Aderant Handshake vs. Thomson Reuters Practical Law

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Aderant Handshake
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Legal software specialist Aderant offers Handshake, the company's Sharepoint compatible knowledge management platform specifically for law firms featuring access via intranet and extranet portals and an enterprise search tool for locating documentation and expertise, and general KM analytics.N/A
Thomson Reuters Practical Law
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Thomson Reuters offers Practical Law, a research assistance tool containing up-to-date legal intelligence decisions, aimed at providing strategic advantage to legal teams.
$632
per month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Practical Law for Government - Basic
$119.00
per month per seat
Practical Law for Government - Essentials
$166.00
per month per seat
Practical Law for Law Firms - Drafting and Negotiating
$199.20
per month per seat
Practical Law for Law Firms - Litigation and Advisory
$199.20
per month per seat
Practical Law for Government - Premium
$238.00
per month per seat
Practical Law for Law Firms - Premium
$427.20
per month per seat
Practical Law General Counsel - US
$632.70
per month per seat
Practical Law General Counsel - Connect US
$1,399.35
per month per seat
Practical Law General Counsel - Connect US Dynamic
$1,571.30
per month per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Aderant HandshakeThomson Reuters Practical Law
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts available for multi-year plans.
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Aderant HandshakeThomson Reuters Practical Law
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
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User Testimonials
Aderant HandshakeThomson Reuters Practical Law
Likelihood to Recommend
Aderant
The user of Handshake takes a certain amount of user computer literacy and the user needs to be resourceful. When building our site, I needed to google quite a bit. On the contrary, if budget allows, Handshake developers will do it all for you.
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Thomson Reuters
PracticalLaw offers excellent Practice Notes, Checklists, Precedents, and Toolkits for a variety of practice areas - which is very helpful to in-house counsel and law clerks that are working on files across different practice areas. Less appropriate when there are already many resources available to me to help in drafting documents - then there is not much use to look up PLC.
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Pros
Aderant
  • The main reason we got Handshake was to display visual gadgets for our accounting systems. We always provided spreadsheet type reports, but pictures and more engaging. Attorney gets a dashboard in real time of where they stand financially.
  • Additional use as FAQ's in different departments in the firm, that is, accounting, IT, and office services.
  • Knowledgebase - How to's and software.
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Thomson Reuters
  • Resource guides
  • Practical tips from practitioners
  • Templates
  • Recent articles and news
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Cons
Aderant
  • Documentation is weak, but hopefully, since Aderant just acquired the company, that will improve
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Thomson Reuters
  • Navigation can get tricky with some scenarios
  • Some of the features can be offered for free as opposed to paid
  • Sometimes there are precedents and forms that are not updated
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Alternatives Considered
Aderant
None. Always need about Handshake's interface with Aderant, way before Aderant purchased them. Seemed like a natural fit.
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Thomson Reuters
They are pretty similar. I rely on practical law for certain practice areas more, and rely on the other platforms for other areas as they are more comprehensive and up to date. Lexis also is connected with Law360, and has a different set of resources, and has a strong shepherdizing tool that integrates well with what I need to do sometimes.
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Return on Investment
Aderant
  • Hard to say, but ultimately putting knowledge in the hands of fee earners immediately it is positive.
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Thomson Reuters
  • Able to efficiently work on more files
  • Get up to speed on new topics
  • Better help cross-functional departments with more diverse issues
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