Overview

CaseFox brings matter administration, time and expense tracking, invoicing, document tools, and accounting into one service. It is aimed at attorneys, CPAs, consultants, and investigators, and its maker says it serves solo practices through enterprise legal teams. The breadth is a strength for firms seeking one operational hub, though firms choosing primarily for conflict checking will want a more specialized alternative.

Made by CaseFox, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, the service is available on the web and in iOS and Android apps. A free trial is offered.

Key features

Matters, schedules, and portability

Case and task management, court calendars, and deadline reminders cover everyday matter coordination. Case reports can be exported to Excel, and a one-click workbook export also includes time and expense entries, trust transactions, clients, cases, invoices, payments, calendar entries, and tasks. That broad export is useful for moving operational records out of the service, rather than being locked into a narrow report format.

The mobile apps support offline case work and later synchronization, a practical advantage for work away from a reliable connection. The maker says the apps launched in 2017.

Billing and trust accounting

Users can track time and expenses, create individual or batch invoices, and set up recurring billing. UTBMS codes and LEDES invoices make the billing tools relevant to practices with structured legal billing requirements. Payment plans, a client payment portal, ACH and card payments, legal billing integration, and reconciliation tools add a connected collection workflow.

Trust and operating accounts, IOLTA tools, detailed ledgers, and accounting reports make CaseFox more than a time-and-invoice tracker. Practices that need trust accounting alongside matter management may value the consolidation; those with separate accounting systems should weigh whether another hub is worth adopting.

Documents, integrations, and safeguards

CaseFox AI can draft and review legal documents, analyze case files and contracts, extract details and citations from uploaded files, and surface matter insights. The toolset reaches beyond storage, though firms should assess whether those document capabilities fit their own review process.

Integrations include Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Gmail, Microsoft Office 365, Outlook, QuickBooks, Xero, PayPal, and LawPay. CaseFox says it uses SSL and other encryption, replicates its database to a data center in another state, makes regular backups, and restricts server access to key personnel. It also advertises 24/7 phone, email, and chat support, plus onboarding, staff training, and data migration services.

Pricing

CaseFox uses a freemium model. Solo is 0.00 USD per free, billed Free Forever, and includes all PRO features, but is limited to four cases and two users. That is a meaningful way for a solo practitioner to start, but the caps make it unsuitable once a practice exceeds either limit.

Professional is 45.00 USD per month, billed per user/month. It removes the case limit and includes 10 GB+ document storage, 2-factor authentication, and free add-ons. It is the more plausible choice for a growing practice, although per-user billing means seat count affects the recurring cost.

Enterprise is 99.00 USD per month, billed per user/month. It includes everything in Pro, white labeling, a complimentary firm website, and custom data migration; customization is available at additional cost. This tier is aimed at firms that need branded or tailored deployment, but the per-user charge and extra customization cost matter when budgeting.

Platforms

CaseFox runs on the web and has iOS and Android apps. Offline mobile casework with later sync helps preserve access when connectivity is intermittent; web users still have the broadest platform-neutral access.

Who it's for

CaseFox is a strong fit for solo and small practices that want matter tracking, billing, trust accounting, and client payments in the same system, provided the Solo caps or per-user paid pricing match their size. Firms using LEDES or UTBMS billing, IOLTA tools, and Excel exports have specific reasons to consider it. Large teams may find the Enterprise branding and migration services useful, while practices focused narrowly on conflict screening may prefer a dedicated product.

Pros and cons

Broad legal workflow coverage: casework, calendars, billing, trust accounting, payments, and document tools sit together.
Useful mobility and exit options: offline casework syncs later, and one-click Excel export spans operational records beyond cases alone.
Solo plan has real ceilings: four cases and two users can constrain even a modestly expanding practice.
Paid pricing scales by seat: Professional and Enterprise charge per user, and Enterprise customization costs extra.

Alternatives

For a free web-based option with a narrow, usage-limited individual plan, Caddi offers one free user with 200 credits and 10 loops per month; it is a different fit from CaseFox's broader practice-management scope. Reflekt Legal is worth considering when the need is call handling: its free solo plan includes 30 calls, call transferring, and appointment scheduling, while its Base plan costs 500.00 USD per month.

Digitslaw is another freemium web option, with iOS and Android apps as well. Scalata is a freemium web alternative. For conflict-checking needs, Intapp Conflicts is a paid iOS and web option with custom pricing, while Affinisio Conflicts Clearance Compliance Centre is a paid web, API, and self-hosted option. Centerbase is a paid web and mobile option; Dodonai Conflict Check is a paid conflict-checking alternative.

Readers comparing adjacent categories can also browse Legal Conflict Checking Software, Legal Billing Software, Legal Payments Software, and Legal Practice Management Software.

Verdict

Choose CaseFox if your practice wants case administration, legal billing, trust accounting, and client payments under one roof, with offline mobile work and substantial Excel export. Its free tier makes a small start possible, but the four-case and two-user ceiling is firm, and paid costs rise per user. Look elsewhere if conflict checking is your central need or if per-seat pricing does not fit your team.

	CaseFox	Firm Chambers
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Free trial	Yes	No
Paid from	$45/mo	Free
Open source	No	No
Platforms	Android, iOS, Web	—
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Paid from	$45/user/mo	—
Client portal	—	Yes
Document automation	—	Yes
Time tracking	—	Yes
Billing and payments	—	Yes

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