Filevine vs iManage (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Filevine if

• Fits if your firm runs heavy caseloads, such as personal injury or mass torts
• Works for prosecutors, public defenders and other government legal offices

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price before a demo, as every package is quoted by the sales team
• Watch out: intake, depositions and signatures are separate packages, and analytics, court deadline rules and the client portal are extensions
• Not for you if you want to try case management first, since the free LOIS Explore trial is AI only and closed to existing customers
• Not for you if you'd rather set it up yourself, as setup runs through Filevine's certified partners
• Skip it if you need phone apps, as the listing has it as web only

Pick iManage if

• Fits if you run a firm that needs documents, records and conflicts in one platform
• Makes sense if you want AI search over your firm's own documents

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you're a solo practitioner, as it's aimed at firms
• Skip it if you need a price first, since only a demo is offered
• Watch out: Work, Share, Records Manager and Tracker are separate modules
• Skip it if you want a trial, because none is listed

Filevine

• Filevine publishes no prices: every package is quoted by its sales team after a demo.
• Intake, depositions and signatures are separate packages; analytics, court deadline rules and the client portal are extensions to Matters.
• The free LOIS Explore trial covers AI research and drafting only, not case management, and is closed to existing Filevine customers.
• Setup is handled by Filevine's certified implementation partners rather than self-serve onboarding.

iManage

• No prices are published; the site offers a demo request instead.
• The platform is sold as separate modules such as Work, Share, Records Manager and Tracker, so what a firm gets depends on what it licenses.
• The mobile app's platforms are not named on the page read, so the iOS and Android entries are inferred from the smartphone and tablet description.
• It is aimed at firms and knowledge-work organizations, not solo practitioners.

Filevine

Matter management

Each matter collects tasks, contacts, deadlines, calendar events, emails and notes, with custom reports and dashboards built from any field in Filevine.

Document management and assembly

Unlimited document storage with search, PDF splitting and combining, and document assembly that fills templates from matter data.

LOIS legal AI

Ask LOIS answers questions about a matter with cited sources, AI Drafting writes from case facts, LOIS for Word works inside Microsoft Word, and LOIS Legal Research checks case law.

Deposition tools

Schedule depositions and book court reporters, get live transcription and follow-up suggestions from Depo Copilot, and keep summarized transcripts in a searchable library.

Intake with Lead Docket

Captures and qualifies leads, tracks referral fees, takes online payments and moves signed clients into case files, with AI lead summaries as an option.

Timekeeping, billing and payments

Multiple timers, time tracked from email, LEDES billing codes and bulk invoicing, with Filevine Payments for online payment that it says is IOLTA compliant.

iManage

Document and email management

iManage Work files documents and email, Share supports file sharing, and Drive stores files from multiple sources in one place.

Mobile access

The Mobility app lets users access, edit, search and share documents from a smartphone or tablet, with device access controlled through Microsoft Intune or other vendors.

Security and governance

Products named on the site include Security Policy Manager, Threat Manager, Records Manager and Disposition Manager for retention and defensible disposition.

Conflicts, intake and transactions

Conflicts and Intake handles business onboarding, and Closing Folders is aimed at legal transaction closings.

Knowledge search and AI

Insight+ covers knowledge search. iManage AI includes AI Enrichment for classification and extraction, the Ask iManage assistant and a Model Context Protocol connection to outside AI tools.

Task and workflow management

Tracker offers project-centric task and checklist management.

Filevine

Pricing could not be confirmed. See filevine.com.

iManage

Pricing could not be confirmed. See imanage.com.