Laurel vs Time Miner

Laurel captures work activity and billable time for professional services firms, then uses that information to support timekeeping and billing review. AI-generated narratives help users prepare time entries, and billing tools flag out-of-scope time before it is written off. The system checks outside counsel guidelines when entries are made, allowing issues to be addressed before billing. Activity capture connects with Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Webex; practice management connections include Aderant, Elite Enterprise, Elite 3E, Prolaw, and Practice Engine. Laurel Mobile supports speaking work into entries, moving activities to a timesheet, and running a lock-screen timer. The API uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials with read-only or read/write permissions. Laurel states SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 42001 certifications, GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA compliance support, and encryption in transit and at rest. It also offers in-region storage, customer-managed encryption keys, and single-tenant AI without public LLMs. Pricing is on request.

Time Miner captures and organizes billable time from client calls, texts, and emails for attorneys and legal practices. Users import contacts, connect email, upload phone logs, review suggested entries, and export approved entries to billing systems. Mining starts only when initiated and filters activity to contacts marked as billable. Contacts can come from a practice-management platform or CSV file. Integrations listed include RingCentral and Dialpad for calls and texts, Outlook 365 and Gmail for email, and Clio and MyCase for exports. The first email fetch covers 30 days; Deep Dive analyzes years of communications and produces timestamped reports for billing, audits, fee petitions, and disputes. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest with AES-256, and the infrastructure is SOC 2 Type II compliant. Time Miner runs on web and Android; its iOS app is in development. Annual billing starts at $39.99/user/mo, with a 30-day trial.