Casefleet vs Clio (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Clio: it is first in our ranking of law practice software, and it grades higher too, 2.8 against 1.8.
Checked Oct 24, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Clio grades higher on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Casefleet
Fact chronologies and document review for litigators
Clio
Practice management, legal accounting and legal AI for law firms
Which one is for you
Pick Casefleet if
- Fits if you're a litigator who builds fact chronologies from documents
- Works for teams that want AI summaries of case documents
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want the AI plan: $140 a user a month billed yearly
- Tight if you take Starter: 20 documents a case and no full-text search
- Watch out: storage beyond 5 GB is $10 a GB a month, and Starter has none included
- Watch out: AI credits past 100,000 a month cost $0.001 each, and cancelling is by email
Pick Clio if
- Fits if you want trust reconciliation and the firm's books in the same tool as billing
- Works for firms that plan to add intake and legal AI from the same vendor later
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: only Starter has a published price, and Core, Signature and Elite are quoted on request
- Tight if you're on Starter, which has no client portal, texting, conflict checks, document templates, custom fields or integrations
- Pricey if you want workflows, custom reports or SSO, which need Signature or Elite, and Clio Grow intake is an add-on on Core and Signature
- Watch out: card payments cost 2.95% (3.75% for Amex), eCheck 1% and Affirm 4.95%, and court e-filing is paid per filing
- Skip it if you want a long trial, as it's 7 days and there's no free plan
How we grade them
| 1.8GPACasefleetWeak | 2.8GPAClioGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DStarter is $30 a user billed yearly but capped at 20 documents a case with no search or AI. The full tool is Advanced AI at $140, well above the law-practice category's $50 middle. | CStarter is $49 a user a month, the price this category mostly starts at: its cheaper quarter and middle are both $49. The listing doesn't say if that's billed monthly or yearly, and Core, Signature and Elite are priced on request. |
| Free plan and trial | C14-day free trial with no card, but limited to 50 documents per case. No free plan. | CA 7-day trial of Clio Manage with no card. No free plan, so a week is all you get before paying. |
| Features | CChronologies, evidence citations, document and media review, outlines and an AI assistant. But Starter lacks full-text search and AI, and unlimited documents start at Advanced AI. | BMatters, unlimited documents, calendars, hourly, flat and contingency billing, online payments, trust accounting and legal accounting with bank sync, plus a client portal from Core and Clio Work for AI research and drafting. The listing shows no gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You load documents and build each case yourself. | AClio rates 4.8 on the US App Store from 9,084 ratings, which puts it at A on our ease ladder. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, and no integrations are named. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Outlook, Gmail, Word, QuickBooks, Xero, TrustBooks and Affirm, and a developer API. No desktop app on record. |
| Best for | building fact chronologies for litigation | small firms that want legal accounting built in |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Casefleet and Clio. How we grade
Price against what you get
Casefleet starts at $30 a month for each person and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Clio starts at $49 a month for each person and scores 3.3.
Clio scores higher, and starts $19 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other law practice software on the chart, 1 scores higher than Casefleet for less, and none scores higher than Clio for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Casefleet also covers transcription, tasks, documents and reports.
- Clio also covers time tracking, invoicing, bookkeeping and trust accounting.
At a glance
| Casefleet | Clio | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $30 per user / month, billed annually ($40 billed monthly) | $49 per user / month (Starter); billing basis not stated |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card required; limited to 50 documents per case | 7-day free trial of Clio Manage, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Casefleet | Themis Solutions Inc. (Clio) |
| Price read from | casefleet.com | web.archive.org (not the vendor's own page) |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 24, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Casefleet
- Starter caps each case at 20 documents and leaves out full-text search and AI features; unlimited documents start at Advanced AI.
- Storage beyond 5 GB per account is $10 per GB per month, and Starter has no storage included.
- AI credits beyond the included 100,000 per user per month cost $0.001 each.
- Cancellation is done by contacting support by email, per the pricing FAQ.
Clio
- Clio publishes a price only for Starter; Core, Signature and Elite are quoted on request or after a demo.
- Starter leaves out the client portal, texting, conflict checks, document templates, custom fields and third-party integrations, which start on Core.
- Card payments cost 2.95% (3.75% for Amex), eCheck and ACH 1%, and Affirm pay-later 4.95%; court e-filing is paid per filing.
- Automated workflows, custom reports and SSO need Signature or Elite, and Clio Grow intake is an add-on on Core and Signature.
Key features
Casefleet
- Fact chronologies
- Facts are linked to their source documents, and a timeline maker builds visual timelines from them.
- Document and media review
- Review documents, play and clip audio or video with transcription, and mark up deposition transcripts so testimony can be cited as facts.
- Casey AI assistant
- Chat about a case, run multi-step tasks, summarize long documents, extract entities and draft proposed facts for the user to approve. These are Advanced AI features.
- Case outlines and search
- Case outlines and issue categories organize a matter, with full-text search and filtering on the paid AI plan.
- Tasks and activity feed
- Assign and track casework across a team, with an activity feed of changes across cases.
- Free calculators
- The site offers a litigation deadline calculator and a statute of limitations lookup by state and claim type.
Clio
- Matters, documents and calendars
- Every plan stores contacts, matters and unlimited documents, with calendaring, tasks, a firm dashboard and Clio's iOS and Android apps.
- Billing and online payments
- Hourly, flat-rate and contingency billing, payment plans, UTBMS and LEDES codes, and online payment by card, eCheck, Apple Pay or Google Pay.
- Legal accounting built in
- Bank sync, a chart of accounts, trust and operating reconciliation, check printing and cash or accrual reports on every plan, with a free licence for the firm's accountant.
- AI inside Clio Manage
- From Core, AI drafts bills on a schedule, writes client updates from matter activity, turns documents into calendar events and tasks, and ranks tasks.
- Clio Work
- A legal AI workspace that reads a matter's files to build timelines and spot gaps, finds jurisdiction-matched authority checked by a citator, and drafts in Clio Work or Microsoft Word.
- Client portal and texting
- From Core, clients use the Clio for Clients portal and app to message, share documents, pay and follow their matter, and the firm can text reminders.
Plans
Casefleet
Starter$30
per user / month, billed annually ($40 billed monthly)
Chronologies, evidence citations, outlines, entity and witness organization, OCR and transcription. Limited to 20 documents per case, with no full-text search or AI features.
Advanced AI$140
per user / month, billed annually ($180 billed monthly)
Unlimited documents, full-text search, document summaries, fact extraction, natural language search and 100,000 AI credits per user each month. Offers a HIPAA agreement option.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom quote for 20 or more users: everything in Advanced AI plus single sign-on, advanced user management, data migration services and a dedicated account executive.
Clio
Starter$49
per user / month; monthly or annual billing not stated
Matters, contacts, unlimited document storage, time and billing, online payments, trust accounting and built-in legal accounting. Three eSignatures.
CoreCustom
Adds AI billing and client updates, conflict checks, client portal and texting, document templates, integrations and 15 eSignatures. Price on request.
SignatureCustom
Adds matter stages, automated workflows, split and multi-currency billing, custom reports, SAML SSO and unlimited eSignatures. Price on request.
EliteCustom
Signature plus the Clio Grow intake suite: AI lead handling, intake forms, online booking, review requests and a website builder. Price on request.
Ways to pay less
Casefleet
- Annual discount
Save 22% with annual billing
The pricing page offers annual payment at $30 and $140 per user a month instead of $40 and $180 billed monthly.
Clio
- Other savings
Elite bundle saving
Clio's pricing page labels Elite, which bundles Signature with the Clio Grow intake suite, as saving over 17%.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Casefleet or Clio?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Casefleet is cheaper to start with: $30 a month for each person, against $49 a month for each person for Clio. Casefleet starts at $30 per user / month, billed annually ($40 billed monthly), and Clio starts at $49 per user / month (Starter); billing basis not stated.
Which has a free plan, Casefleet or Clio?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Casefleet nor Clio has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
Which platforms do Casefleet and Clio run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Clio lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.