| Website | smokeball.com | mycase.com |
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| Category | AI Legal | AI Legal |
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| Use cases | AI for Lawyers | AI for Lawyers |
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| Pricing model | Paid | Free Trial |
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| Starting price | —Not listed | From $50 per month |
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| Platforms | Android, iOS, Web | Android, API, iOS, Web |
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| Key features | - Archie AI: matter-aware answers with cited sources
- Document and matter summaries with linked sources
- Document comparison to catch discrepancies
- AI drafting and review inside Word and Outlook
- Playbooks to check documents against firm rules
- Legal guidance from LawY inside Archie
- AutoTime automatic time and activity tracking
- TemplateLab: 20,000+ automated forms and templates
+4 more on the tool page | - AI Case Assistant: cited answers, timelines and summaries from case files
- AI Discovery Assistant: OCR for scanned PDFs and images
- AI Document Assistant: summaries of contracts and pleadings
- AI Writing Assistant for emails, notes and summaries
- Case and contact management
- Client intake forms and legal CRM
- Document automation and unlimited eSignature
- Automated workflows and shared calendar
+4 more on the tool page |
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| Integrations | - Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft 365 Calendar
- InfoTrack
- LawY
- CaseMark
- Supio
- VXT
| - QuickBooks
- Outlook
- Gmail
- Google Calendar
- Dropbox
- Zapier
- LawPay
- Claude (MyCase MCP)
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| Best for | Small and mid-sized people-law firms that work in Word and Outlook and want AI and automatic time tracking inside every matter | Small and mid-sized US law firms that want case management, billing, payments and legal AI in one system at a published price |
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| Pros | - Archie works inside the matter, so there is nothing to upload
- Answers cite their sources and flag anything ambiguous
- Deep Microsoft Word and Outlook integration
- AutoTime records billable time automatically
- 20,000+ automated legal forms and templates
- ISO 27001 certified; AI runs under zero data retention
| - All three plans are priced publicly
- AI is built in, not sold as a separate product
- Case Assistant answers cite your own case documents
- OCR makes scanned discovery searchable
- Billing, trust accounting and LawPay payments in one place
- 10-day free trial with no credit card
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| Cons | - No published pricing; every plan needs a quote
- No public free trial, only a demo
- Archie AI is a paid add-on, not included in any plan
- AutoTime, Workflows and Intake are add-ons below Prosper+
- Plans are sold on contract terms
| - Full AI suite (Case and Discovery Assistants) needs the $130 Advanced plan
- Basic plan has no AI features
- Accounting is a paid add-on at $39/user/month
- Built around US firms, trust rules and USD pricing
- AI uses pre-set prompts, so it is less flexible than open-ended AI chat
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