval
Signature runs through DocuSign, Adobe Sign or Conga Sign from the same record, and the signed copy files itself back to the contract.
Integrations
Every signed contract lands in one searchable repository, with dates, parties, values and status as data. Dashboards show contracts by stage, upcoming renewals and suppliers by tier.
Contract repository
Notice dates are extracted at signature and owners are alerted before the window closes. Obligations move to Obligationflow as owned tasks with evidence checks.
Renewal management

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AI review against your playbook

Aavenir AI extracts terms, flags deviations and suggests fallback language. A person approves every result, and the history stays on the record.

Native on ServiceNow, or standalone

A certified app on the ServiceNow Store since 2019, using your users, roles and workflow. Teams without ServiceNow get the same suite on its own.

Connected after signature

The contract stays linked to the sourcing award before it and to obligations and invoices after it, so the terms keep working once signed.

Already on ServiceNow?

Keep contract management inside your instance.

Contractflow has been a certified app on the ServiceNow Store since 2019. It runs under the users, roles, workflow and audit history you already govern, so IT has no second system to secure.

Start contracts from Sourcing and Procurement Operations requests and RFPflow awards
Uses your ServiceNow users, roles, workflow, approvals and audit history
Certified for the latest ServiceNow release and the two before it
Not on ServiceNow? The same lifecycle, Aavenir AI review and integrations run standalone

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Aavenir apps

RFPflowOnboardingflowContractflowObligationflowInvoiceflow

Aavenir AI agents Extraction, review, compliance screening and obligation tracking. A person approves every result.

Your ServiceNow instance

Users and rolesWorkflow and approvalsAudit historySourcing and Procurement Operations

Where contracts stall

The contract is rarely the slow part. The handoffs around it are.

Four places enterprise contract work loses days, and what Contractflow changes at each.

Requests arrive half filled

Legal chases the supplier name, value and term before any drafting can start. Guided intake form. Fields prefilled from an award. Legal sees the queue early.

First reads eat legal time

Every third party draft is read line by line against a playbook that lives in someone's head. Playbook written down once. Aavenir AI flags deviations. Fallback language suggested.

Approvals live in email

Nobody can say who still has to sign off, or why they were asked. Rules route by value and deviation. Status on the record. Signature from the same screen.

Signed means forgotten

Notice dates sit inside PDFs, so contracts renew by default. Notice dates extracted. Owners alerted before the date. Obligations handed to Obligationflow.

By the numbers

Measurable gains from customers who published them.

70% faster contract cycle at a Fortune 500 insurance providerCase study

5x faster approval cycle at a leading Southeast Asian bankCase study

42% reduced contract risk at the same bankCase study

Our customers

Legal, procurement and IT teams run their contracts on Aavenir.

Contractflow contract manager dashboard showing vendors, active contracts, contracts in signature, pending approvals, contracts by stage, upcoming renewals and vendors by tier

Contractflow platform

Your contract command center.

Each role gets its own view: managers, requestors, reviewers, approvers, compliance and procurement. Contracts by stage, renewals due this quarter and suppliers by tier sit on one screen, with export when finance asks.

Screenshot of the Contractflow contract manager dashboard.

Integrations

Connected to the systems you already run.

Redline in Microsoft Word, sign in DocuSign, Adobe Sign or Conga Sign, and keep ERP, CRM and procurement systems in step with the contract record.

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Definition

What is enterprise contract management software?

Enterprise contract management software is a system that runs every contract through one controlled lifecycle: request, drafting, negotiation, review, approval, signature, storage and renewal, with the terms kept as data the business can search and report on.

The category is also called contract lifecycle management, short for contract lifecycle management. Aavenir Contractflow is that system for legal, procurement and IT teams. Aavenir AI inside Aavenir, extracts dates, parties and values and checks each draft against your playbook. After signature, Obligationflow turns clauses into owned tasks.

Requests start from a form, a forwarded draft or an RFPflow award
Drafts come from templates and a clause library that legal approves once
Counterparties redline in Microsoft Word, and each round returns as a new version
Aavenir AI scores clause deviations and suggests your fallback language
Signature runs through DocuSign, Adobe Sign or Conga Sign

Built for every team

One contract record that every team works from.

Legal

Templates, the clause library and the playbook in one place, with AI review and approvals that leave an audit trail.

Contractflow for legal

Procurement

Contracts drafted straight from the sourcing award, with supplier risk data and negotiated rates carried through.

Contractflow for procurement

IT

Software and services contracts, renewal notices, SLAs and data terms on one record, inside ServiceNow if you run it.

Contractflow for IT

Sales

Contracts created from Salesforce or ServiceNow CRM quotes, with terms and line items carried over from the deal.

CRM integrations

Customer stories

Results our customers published.

Fortune 500 insurer

RFPflow and Contractflow

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Breakthrough results for our legal team.

Dominic Gyngell General Counsel, Speedcast, on Contractflow in ServiceNow

Aavenir and the alternatives

How Aavenir compares with the other ways teams do this.

What matters	Aavenir	Standalone contract lifecycle management tools	Shared drives, email and spreadsheets
Where it runs	Native on ServiceNow, or deployed standalone	Their own platform, connected to other systems by integration	Wherever the file was last saved
One record across the lifecycle	Sourcing, contract, obligations and invoices on one record	Usually the contract stage, other stages through partners	No record, only files and threads
AI at each stage	Aavenir AI extracts terms, reviews against your playbook and tracks obligations, and a person approves	Varies by product, often strongest in review and search	None
After signature	Obligations assigned, evidence checked, renewals flagged before the notice window	Varies by product	A calendar reminder, if someone set one
Where others can be stronger	Configured to your workflow, one module or the whole suite	Often a quick start for a single legal team	Free and familiar, until volume grows

Comparisons describe categories of tools, not named products. For named comparisons, see Aavenir compared.

Talk to a contract expert

Bring a few sample agreements. We will show you Aavenir AI reading them against your playbook, on ServiceNow or standalone.

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Pair Contractflow with the rest of the suite

Obligationflow Obligations owned, with evidence checked by AI before tasks close.Learn more

RFPflow Sourcing events whose award drafts the contract.Learn more

Invoiceflow Invoices checked against the contract rate before payment.Learn more

Atlas Ask the whole portfolio what an event means, ranked by value.Learn more

The latest on contract management

Guide AI native vs bolt on contract lifecycle management What changes when AI is built into the contract record.Read more

ServiceNow Contract lifecycle management on ServiceNow Running contract management inside the platform IT already secures.Read more

Guide Signing is just the beginning Why most contract value is kept or lost after signature.Read more

Sourcing What is source to contract? How an RFP award becomes a signed contract without retyping.Read more

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Common questions

What is the difference between contract lifecycle management and contract management software?

They describe the same category. Contract lifecycle management, short for contract lifecycle management, stresses that the software covers the whole life of a contract, from the request through renewal, rather than storage alone. Contractflow covers every stage and hands obligations to Obligationflow after signature. See obligation management.

Does Contractflow work without ServiceNow?

Yes. Contractflow is built on the ServiceNow platform and also deploys standalone. On ServiceNow it uses your users, roles, workflow and audit history. Without ServiceNow, teams get the same intake, templates, Word redlining, Aavenir AI review, approvals and repository. Compare deployment options.

Can counterparties redline in Microsoft Word?

Yes. Negotiation stays in Microsoft Word through Office 365, so neither side learns a new editor. Each round returns to the contract record as a new version, and Aavenir AI reads the changes against your playbook before legal decides what to accept. See contract redlining.

Which teams use Contractflow?

Legal, procurement, IT and sales teams share one contract record. Legal owns templates and the playbook, procurement starts contracts from sourcing awards, IT tracks software terms and renewals, and sales creates contracts from Salesforce or ServiceNow CRM quotes. See solutions by team.

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See your contracts run on one record.

1 A 30 minute walkthrough Built around your team, whether that is procurement, legal, IT or finance.
2 Your contracts, not ours Bring a few sample agreements and watch Aavenir AI extract and review them.
3 ServiceNow or standalone We show the deployment that fits the systems you already run.

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