8am MyCase vs Filevine

8am MyCase is legal practice software for managing client intake, cases and contacts, documents, time, billing, payments, and trust accounting. Its Pro plan adds intake forms, automated workflows, document generation, and more than 70 integrations, including Google, Outlook, Zapier, QuickBooks, and Microsoft Office. Payments can be made by debit, credit, eCheck, client financing, or payment plans. A client portal is available, though limited in Basic. MyCase has an iOS mobile app; Desktop Drive for PC and Mac is available on the Advanced plan. Basic costs $50 a month billed annually, Pro costs $100 a month billed annually, and Advanced costs $130 a month billed annually. Accounting costs $39 a month billed monthly. LawPay Payments has no monthly fee; processing rates apply. The 10-day trial requires no credit card, and cancelling during it does not result in a charge. The listing describes a trial, not an ongoing free plan.

Filevine provides tools for complex legal work, including matter and document management, client communication, intake, depositions, drafting, billing and business analytics. Matter Management tracks tasks, contacts, deadlines and calendars. Document Management organizes files, supports advanced search and enables secure sharing. Intake tools capture, qualify and route leads, including through AI-powered features; client intake forms and a client portal are also listed. Deposition tools cover scheduling, live transcription, AI summaries and a searchable library. LOIS AI Drafting generates, edits and reviews documents using matter context, with human-verified output. The Matters package includes time tracking, invoice management and online payments. Native integrations span billing and timekeeping, email and calendars, data visualization, law management and communication. Filevine describes encryption at rest and in transit, governance controls, and identity and access management, and says it is hosted on AWS. Packages are tailored to the organization, with pricing on request. LOIS Explore is free but does not connect to Filevine Case Management.