Filevine vs MyCase (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 MyCase if

• Fits if you're a solo or small firm that wants cases and billing in one place
• Works for firms that already take card payments through LawPay

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you need intake forms, eSignature, workflows or texting, which all need Pro at $100 a user billed yearly
• Tight if you want conflict check tracking, split billing, Desktop Drive or the open API, as those are Advanced only at $130
• Watch out: three-way trust reconciliation is the $39 a user MyCase Accounting add-on, and Basic can't have it
• Watch out: court-rules calendaring is a separate subscription, and fees already paid aren't refunded if you cancel
• Skip it if you want to stay free, as there's only a 10-day trial and no free plan

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.

MyCase

• Intake forms, the legal CRM, eSignature, workflows and two-way texting all need Pro at $100 per user / month, billed annually.
• Conflict check tracking, split billing, Desktop Drive and the open API are limited to Advanced.
• MyCase Accounting, for three-way trust reconciliation, is a $39 per user / month add-on on Pro and Advanced only.
• Court-rules calendaring needs a separate subscription, and fees already paid are not refunded on cancelling.

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.

MyCase

Cases, calendar and documents

Each case holds its notes, tasks, events, documents and contacts. A shared firm calendar shows statute of limitations dates, and document storage is unlimited on every plan.

Time, billing and trust accounting

Track time and expenses, turn them into invoices, and keep trust ledgers per client and per case with reconciliation. LEDES and batch billing, payment plans and interest come with Pro.

Payments through LawPay

Clients pay by card, eCheck or financing through 8am LawPay, with next-business-day deposits. LawPay has no monthly fee; processing rates apply.

Client portal and texting

Clients see their case and messages in a secure portal (limited on Basic). Pro adds unlimited two-way texting with images, a call log, internal chat and online intake forms.

8am IQ assistants

Pro includes AI writing and document assistants. Advanced adds a Case Assistant for summaries and timelines and a Discovery Assistant that runs OCR on 5,000 pages per user a month.

Claude connector and open API

An official read-only MCP connector lets Claude look up cases, documents and firm financials. The open API for building other links is on the Advanced plan.

Filevine

Pricing could not be confirmed. See filevine.com.

MyCase

• MyCase Basic$50

  per user / month, billed annually ($60 billed monthly)

  Case and contact management, time entry, invoicing, trust accounting, online payments, unlimited document storage and a limited client portal.

• MyCase Pro$100

  per user / month, billed annually ($120 billed monthly)

  Adds unlimited eSignature, document generation, workflows, intake forms and legal CRM, two-way texting, premium billing and the 8am IQ writing assistant.

• MyCase Advanced$130

  per user / month, billed annually ($150 billed monthly)

  Adds the 8am IQ Case and Discovery assistants, advanced document automation, Desktop Drive, conflict check tracking, split billing and the open API.

Filevine

No public discounts listed.

MyCase

• Annual discount

  Save up to 16% with yearly billing

  MyCase's pricing page lists savings of up to 16% for paying a year upfront: $120 a year per user on Basic and $240 a year per user on Pro and Advanced.

• Other savings

  Bar association member discounts

  MyCase lists a member benefit for each of its partner bar associations and legal groups; ABA Advantage members, for example, get a 20% lifetime discount.