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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CARET Legal

    Score7 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    CARET Legal, previously known as Zola Suite, is a solution for legal professionals to manage their practice and create space for what matters, including delighting clients and maximizing billable time.N/A

    Clio Draft

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AClio Draft (formerly Lawyaw) is a legal document automation solution, offering access to cloud-based fillable court forms, and the ability to turn Microsoft Word documents into fillable templates.

    $70

    per month per user

    Pricing
    CARET LegalClio Draft
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Cloud-Based Court Forms
    $70
    per month 1 seat
    Intelligent Document Automation
    $110
    per month 1 seat
    PDF Court Form & Document Automation
    $150.00
    per month 1 seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CARET LegalClio Draft
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—$30/mo for each additional user. Discounted annual pricing is available.
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    User Ratings
    CARET LegalClio Draft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CARET LegalClio Draft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
    Well-suited to a small to midsized law firm setting. Would also recommend for management seek easy ways to keep track of a large volume of business and to track which staff are doing what. The software isn't the best suited for running a lot of complex reports--we can obtain simple information in the reports, but sometimes we find ourselves pulling certain data from Zola and working with it in other software environments instead.
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    Clio
    Well suited for any law office that uses any court forms. Also, it's great for any law office that needs signatures on any docs. The template features are excellent and a huge plus because any document can become a template in LawYaw. Probably not needed in a law office that only provides consulting or legal advice, but doesn't actually prepare any documents for clients.
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    Pros
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
    • Provide me with instant list of assignments.
    • Easily record billable hours.
    • Monitor the work of colleagues whom I supervise.
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    Clio
    • Reduces scrivener's errors.
    • Saves time
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    Cons
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
    • The email integration feature has never consistently worked.
    • I can't toggle easily between viewing all time and just my time, have to use the filters.
    • Pulling reports to capture certain notes/details not perfected yet.
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    Clio
    • Integrations with case management platforms, such as MyCase
    • Zapier integrations
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    Alternatives Considered
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
    I didn't have the ultimate decision-making power to choose Zola. Clio was more expensive and may have offered a more robust platform, but with some options we didn't need. Westlaw was good for case management, but we would have likely still needed separate software to patch together something like Zola. Zola support isn't that great, but we rarely need it.
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    Clio
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
    • Collections have been better overall.
    • Verifying staff work has been made much easier, potentially leading to more efficiencies.
    • The software itself is costly.
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    Clio
    • It has been a huge time saver for everyone at our firm.
    • It's so easy to use that our staff actually enjoys using it.
    • Our ROI is almost incalculable because of all the features for the price.
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    ScreenShots

    CARET Legal Screenshots

    Screenshot of Contact ManagementScreenshot of CARET Legal practice management on all platformsScreenshot of Task ManagementScreenshot of Legal CalendarScreenshot of Document ManagementScreenshot of Matter Management

    Clio Draft Screenshots

    Screenshot of Document Automation | Template SetsScreenshot of Document Automation | Document ReviewScreenshot of Court Forms | PopulatedScreenshot of Court Forms | Client Info