# iManage review (2026): is it worth it? > Document, email and knowledge management for law firms Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. iManage is a cloud-native knowledge work platform for law firms and other professional services organizations. It covers document and email management, security and governance, records, conflicts and intake, knowledge search, task workflows and AI features. Pricing is not published and the site routes buyers to a demo. - **Category:** Law Practice Software - **Made by:** iManage - **Website:** https://imanage.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you're a solo practitioner, as it's aimed at firms. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing iManage's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Document and email management:** iManage Work files documents and email, Share supports file sharing, and Drive stores files from multiple sources in one place. - **Mobile access:** The Mobility app lets users access, edit, search and share documents from a smartphone or tablet, with device access controlled through Microsoft Intune or other vendors. - **Security and governance:** Products named on the site include Security Policy Manager, Threat Manager, Records Manager and Disposition Manager for retention and defensible disposition. - **Conflicts, intake and transactions:** Conflicts and Intake handles business onboarding, and Closing Folders is aimed at legal transaction closings. - **Knowledge search and AI:** Insight+ covers knowledge search. iManage AI includes AI Enrichment for classification and extraction, the Ask iManage assistant and a Model Context Protocol connection to outside AI tools. - **Task and workflow management:** Tracker offers project-centric task and checklist management. ## Good for - Mid-size and large law firms standardizing on a document management system - Organizations that need records, retention and security controls around documents ## Worth knowing - No prices are published; the site offers a demo request instead. - The platform is sold as separate modules such as Work, Share, Records Manager and Tracker, so what a firm gets depends on what it licenses. - The mobile app's platforms are not named on the page read, so the iOS and Android entries are inferred from the smartphone and tablet description. - It is aimed at firms and knowledge-work organizations, not solo practitioners. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. iManage is a cloud platform for document and email management, security, records, conflicts and AI search at law firms. No price is published, it's sold as separate modules, and it's aimed at firms rather than solo lawyers. - **Value for money: C.** No price is published; the site offers a demo request. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no free trial are listed anywhere on the pages we read. - **Features: B.** Document and email management, mobile access, security, conflicts and intake, knowledge search and task workflows. The listing shows no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A platform of separate modules a firm configures. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android, with Microsoft 365, Intune, OpenAI, Harvey and Anthropic. The mobile platforms are inferred, and no desktop app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from iManage's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among law practice software - iManage's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 17 of the 35 other law practice software we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on features (B, above 25 of 35) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/law-practice ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace iManage you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. - You could make: Documents: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. 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 365, Microsoft Intune, OpenAI, Harvey, Legora, Anthropic, HYCU **Tags:** Documents, File sharing, AI features, Workflow automation, Public API ## Alternatives - [NetDocuments](https://toolgpa.com/tools/netdocuments): Cloud document and email management for legal teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/imanage-vs-netdocuments) - [LawToolBox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lawtoolbox): Court-rules deadline calendaring inside Microsoft 365. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/imanage-vs-lawtoolbox) - [Filevine](https://toolgpa.com/tools/filevine): Case management and the LOIS legal AI system, sold by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filevine-vs-imanage) - [Centerbase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/centerbase): Practice management, billing and firm accounting for midsize firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/centerbase-vs-imanage) - [Clio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clio): Practice management, legal accounting and legal AI for law firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clio-vs-imanage) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://imanage.com/ - https://imanage.com/about/the-company/ - https://imanage.com/imanage-products/document-email-management/mobility/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/imanage Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).