LawPay vs LeanLaw

LawPay is a cloud payments and financial-management service built specifically for legal professionals. It accepts credit and debit cards, ACH/eCheck, Apple Pay, and client-financing payments. Trust and operating account payments remain separate to support IOLTA and ABA compliance. Billing features include invoices, time and expense tracking, payment links, scheduled payments, QR codes, and secure card storage. LawPay says eligible funds can arrive by 9 a.m. the next business day, with next-business-day deposits. It connects with more than 70 legal products, including Clio, MyCase, CasePeer, Docketwise, PracticePanther, and QuickBooks. The web service has iOS and Android apps and an API; the mobile app accepts payments from phones or tablets. Security listings include PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider compliance, SOC 2 Type 2 attestation, AES encryption, multi-factor authentication, role permissions, password policies, and session monitoring. Monthly pricing starts at $19/mo, with no free plan.

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.