LeanLaw vs Time59

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.

Time59 is online legal billing software for solo attorneys and small firms, focused on billing and accounting rather than full practice management. Billable time and expense records flow into invoices without retyping, while invoice creation and calculations are automated. It lists hourly, flat-fee, and contingency billing, as well as trust accounting and LEDES invoicing. Its LawPay integration can link invoices to online payments and update payment records automatically. Time59 runs in a browser on Mac, PC, iPad, iPhone, and Android devices, with no installation required and automatic updates. The company says it runs on Microsoft Azure, stores customer data in the Microsoft cloud, and encrypts browser-to-server data with 128-bit SSL. Users can download data to a local computer using export functions. The single listed plan costs $199 a year for an entire practice, with unlimited users and data, no per-user charges, and free phone and email support. There is no free plan, but a 30-day trial is available.