# Docketwise review (2026): is it worth $80 a month per user, billed yearly? > Immigration case management with forms, intake and billing Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Docketwise, branded 8am DocketWise on its site, is case management software for immigration law firms. It combines immigration form filling, multilingual client intake, a client portal, calendaring, billing and trust accounting. Pricing is per user with three tiers. - **Category:** Law Practice Software - **Made by:** 8am (DocketWise) (since 2016) - **Website:** https://www.docketwise.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you handle other kinds of law: the forms and flows are immigration-only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Docketwise is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $80 per user / month, billed yearly ($90 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial with no credit card required; length not stated on the pages read. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $80 per user / month, billed yearly ($90 billed monthly) | Smart forms, case management, multilingual intakes, priority date tracking, client portal, calendaring, time tracking and unlimited cloud storage. | | Pro | $100 per user / month, billed yearly ($120 billed monthly) | Adds e-filing, e-signatures, lead management, texting, QuickBooks integration and the DocketWise IQ legal AI. | | Advanced | $120 per user / month, billed yearly ($140 billed monthly) | Adds multiple branches, permission groups, priority support, tailored setup and a 5GB file size limit. | Read from https://www.docketwise.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Docketwise before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Yearly billing is $10 to $20 less per user** (Annual discount): Yearly prices are $80, $100 and $120 per user per month against $90, $120 and $140 billed monthly. Source: https://www.docketwise.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **Immigration forms:** Smart Forms fill immigration forms from case data, and intake questionnaires can be built in several languages. - **Case and priority date tracking:** Cases, tasks and priority dates are tracked in one place, with calendaring and a client portal for document requests. - **Billing and trust accounting:** Time tracking, invoicing and trust accounting are listed, with a LawPay integration for online payments. - **E-filing and e-signatures:** e-Filing and e-signatures start on the Pro plan. - **DocketWise IQ:** A legal AI assistant for writing and document help, included from the Pro plan. - **Messaging and leads:** The Pro plan adds a lead management CRM, text messaging and bulk messaging. ## Good for - Immigration law firms that want forms and case tracking together - Firms that need client intake in several languages - Practices that bill through LawPay ## Worth knowing - Built for immigration practices only, so a general practice would find the forms and workflows narrow. - E-filing, e-signatures, lead management, texting and the AI assistant need the Pro plan or higher. - Free data migration is listed only for annual Advanced plans. - The site carries a notice of a security incident on its home page. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Docketwise runs immigration cases, with smart forms, client intake, a portal and billing. It starts at $80 a user a month, and e-filing, e-signatures, texting and the AI assistant need Pro at $100. It only fits immigration practices. - **Value for money: D.** $80 a user a month on yearly billing, at the top of what law-practice tools cost against a $59 middle. The useful extras start at $100 on Pro. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free trial with no card, though its length is not stated. No free plan. - **Features: C.** Forms, cases, priority dates, intake, billing and trust accounting. It is immigration only, and e-filing and e-signatures need Pro. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build intakes and set up forms, so it is a C. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Clio, Gmail, Outlook, QuickBooks, LawPay, Zapier and others listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Docketwise's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among law practice software - Docketwise's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 13 of the 25 other law practice software we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 4 of 25) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $80 a month for each person, against a middle price of $59 for the category: 8 of the 10 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/law-practice ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Docketwise you would be making client trust accounts kept the way bar rules require. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $960 a year. - You could make: Case management, forms and time tracking: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Client trust accounts kept the way bar rules require. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Clio, Gmail, Google Calendar, Outlook, QuickBooks, LawPay, Zapier, Lawmatics **Tags:** Case management, Forms, Trust accounting, Time tracking, Workflow automation, AI features ## Alternatives - [LollyLaw](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lollylaw): Immigration case management with form filling and payments. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/docketwise-vs-lollylaw) - [Clio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clio): Practice management, legal accounting and legal AI for law firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clio-vs-docketwise) - [MyCase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mycase): Case management, billing and client portal for small law firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/docketwise-vs-mycase) - [PracticePanther](https://toolgpa.com/tools/practicepanther): Law practice management with built-in payments and accounting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/docketwise-vs-practicepanther) - [Smokeball](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smokeball): Practice management with automatic time capture and court forms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/docketwise-vs-smokeball) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.docketwise.com/pricing/ - https://www.docketwise.com - https://www.docketwise.com/integrations/ - https://www.docketwise.com/about/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/docketwise Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).