Filevine vs Lawmatics (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Filevine grades higher than Lawmatics: 2.0 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 24, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
Filevine grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Filevine
Case management and the LOIS legal AI system, sold by quote
Free trial
Lawmatics
Client intake, legal CRM and marketing automation for law firms
Paid
Which one is for you
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 Lawmatics if
- Fits if leads reach your firm through forms and calls and you want a set path to a signed client
- Works for firms already on Clio, MyCase, Filevine or another case system that want intake on top
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: there's no published price or trial, and every plan is quoted after a demo, with a 3-user minimum
- Tight if you have many contacts: Essential stops at 500 and Premium at 10,000, and extra texts and MMS cost more
- Pricey if you want email marketing, the client portal, custom reports or ROI tracking, which all need Premium
- Not for you if you want cases and trust money handled here, and even time, billing and payments are an add-on
- Watch out: Merlin Qualify AI is a separate credit-priced add-on, and Essential allows only 10 automations
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAFilevineFair | 1.8GPALawmaticsWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price is published. Filevine gives a price only on a sales call, after a demo, and intake, depositions and signatures are separate packages on that quote. | CNo price is published. Lawmatics gives a price only on a sales call, after a demo, with a 3-user minimum, and time and billing and the Merlin Qualify AI cost extra on top. |
| Free plan and trial | DThe only free thing is LOIS Explore, a no-card trial of the AI research and drafting. It leaves out case management and is closed to existing customers, so the main product can't be tried before a demo. | FNothing free on record: no free plan and no trial, only a demo. |
| Features | CMatters, unlimited documents, document assembly, LOIS AI, deposition tools, intake, timekeeping, LEDES billing and payments. The gaps the listing shows: no trust ledger on record, and analytics, court deadline rules and the client portal are paid extensions. | CIntake forms, pipelines, booking with round robin, e-signatures, texting, email campaigns and source reporting. It does the intake and CRM job fully, but that's a smaller job than this category's: no case management or trust accounting, and billing is an add-on. |
| Ease of use | CWe have no store rating on file for it. Setup goes through Filevine's certified implementation partners rather than a sign-up you run yourself, so there's a project before the first matter. | CWe have no store rating on file for it. Forms, pipelines and automations have to be built for your firm, and it needs linking to the case system you run beside it. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with Outlook, Word, Gmail, Zoom, Dialpad, Workato and Domo. The listing has no desktop or phone apps, so away from a browser it can't follow you. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, linking to Clio, MyCase, Filevine, Smokeball, PracticePanther, Gmail, Outlook and CallRail. No desktop app on record. |
| Best for | firms with heavy caseloads, like personal injury | turning law firm leads into signed clients |
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: Filevine and Lawmatics. How we grade
Where they differ
- Filevine also covers time tracking, invoicing, reports and case management.
- Lawmatics also covers sales pipeline, marketing automation, forms, email campaigns and appointment booking.
In commonWebAI featuresBusiness texting
At a glance
| Filevine | Lawmatics | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | LOIS Explore: a free trial of its AI research and drafting for verified legal professionals, without case management | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Filevine, Inc. | Lawmatics |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 24, 2026 | Oct 24, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Lawmatics
- Lawmatics publishes no prices: Essential, Premium and Enterprise are all quoted after a demo, with a 3-user minimum.
- Essential stops at 500 contacts and Premium at 10,000; more contacts, extra texts and MMS cost extra.
- Email marketing, the client portal, custom reports and ROI tracking need Premium.
- Time tracking, billing and online payments are a separate add-on, as is the credit-based Merlin Qualify AI.
Key features
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.
Lawmatics
- Intake forms and automations
- Custom intake forms, file requests and document automation feed new leads into Lawmatics. Essential allows 10 automations; Premium allows unlimited automations and password-protected forms.
- Legal CRM and pipelines
- Track leads and clients through pipelines with tasks, calendaring and conflict checks (basic on Essential, advanced on Premium).
- Booking, e-signature and texting
- Appointment booking with round-robin scheduling, e-signatures (50 on Essential, unlimited on Premium), and two-way texting with 50 messages a month included.
- Email marketing
- Premium adds an HTML email builder, drip campaigns to segmented audiences, up to 50,000 sends a month and a custom sending domain.
- Reporting and ROI
- Source reporting on both plans; Premium adds custom reports and dashboards, UTM tracking and return-on-investment analysis by lead source.
- Merlin Qualify
- An AI add-on that scores each lead against the firm's criteria, explains the score and can trigger follow-ups or retainer agreements. Credit-based pricing.
Plans
Filevine
Pricing could not be confirmed. See filevine.com.
Lawmatics
Pricing could not be confirmed. See lawmatics.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Filevine or Lawmatics?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Filevine has no price we could confirm, and Lawmatics has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Filevine or Lawmatics?
As of Oct 24, 2026, neither Filevine nor Lawmatics has a free plan. Filevine has a free trial.
Which platforms do Filevine and Lawmatics run on?
As of Oct 24, 2026, only Lawmatics 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.