Alt Legal vs WebTMS

Alt Legal is paid IP docketing and trademark-monitoring software for trademark professionals. Its docketing automation fills matter data, calculates deadlines, and updates trademark records across more than 180 jurisdictions. Trademark workflows are its focus, with support for other IP matters. Trademark Application Match scans newly filed and published applications globally, while §2(d) Trademark Watch alerts users when docketed US marks are cited in likelihood-of-confusion office actions. Teams can create, download, and save customizable reports that update dynamically. An optional AI Filtering Assistant accepts natural-language searches of docket information. Alt Legal runs through the web, an API, and an extension, with Outlook, Google, and Apple calendar synchronization, Clio integration, and an Outlook add-in for attaching emails to matters. Plans include Docketing from $60 a month for up to 50 matters; there is no free plan, but a free trial is available.

WebTMS is cloud-based IP portfolio management software for trademark professionals and other IP teams. Its records cover trademarks, contracts, disputes, patents, domain names, designs, customs registrations, and copyrights. Trademark users can import or audit data from more than 180 jurisdictions, and Data Sync can refresh selected records while retaining an audit history. The software calculates trademark maintenance deadlines and provides dashboard and email diary reports for selected deadlines and review dates. Reporting includes more than 50 reports and a builder for custom layouts. Users can upload and search documents across record types and create Word or email templates. Administrators can set access levels from View Only to Administrator and restrict modules; clients can be limited to selected records and system areas, while agents can edit assigned records with changes tracked. Outlook integration supports uploading emails to records and composing template-based merge emails. WebTMS offers a free, fully functional trial and is browser based, accessible from a Windows or Mac computer with internet access. The listed platforms are macOS, web, and Windows. The company says it serves organizations from sole practitioners to FTSE 100 corporations, as well as trademark attorneys and multinational companies. Pricing is available on request.