8am MyCase vs Lawcus

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.

Lawcus is cloud-based legal practice management software that brings client intake and CRM, matter and task management, billing, document automation, client communication, and no-code workflows into one platform. Matter features include collaboration, visual Kanban pipelines, and statute of limitation tracking. Billing tools cover time tracking, invoicing, trust accounting, retainers, and online payments. Document tools include automation, templates, and unlimited document storage. Listed integrations include Gmail, Microsoft 365, Dropbox, Google Drive, QuickBooks, Xero, LawPay, and Zapier. The mobile app provides access to matters, contacts, tasks, time entries, documents, and notifications; it is available through the App Store and Google Play, but only to firms with more than one user. Lawcus runs on web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, and is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States. The service is paid, with pricing from $49/user/mo and no free plan. It advertises a 14 day trial and says the trial can be extended on request. Enterprise requires at least 10 users; private cloud deployment is an add-on priced according to infrastructure requirements.