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Smokeball alternatives and competitors

The closest alternatives to Smokeball are CARET Legal, LEAP, Actionstep and Clio.

Smokeball is a practice management platform for solo, small and midsize law firms, delivered as a Windows desktop application with cloud services and in the browser.

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10 alternatives to Smokeball

Starting prices are as each vendor publishes them, in its own currency and billing unit.

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    CARET Legal

    CARET Legal is a cloud practice management platform for small and mid sized law firms.

    Starting price: From $79 per user per monthSmokeball vs CARET Legal →
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    LEAP

    LEAP is a cloud practice management platform for small and midsize law firms, sold at one subscription price.

    Starting price: No published figure
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    Actionstep

    Actionstep is a cloud practice management platform for midsize law firms.

    Starting price: No published figure
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    Clio

    Clio is a legal practice platform for firms of every size. Clio Manage handles matters, calendars, documents, time, billing and trust accounting.

    Starting price: From $49/user/month
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    Parley

    Parley is an AI platform for legal teams, built first for immigration practice, from Parley Technologies, Inc. of San Francisco.

    Starting price: $500 / month
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    LegalBridge

    LegalBridge is an immigration case management platform from LegalBridge Technologies Inc. for immigration law firms, from solo practitioners to large firms, and for corporate global mobility teams.

    Starting price: Free plan available
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    JUPUS

    JUPUS is an AI secretariat for German law firms from JUPUS GmbH of Cologne. Its phone AI, Marie, answers calls around the clock, recognizes the area of law, the topic and whether the caller is a new client, an existing client or the other side, and prepares the client information.

    Starting price: €97 per user/month + €97 platform fee
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    MyCase

    MyCase is practice management software for small and midsized law firms, holding cases, contacts, documents, calendars, time entry, billing and trust accounting in one place, with a client…

    Starting price: From $50/user/month
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    Thirdfort

    Thirdfort is a client due diligence platform that law firms, conveyancers, estate agents and accountants use to verify the identity and source of funds of the people they onboard.

    Starting price: From £167 a month plus VAT and check credits
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    CaseGen

    CaseGen is an AI voice intake and reception platform for law firms, operated by MAF AI, Inc. of Irvine, California. Three named agents do the work.

    Starting price: No published figure
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Smokeball alternatives, answered

What are the best alternatives to Smokeball?

The closest alternatives to Smokeball are CARET Legal, LEAP, Actionstep, Clio and Parley. CARET Legal is a cloud practice management platform for small and mid sized law firms. LEAP is a cloud practice management platform for small and midsize law firms, sold at one subscription price. Actionstep is a cloud practice management platform for midsize law firms.

Who are Smokeball's competitors?

Smokeball competes in Intake & Client Development. Other vendors in that category include CARET Legal, LEAP, Actionstep, Clio, Parley and LegalBridge.

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