# Filevine review (2026): is it worth it? > Case management and the LOIS legal AI system, sold by quote Checked Oct 24, 2026 ยท graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Law Practice Software - **Made by:** Filevine, Inc. (since 2014) - **Website:** https://www.filevine.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a price before a demo, as every package is quoted by the sales team. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 24, 2026 ## Pricing Filevine's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## 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. ## Good for - Mid-size and large firms with heavy caseloads, such as personal injury and mass torts - Prosecutors, public defenders and other government legal offices - Firms that want AI agents working across every matter ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 24, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** No 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. - **Free plan and trial: D.** The 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. - **Features: C.** Matters, 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. - **Ease of use: C.** We 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. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, 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. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among law practice software - 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). ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Case management, time tracking, invoicing and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Texts from a business number, registered with the carriers. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word and Gmail among them. - 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 Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Gmail, Zoom, Dialpad, Workato, Domo **Tags:** Case management, AI features, Time tracking, Invoicing, Business texting, Reports ## Alternatives - [Clio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clio): Practice management, legal accounting and legal AI for law firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clio-vs-filevine) - [Smokeball](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smokeball): Practice management with automatic time capture and court forms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filevine-vs-smokeball) - [MyCase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mycase): Case management, billing and client portal for small law firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filevine-vs-mycase) - [Actionstep](https://toolgpa.com/tools/actionstep): Practice management and legal accounting for midsize law firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/actionstep-vs-filevine) - [Centerbase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/centerbase): Practice management, billing and firm accounting for midsize firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/centerbase-vs-filevine) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026: - https://www.filevine.com/ - https://www.filevine.com/pricing/ - https://www.filevine.com/free-trial/ - https://www.filevine.com/about/ - https://www.filevine.com/platform/case-management-software/ - https://www.filevine.com/platform/billing-and-time-keeping/ - https://www.filevine.com/integrations/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/filevine Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).