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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

    NetDocuments

    Score2 out of 10
    N/ANetDocuments is a document management solution from the company of the same name in Lehi, Utah.N/A
    Pricing
    CARET LegalNetDocuments
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    Pricing Offerings
    CARET LegalNetDocuments
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    CARET LegalNetDocuments
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    CARET LegalNetDocuments
    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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    NetDocuments
    It is ideal where security is your number one concern or where there is a need to share securely across different physical locations. Speed is less than ideal in certain usage scenarios. It is limited by the speed of the internet and it can be difficult to pull large quantities of documents when researching or answering discovery requests, although, that being said, it can be addressed by maintaining your own secure server to contain a mirror of your online documents. But then the security for a mirror falls back on the organization.
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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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    NetDocuments
    • Searching: NetDocuments' searching capabilities put it on par with other legal search engines used for research and knowledge management purposes.
    • Scalability: Despite the ever-increasing number of items stored in the repository, time searching is unaffected.
    • Innovation: NetDocuments continuously looks for new solutions and updates their product regularly.
    • Ease of Update: Because it is Web-based, updates to the software do not require local installation.
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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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    NetDocuments
    • Delay. At times, there is a delay between saving a document into Netdocuments and actually seeing them in the appropriate workspace. Such a delay is caused by the system indexing the newly added file.
    • Netdocuments' servers slow down at times causing users to receive error messages. This can be quickly remedied, but can become a nuisance.
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    Usability
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
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    NetDocuments
    The product is simple to learn and adheres to well-known web user protocols. The NetDocuments team spends a lot of time talking to customers regarding how to improve their interface, and are pretty quick about implementing good ideas. The system is reliable and repeatable, and similar functions are laid out consistently and in formats that users are used to.
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    Performance
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
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    NetDocuments
    NetDocuments is a performant web app. It is reliable and provides all the functionality of a sophisticated document management system. It also can serve, through its APIs, as a base system for other applications, which enhances its value. Other vendors find the company easy to work with, and it consistently seems to be the first to offer new features and technologies to its customers.
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    Support Rating
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
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    NetDocuments
    I've never had to contact support, but I won't give it a ten. We've had a few hiccups along the way, but nothing that couldn't be fixed within 24 hours.
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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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    NetDocuments
    Worldox was a MUCH better product for our smaller law firm of 9 attorneys . It was very fast and MUCH less expensive.
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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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    NetDocuments
    • NetDocuments has really saved us from hiring more people. The document management system is a core technology to any law firm. Our last DMS was an in-house system. It easily required the attention of half a FTE and offered a fraction of the functionality.
    • NetDocuments has also been relatively easy for our employees to use. We have a high adoption rate and it allows for our employees (and third parties) to collaborate pretty well.
    • NetDocuments offers any number of certifications -- e.g. ISO 27001, business associate agreements for HIPAA -- certifications that are required by some clients, that we could not possibly attain with an in-house system.
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    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

    NetDocuments Screenshots

    Screenshot of Save time and boost productivity by enhancing your enterprise search and making it that much easier for users to find the information they need across different documents locations.Screenshot of Seamlessly connect NetDocuments to your favorite Microsoft collaboration tools—without compromising governance or security.Screenshot of Share and collaborate intuitively, securely, and in a way that brings you and your clients closer together.Screenshot of Use predictive technology to accurately file any email into your NetDocuments system with a single click.Screenshot of Support your remote employee’s productivity by giving them secure, local access to every file and document they need, regardless of internet connection, with ndSync: a robust, reliable two-way file syncing solution for Macs and PCs.Screenshot of Quickly organize documents into sets or binders and securely distribute compiled content to everyone who needs it.