Ajax vs Bill4Time

Ajax is a paid AI timekeeper for lawyers and law firms, available on macOS and Windows. It captures activity across applications, documents, email, calls, browser tabs, calendars, and Zoom or Teams, then groups related work by matter. Ajax drafts time entries with matter and activity codes for attorney review and editing before release to a billing system. Drafts adapt to attorney edits and configurable narrative preferences. Firms can upload outside counsel guidelines for conversion into rules applied to generated entries. Ajax pulls matters, activity codes, and rates from a billing system and returns released entries as native time entries. Listed integrations include SurePoint, Clio, MyCase, Filevine, PracticePanther, Centerbase, Actionstep, Soluno, and Orion. Users can pause tracking with one click, and drafts remain private until release. Data is encrypted with TLS 1.2+ and AES-256; Ajax reports SOC 2 Type II certification.

Bill4Time is a time and billing platform with project tracking and billable time. It runs on the web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, with a desktop app, offline tracking, and data export. A free plan and 14-day trial are listed; paid pricing starts at $39/user/mo with annual billing. Time & Billing costs $49 a month and includes time tracking, task and client management, a client portal, expense management, and invoicing. Time & Billing Enterprise is $79 a month, with customizable data fields, a dedicated account manager, advanced data import, and advanced customizable reports. Legal Pro costs $69 a month and adds trust accounting, conflict checking, contingency billing, task workflows, and LEDES export. Legal Enterprise costs $99 a month and includes customizable data fields, custom LEDES export, a dedicated success specialist, and advanced data import. Bill4Time was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington, USA.