Lawmatics vs MyCase (2026): which should you pick?

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lawmatics

Pricing could not be confirmed. See lawmatics.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.

Lawmatics

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.