Use case · 32 tools
Short answer: we list 32 tools for billing & timekeeping. 22 publish a price on the vendor’s own site; 9 don’t, so you’ll need a quote; pricing isn’t listed for 1. Each card says who it’s best for; the full listing covers what to watch out for. Listed in directory order, not ranked.
Tracking time, sending bills, and getting paid.
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Practice & Case Management
Cloud practice management (Clio Manage) with billing, payments, and accounting on every plan, plus Clio Grow intake and Clio Work research AI.
Best forSolos to mid-size firms wanting broad integrations and built-in trust and operating accounting.
Practice & Case Management
Cloud practice management from 8am covering cases, calendars, documents, billing, trust ledgers, LawPay payments, a client portal, and 8am IQ AI.
Best forSolo and small firms that want published pricing, payments, texting, and AI in one plan.
Practice & Case Management
Practice management for small firms with AutoTime automatic time capture, Microsoft 365 integration, practice-area document automation, and Archie AI.
Best forSmall firms (Grow aimed at 3+ staff) that under-capture billable time and run Microsoft-centric, forms-heavy practices.
Practice & Case Management
Cloud practice management for time, billing, payments, and trust, with native accounting on the top plan.
Best forSolos and small firms wanting low published pricing and strong billing, without paying for AI.
Practice & Case Management
Case management for litigation and PI firms, with LOIS AI for drafting, matter Q&A, deposition tools and medical chronologies.
Best forMid-size and larger litigation and PI firms that want configurable workflows and AI working inside their matters.
Billing & Timekeeping
Legal payment processing from 8am for cards, eCheck, Apple Pay, and Pay Later, with trust/IOLTA-aware handling and practice-management integrations.
Best forFirms that take retainers into trust and need operating/trust splits handled correctly, including MyCase users.
Practice & Case Management
Cloud practice management with built-in legal accounting: trust accounting on every plan, a full general ledger on Pro.
Best forSolos and small firms that want trust and firm accounting inside their practice management system instead of a separate QuickBooks file.
Practice & Case Management
All-in-one practice management with document automation and forms, timekeeping, billing, trust accounting, online payments, reporting, a mobile app and AI companions.
Best forSmall firms that want matter management, documents, and billing in one system.
Family Law
Co-parenting platform for messaging with first-viewed timestamps, a shared calendar with change requests, expense reimbursement, documented calls and downloadable or certified records.
Best forCo-parents who need a documented record, and the family law professionals working with them (free professional access).
Family Law
Co-parenting app with unalterable messages, recorded Accountable Calling, a timestamped shared calendar, Accountable Payments, and records for court.
Best forCo-parents who need an unalterable record of messages, calls, scheduling and shared expenses.
Family Law
Co-parenting app on one all-inclusive plan: messaging, unlimited calls with recording, calendar, requests, expenses, AI tone suggestions and digitally signed records export.
Best forCo-parents who want every feature, including call recording, at one low price.
Family Law
Divorce financial software: guideline child support, formula spousal support, property division, pension valuation and after-tax projections.
Best forFamily law solos and small firms in covered states needing support and property-division math.
Practice & Case Management
CasePeer is personal injury law software, providing attorneys with an all-in-one solution for case management, practice management, CRM, and client intake.
Best forPersonal injury firms that want PI-specific case management (treatment tracking, settlement negotiations, statute alerts) at a published per-user price.
Practice & Case Management
Legal case management software available in server-based and cloud-based versions, with AI-powered SmartIntelligence features.
Best forPlaintiff, PI and litigation firms that want deep workflows and reporting, with a choice of cloud or on-premises hosting.
Practice & Case Management
Immigration-only case management: Smart Forms for USCIS forms, priority-date tracking, multilingual client questionnaires, billing and trust.
Best forSolo and small immigration practices that want form automation, priority-date tracking and a multilingual client portal.
Practice & Case Management
Immigration case management with 125+ forms, client questionnaires in 20+ languages, family and business workflows, billing and payments.
Best forImmigration practices wanting forms, case management and payments in one place, especially with multilingual clients.
Practice & Case Management
Estate and trust administration software with estate accounting, task templates, intake, letters and a records vault; per-file or subscription pricing.
Best forEstate administration practices and trust companies with steady probate and trust volume.
Practice & Case Management
Billing-first legal practice management: time tracking, trust accounting, LEDES e-billing, evergreen retainers, built-in payments, and an optional legal CRM.
Best forSmall and midsize firms where billing accuracy, trust accounting and LEDES e-billing drive the work.
Practice & Case Management
Cloud practice management with built-in email, document management, billing, accounting, LEDES invoicing, payments, reporting and branded client portals.
Best forSmall and midsize firms that want billing, accounting and built-in email in one cloud system.
Practice & Case Management
Workflow-driven practice management with modules for legal accounting (North America), document assembly, intake, AI time capture (Trace) and analytics (Acumen).
Best forSmall and mid-size firms wanting configurable workflows plus built-in legal accounting, with partner-led implementation.
Billing & Timekeeping
Law-firm payments plus AR automation: card and instant eCheck processing, automated reminders and collections, client NPS tracking, PCI compliance and chargeback help.
Best forSmall and midsize firms focused on collections and getting invoices paid faster.
Billing & Timekeeping
Card and ACH payments for law firms with trust/operating routing, payment plans and autopay, plus digital disbursements to clients and third parties.
Best forFirms with uneven payment volume, large ACH retainers, or settlement disbursements, that don't want a monthly fee.
Billing & Timekeeping
Trust (IOLTA) accounting for lawyers with three-way reconciliation and compliance reports; firm accounting on Tier Two and done-for-you reconciliation on Tier Three.
Best forSolos and small firms that need dependable trust accounting, or want TrustBooks' team to do the monthly reconciliation.
Billing & Timekeeping
Legal time, billing and IOLTA trust accounting that runs natively on QuickBooks Online with two-way sync, plus a contingency settlement plan.
Best forFirms already on QuickBooks Online that want legal billing and IOLTA trust accounting.
Practice & Case Management
Legal billing and accounting suite (billing, trust, GL, AP, payments) with an optional PracticeMaster add-on, as hosted Cloud or OnSite.
Best forEstablished firms with complex billing, trust accounting and full financials, including firms wanting on-prem software.
Billing & Timekeeping
AI timekeeping that drafts billable entries with narratives from email, calendar, meetings, documents and browser activity, synced to practice management.
Best forHourly-billing lawyers who under-record time and want draft entries written for them.
Billing & Timekeeping
Cloud time tracking and legal billing; Legal Pro adds trust accounting, conflict checks, contingency billing, UTBMS and LEDES.
Best forCost-conscious solos and small firms that need LEDES/UTBMS billing and trust accounting alongside QuickBooks.
Practice & Case Management
Rules-based court deadline calculator for state and federal courts that runs inside Microsoft 365 and creates matter workspaces.
Best forLitigation firms on Microsoft 365 wanting court-rule deadlines on shared calendars.
Practice & Case Management
All-in-one practice management for midsize law firms: matters, billing and accounting, document management, profitability reporting, client portal, time capture and pre-bill automation.
Best forMidsize, hourly-billing firms that want integrated billing, accounting and profitability reporting.
Billing & Timekeeping
Cloud time tracking, LEDES and split billing, trust accounting and light practice management for law firms, priced per active user.
Best forHourly-billing firms that want strong time entry, LEDES and trust handling.
Billing & Timekeeping
Passive desktop time capture on Windows, Mac and Linux, with AI tagging to matters, AI narratives, an iOS timeline app and an Outlook add-in.
Best forSmall and mid-sized firms on a supported cloud practice management system that under-record time.
Billing & Timekeeping
Installed legal billing and accounting (PCLaw) and matter management (Time Matters) with a mandatory AMP membership for updates and support.
Best forFirms already running PCLaw or Time Matters on their own servers.
We list 32 tools for billing & timekeeping: Clio, MyCase, Smokeball, PracticePanther, Filevine (LOIS), LawPay, CosmoLex, LEAP Legal Software, OurFamilyWizard, TalkingParents, AppClose, Family Law Software, CasePeer, SmartAdvocate, DocketWise, LollyLaw, Estateably, Rocket Matter, CARET Legal, Actionstep, Headnote, Confido Legal, TrustBooks, LeanLaw, Tabs3, Billables AI, Bill4Time, LawToolBox, Centerbase, TimeSolv, WiseTime, PCLaw | Time Matters. They appear in directory order, not as a ranking; each listing has an editorial best-for and watch-out-for verdict.
22 of the 32 listings quote a published price from the vendor’s own site; 9 don’t publish one (quote-only or custom); for the other 1, pricing isn’t listed. Each tool page’s Pricing section gives the vendor’s wording and the date we checked, so confirm current pricing with the vendor.
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We research each tool from its vendor documentation, pricing pages and user sentiment. Pricing and features change, so confirm details with the vendor.
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