FormSwift vs HotDocs | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

FormSwift is well suited for legal and accounting firms that need to quickly create form documents. It is easier to navigate than Nolo.

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Gil Parrish

Founder & CEO

Parrish, Brumfield & AssociatesPublic Relations and Communications, 1-10 employees

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If you are doing transactional documents, HotDocs is a game-changer. If there are only a few select variables that change while the remainder of the work mostly consists of form language, this is a program that will dramatically increase efficiency. Even the most technical and dense documents can be turned into a template, as long as you are willing to take the time to invest in future time saving.However, if the majority of the work that you are doing is not constantly repeating, this may not be the software for you.

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Garrett Lemons

Paralegal

Kennerly, Montgomery, and Finley, P.C.Law Practice, 11-50 employees

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Pros

The "Document Creator" is an excellent tool. Very easy to work with.
The "My Documents " area is a helpful storage area for completed docs.
The "Document Library" is an extremely valuable resource.

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Gil Parrish

Founder & CEO

Parrish, Brumfield & AssociatesPublic Relations and Communications, 1-10 employees

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It allows you to fill a form OR to use the Q&A approach.
It takes a particular fact pattern and applies it over several forms.

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Riva Schwartz

Office Manager

Law Offices of Alan J. Schwartz, P.C.Law Practice, 1-10 employees

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Cons

The "Fillable Fields" area could use some additional customizable fields.

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Gil Parrish

Founder & CEO

Parrish, Brumfield & AssociatesPublic Relations and Communications, 1-10 employees

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HotDocs is difficult to develop new documents as it's as complicated as programming at times. I often have to call for assistance.
The tables can be frustrating. It makes it hard to insert between items as you have to make sure it doesn't offset other areas.

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Kandice McElroy

Executive Administrator

Bradley & Riley PC, Attorneys and CounselorsLaw Practice, 51-200 employees

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Usability

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HotDocs 5.0

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Could be more intuitive - could even "suggest" fill-ins with the option to take or not take the suggestion.

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Riva Schwartz

Office Manager

Law Offices of Alan J. Schwartz, P.C.Law Practice, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

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HotDocs 8.1

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I haven't had to contact HotDocs very often for support. I suppose I rated them mid-level simply because I would like to see more online training options or white papers to view to assist with learning. I want to understand how to do something versus having it done for me.

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Kandice McElroy

Executive Administrator

Bradley & Riley PC, Attorneys and CounselorsLaw Practice, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

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HotDocs 4.0

Based on 2 answers

If you use WordPerfect X9 - choose"no word-processing software."

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Riva Schwartz

Office Manager

Law Offices of Alan J. Schwartz, P.C.Law Practice, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Much better than Rocket Lawyer.

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Gil Parrish

Founder & CEO

Parrish, Brumfield & AssociatesPublic Relations and Communications, 1-10 employees

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I haven't evaluated other products. We are so used to HotDocs that it would be difficult for us to switch to something else. We continue to use HotDocs because switching cost is high once you have already started. Be careful before beginning to use this program, as it is hard to breakaway.

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Jason Shindler

Director Of Technology

Aging OptionsLaw Practice, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

FormSwift has enabled us to work faster and smarter.
FormSwift saves time and money.

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Gil Parrish

Founder & CEO

Parrish, Brumfield & AssociatesPublic Relations and Communications, 1-10 employees

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Time savings by employees when generating documents mean better ROI efficiency for labor.
Faster, more accurate turnaround for documents needing to be generated from templates.
Large capital expenditure depending on the number of users and developers.

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Derek Schroeder

Service Manager

Accellis Technology GroupInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

HotDocs Editions & Modules

Edition

Basic	$25¹
Enterprise	Contact sales team

per user/per month
none

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