HotDocs by CARET vs. Lawyaw

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HotDocs by CARET
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
HotDocs is a document automation and assembly software product, acquired and now supported by AbacusNext since 2017.
$25
per user/per month
Lawyaw
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Lawyaw from Mystacks Inc in San Francisco is a document generation solution for law offices.
$70
per month per user
Pricing
HotDocs by CARETLawyaw
Editions & Modules
Basic
$25
per user/per month
Enterprise
Contact sales team
Cloud-Based Court Forms
$70
per month per user
Intelligent Document Automation
$110
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HotDocs by CARETLawyaw
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
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
HotDocs by CARETLawyaw
Likelihood to Recommend
7.4
(9 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
4.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HotDocs by CARETLawyaw
Likelihood to Recommend
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
It is well suited in the organisations which deals with lots of paper work like legal, teaching, research, etc as they need similar kind of documents again and again. In a typical office set up it is of great use by human resource, marketing and legal department. Hot docs is not suitable if you have a proprietary or solo business as it do not caters to them.
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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. )
  • Personalized training. We were able to get an expert on a video call who walked us through solutions to each of our unique problems (i.e. all fifty states have different notary blocks, how can we auto-populate it when the state of the deal is selected?).
  • Team access. Multiple people can work with the templates at once, thus allowing the members of our team who deal with financials to work on their documents while others focus on the organizational and legal documents.
  • Once you have successfully drafted your templates, it runs incredibly smooth (barring any minor hiccups that happen with software updates) and efficiently.
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Clio
  • Reduces scrivener's errors.
  • Saves time
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Cons
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
  • Most HotDocs templates demand high-level code. This includes complicated Word codes
  • Using HotDocs is incredibly user-friendly. Creating and maintaining templates is a programming task
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Clio
  • Integrations with case management platforms, such as MyCase
  • Zapier integrations
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Usability
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
Could be more intuitive - could even "suggest" fill-ins with the option to take or not take the suggestion.
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Clio
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
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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Clio
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
If you use WordPerfect X9 - choose"no word-processing software."
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Clio
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
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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Clio
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Return on Investment
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
  • 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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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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