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CleverClerk vs CloudFiler
CloudFiler files email copies into your storage at low cost. CleverClerk maps project email with its context, so your team can ask what was agreed and get a straight answer.
The key difference
Where CloudFiler is strong
Low cost, flexible storage, easy migration.
A cloud Outlook add-in from the founder who first created Mail Manager. It files email from any device, syncs it to storage such as SharePoint, Egnyte, ProjectWise, Aconex and Procore, and helps firms move from older tools.
Where CleverClerk differs
CloudFiler stores email. CleverClerk explains it.
CleverClerk maps the full context of each email and makes the project answerable, with chat, digests, tagging and people intelligence that CloudFiler does not offer.
Choose CloudFiler if you want low-cost filing into your own storage. Choose CleverClerk if you want answers from your project email, not just copies of it.
Feature by feature
Based on public vendor material, October 2026. — means not found.
| Capability | CleverClerkGet started free | CloudFiler |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic project mapping / filing | Yes | Partial |
| Explains decisions and asks when unsure | Yes | Not found |
| AI chat over project correspondence | Yes | Not found |
| AI project briefing (digest) | Yes | Not found |
| AI thread summaries | Yes | Not found |
| AI tagging by your own descriptions | Yes | Not found |
| Private emails within a shared project | Yes | Not found |
| Connect external AI assistants (MCP) | Yes | Partial |
| Formal RFI and submittal registers | No | Not found |
| Free plan | Yes | Not found |
| Works inside Outlook | Yes | Yes |
| Thread replies follow automatically | Yes | Not found |
| Attachments captured automatically | Yes | Yes |
| Search inside attachment content | Yes | Yes |
| Relationship / people view | Yes | Not found |
| Thread sentiment | Yes | Not found |
| Bulk import of past email | Yes | Yes |
| AI meeting notes | Roadmap | No |
| Mobile access | Yes | Yes |
| Explicit golden thread positioning | Yes | Not found |
| Full project export for handover | Roadmap | Partial |
| Published pricing | Yes | Yes |
UK golden thread
Understand the decision trail, not just store it
Ask why a decision was made and get an answer from the mapped emails and files. Brief whoever inherits the project in minutes.
We support the golden thread. Compliance stays with dutyholders.
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