Legal practice management Category leader
Clio
Cloud practice management and billing for law firms
Key features
- Legal time tracking and billing
- Trust accounting
- Client portal
Smokeball alternatives
Other legal practice management tools to consider instead of Smokeball. Key features and starting prices come from each vendor's own site.
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| Pricing | Contact sales | $49/user/mo | Contact sales | $50/user/mo | $49/user/mo |
| Best for | Small and midsize law firms that draft many documents in Word and want time captured automatically. | — | Mid-size and larger litigation and personal injury firms that want matters, intake and AI drafting in one system. | — | — |
| Team size | 1–500 people | 1–500+ people | 2–500+ people | 1–500 people | 1–500 people |
| Matter management | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| Legal time tracking and billing | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Trust accounting | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes |
| Conflict checking | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Not listed |
| Court rules deadlines | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes |
| Client portal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit |
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The alternatives
Legal practice management Category leader
Filevine
Legal work platform with matter management and AI for litigation firms
Key features
- Matter management
- Client portal
Legal practice management Category leader
MyCase
Legal case management for small and mid-sized law firms
Key features
- Matter management
- Trust accounting
- Conflict checking
- Client portal
Legal practice management Category leader
PracticePanther
Legal practice management with billing, payments and trust accounting
Key features
- Trust accounting
- Court rules deadlines
- Client portal