LeanLaw

Name: LeanLaw
Price: 55 USD

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What LeanLaw is

LeanLaw is law firm software for timekeeping, billing, trust accounting, payments, and financial reporting built around QuickBooks Online. Its workflows cover hourly, flat-fee, and contingency billing. Trust-accounting tools include three-way reconciliation, automated transfers from trust to operating accounts, sub-ledger management, and IOLTA reporting. Core 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, precise user permissions, and matter-based accounting. Contingency and Elite plans have custom pricing. LeanLaw requires an active QuickBooks Online subscription; QuickBooks Desktop is not supported. A 14-day trial is available without a credit card, while migration and QuickStart onboarding begin with a paid subscription. The mobile app can display matter details but cannot create or edit matters. LeanLaw also offers a public REST API for programmatic access to clients and matters, time entries, expenses, invoices, users, and codes.

Who it suits

LeanLaw is aimed at modern, mid-sized law firms seeking connected financial workflows through QuickBooks Online. It may suit firms that need trust accounting and multiple billing models, provided they use QuickBooks Online.

What it does well

Supports hourly, flat-fee, and contingency billing.
Trust tools include three-way reconciliation and IOLTA reporting.
14-day trial does not require a credit card.
Public REST API covers matters, time entries, invoices, and more.

What to know first

Requires an active QuickBooks Online subscription.
QuickBooks Desktop is not supported.
Mobile users cannot create or edit matters.
Migration and QuickStart onboarding begin with a paid subscription.

Limits

The trial lasts 14 days. The Core plan does not include the Pro plan's three custom invoice templates, LEDES files, precise user permissions, or matter-based accounting; NetDocuments integration requires Pro or Elite.

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Core	per user / month · time and expense tracking · e-payments · reporting dashboard · trust accounting (IOLTA) · professional invoices · two-way QuickBooks Online sync	$55 a month
Pro	per user / month · Core features · three custom invoice templates · LEDES files · precise user permissions · matter-based accounting	$75 a month
Contingency	custom · Settlement Wizard · lien management and tracking · automated settlement statements · Contingency Insights · native QuickBooks Online sync	On request
Elite	custom · Core, Pro and Contingency features · unlimited invoice templates · priority support · dedicated manager · custom reporting · compensation tracking	On request

As leanlaw.co lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Getting started

Visit the LeanLaw website.
Start the 14-day trial without a credit card.
Use an active QuickBooks Online subscription with LeanLaw.
Choose a paid subscription for migration and QuickStart onboarding.
For NetDocuments, use Pro or Elite and maintain an active NetDocuments account.

Verdict

LeanLaw brings legal timekeeping, billing, trust accounting, and financial reporting together around QuickBooks Online. Review its subscription requirement and mobile matter-editing limit before choosing it.

Questions

How much does LeanLaw cost?

Core costs $55 per user per month, and Pro costs $75 per user per month. Contingency and Elite use custom pricing.

Is there a free plan or trial?

There is no free plan. The free trial lasts 14 days and does not require a credit card.

Which platforms does LeanLaw support?

LeanLaw lists Android, iOS, macOS, web, Windows, and API platforms. Its mobile app can show matter details but cannot create or edit matters.

Does LeanLaw require QuickBooks?

Yes. It requires an active QuickBooks Online subscription and does not support QuickBooks Desktop.

Which integrations are named?

LeanLaw names NetDocuments, Confido Legal, and Billables.ai. NetDocuments requires a Pro or Elite subscription and an active NetDocuments account.

What can the public API access?

The public REST API supports programmatic access to clients and matters, time entries, expenses, invoices, users, and codes.

Facts from LeanLaw's own pages

API: LeanLaw offers a public REST API supporting programmatic reads and writes for clients, matters, time entries, expenses, invoices, users and LEDES codes. · support.leanlaw.co, 15 Oct 2026
API endpoint: The documented API base endpoint is https://api.leanlaw.io and examples use Bearer API-key authentication over HTTPS. · platform.leanlaw.io, 15 Oct 2026
Billing and invoicing: Billing supports WIP review, bulk rate edits, LEDES formatting, split billing and client-portal delivery. · leanlaw.co, 15 Oct 2026
Billing models: The product supports hourly, flat-fee and contingency billing workflows. · leanlaw.co, 15 Oct 2026
Billing workflows: The product supports hourly, flat-fee, and contingency billing workflows. · leanlaw.co, 3 Oct 2026
Company founded: Stanford CodeX lists LeanLaw as founded in 2014. · techindex.law.stanford.edu, 15 Oct 2026
Company headquarters and size: LinkedIn lists headquarters in Boise, Idaho and company size of 11–50 employees. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
Company legal name: A funding database identifies LeanLaw's legal name as UserFirst Software Inc. · app.fundz.net, 15 Oct 2026
Compensation tracking: Reports can track origination, responsible-attorney and working-attorney allocations, plus matter profitability. · leanlaw.co, 15 Oct 2026
Desktop installation: A lightweight Windows and Mac Desktop Tracker can be installed from LeanLaw settings for time entry and timers. · support.leanlaw.co, 15 Oct 2026
Desktop limitation: Desktop Tracker synchronization requires an active network connection and does not support offline entries. · support.leanlaw.co, 15 Oct 2026
Developer documentation: The developer portal provides interactive endpoint documentation, authentication guidance, examples and a test function for API requests. · platform.leanlaw.io, 15 Oct 2026
Documentation and support: The knowledge base covers setup, clients, time, expenses, billing, payments, trust accounting, reporting, administration, integrations and API topics. · support.leanlaw.co, 15 Oct 2026
E-payments: LeanLaw supports payment links, ACH and credit-card payments, with payment activity reconciled to QuickBooks Online. · leanlaw.co, 15 Oct 2026
Expense tracking: The product records matter expenses on desktop or mobile and can generate filtered expense reports. · leanlaw.co, 15 Oct 2026
Funding: Owler reports $7.0 million total funding, including a $4 million Series A in March 2023 and a $625,000 debt round in June 2026. · owler.com, 15 Oct 2026
Headquarters: Boise, Idaho, United States · leanlaw.co, 28 Sept 2026
Integration limit: The NetDocuments integration requires a Pro or Elite LeanLaw subscription and an active NetDocuments account. · support.leanlaw.co, 3 Oct 2026
Integrations: LeanLaw describes its NetDocuments integration as syncing client and matter data, and its integrations page also names Confido Legal and Billables.ai. · leanlaw.co, 3 Oct 2026
Intended customers: LeanLaw describes its platform as designed for modern, mid-sized law firms seeking connected financial workflows. · leanlaw.co, 3 Oct 2026
Limit: mobile scope: An Apple reviewer says the mobile app is mainly for timekeeping and has much less functionality than the web product. · apps.apple.com, 15 Oct 2026
Limit: QuickBooks navigation: A GetApp reviewer says the QuickBooks integration can be difficult to navigate and invoice changes may need to be made in QuickBooks Online. · getapp.com, 15 Oct 2026
Limit: setup complexity: A G2 reviewer reports that initial setup can be challenging and time-consuming for people new to legal billing systems. · g2.com, 15 Oct 2026
Limit: Zapier directionality: LeanLaw's Zapier connector is action-only, so LeanLaw cannot initiate a Zap. · support.leanlaw.co, 15 Oct 2026