Filevine review (2026): is it worth it?
Case management and the LOIS legal AI system, sold by quote
Filevine report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for firms with heavy caseloads, like personal injury
Filevine is case management built around LOIS, its legal AI, with deposition tools and Lead Docket intake sold as separate packages. Every package is priced by quote after a demo, setup goes through its certified partners, and the only free trial covers the AI alone, so you can't see the case side before you talk to sales.
Who Filevine is for
- Fits if your firm runs heavy caseloads, such as personal injury or mass torts
- Works for prosecutors, public defenders and other government legal offices
Who Filevine is not for
- 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
Why Filevine gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo 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.
- DFree plan and trialThe 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.
- CFeaturesMatters, 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.
- CEase of useWe 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.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, 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.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Filevine's own pages on 24 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Filevine's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 2 of the 9 other law practice software we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 0 of 9) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 4).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 10 law practice software we grade, cut by the letter each got. Filevine’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 9, level with 8
- DFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 9
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 9, level with 6
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 9, level with 8
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 9, level with 9
Keep Filevine, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Filevine you could make: case management, time tracking, invoicing and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 4 of the 9 other law practice software grade higher.
What you could make
- Case management, time tracking, invoicing and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Texts from a business number, registered with the carriers.
- It plugs into other products, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word and Gmail among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Filevine’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Filevine?
Filevine is case management software for law firms, government legal offices and in-house teams, now built around LOIS, its legal AI system. Each matter holds its documents, deadlines, tasks, texts and emails, and separate packages add client intake, deposition tools, eSignatures and business analytics. Every package is priced by quote after a demo.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Filevine pricing
We could not confirm Filevine’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See filevine.com for current prices.
Works with
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Gmail
- Zoom
- Dialpad
- Workato
- Domo
Filevine alternatives
- Filevine vs Clio
Free trial · from $49/mo
- Filevine vs MyCase
Free trial · from $50/mo
Common questions
Does Filevine have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Filevine is listed for Web.
Does Filevine have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Filevine is listed for Web.
Is Filevine open source?
Filevine is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 24, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026.