Billables AI vs LeanLaw

Billables AI automates timekeeping and task intelligence for lawyers, consultants, and professional services. It tracks work activity across emails, documents, and cases in the background without requiring timers, then generates time entries with client and matter matches and narrative descriptions. Users can upload billing guidelines so entries follow client requirements and billing rules. Reporting breaks time down by user, client, matter, and activity, including billable versus non-billable hours and approval status. Named billing integrations include Centerbase, SurePoint, Clio, MyCase, LeanLaw, and Litify. The product is available on the web, macOS, Windows, and as a browser extension; the extension is available for Chrome and Microsoft Edge, and Chrome extensions do not work on mobile devices. Billables says it accesses file and correspondence contents to generate billable records but does not copy or store those contents in its system. It describes encryption in transit and at rest, role-restricted and logged access, and logical separation of customer data. Users can edit or delete records before export or sharing. Pricing is on request.

LeanLaw provides law firms with timekeeping, billing, trust accounting, payments and financial reporting built around QuickBooks Online. It supports hourly, flat-fee and contingency billing. Trust tools include three-way reconciliation, automated transfers from trust to operating accounts, sub-ledger management and IOLTA reporting. The Core plan costs $55 a month per user and includes time and expense tracking, e-payments, reporting, trust accounting, professional invoices and two-way QuickBooks Online sync. Pro costs $75 a month per user and adds custom invoice templates, LEDES files, user permissions and matter-based accounting. Contingency and Elite pricing is custom. An active QuickBooks Online subscription is required; QuickBooks Desktop is not supported. LeanLaw offers a 14-day trial without requiring a credit card, though migration and QuickStart onboarding begin with a paid subscription. The mobile app shows matter details but cannot create or edit matters. The public REST API supports programmatic access to clients, matters, time entries, expenses, invoices, users and codes.