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Mitratech HotDocs

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What is Mitratech HotDocs?

Mitratech HotDocs is a document automation solution used to turn documents and forms into intelligent templates and workflows for document assembly. HotDocs was acquired by Abacus Next in 2017, and by Mitratech in 2024.

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Tech support moved to the UK

Diane L. DrainView profile
Attorney in Legal at Law Office of D.L. Drain, P.A. (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have used Amicus since 1991 and HotDocs by CARET for at least a decade. Upgraded my operating system and reinstalled both. All was well, except I need some tech support from HotDocs by CARET in order to do something as simple as importing the HotDocs answer files to the correct location. Turns out that most HotDocs by CARET tech support is located in the UK. That means they are not available for those in the US due to the differences in time zones. In my opinion, not a wise business decision.

Pros

  • In my experience, complicated to learn, but over time becomes simpler to understand

Cons

  • need tech support in the US

Return on Investment

  • to much time spent on what should have been a 15 minute phone call.

Usability

Need same set of documents repeatedly? Get Hotdocs which will create your frequent used documents instantly with no errors, saving your precious time.

Incentivized
Prakul SharmaView profile
AI Reporting in Information Technology at Pyxis One (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Hotdocs is among the decent tool which is used to generate the documents which are used frequently by various department in my organization like legal, human resource and marketing. It indeed saves lots of time and money making the work easier and more accurate. It is very much suitable for the company like us as there are hundreds of documents which we need again and again.

Pros

  • It is very helpful in creating customized document template which is used frequently.
  • It saves lot of time and one can create the document template in minutes even if it is too complex.
  • The integration of this tool to Microsoft Office 360, Microsoft Word and PDF and editing it as per the need makes it very useful.
  • You can save the edited document in the template library section and can use it anytime again, which I think is a very important feature of this tool.

Cons

  • I think the subscription of Hotdocs is a little bit expensive.
  • Though the tool is very comprehensive but its not user friendly, making it complex to use.
  • There are no subscription plans for solo users or a freelancers.
  • It doesn't support HI-DPI displays.

Most Important Features

  • Create a document instantly which is to be used again and again.
  • Can save the template and can use it again as per requirement.
  • Integration of this tool with Microsoft Word is very helpful in creating document.
  • The creation of required document is very efficient and error free.

Return on Investment

  • Hot docs has always given a positive impact on overall business objective by saving lots of time especially of HR and legal department.
  • Since it is an automated document management tool therefore it is very efficient and creates documents with no errors and risk.
  • With its comprehensive features our organization creates a perfect formatted documents which can be used again and again as per requirement.

Alternatives Considered

Legito Smart Document Workspace

Other Software Used

Looker, AppsFlyer, Adobe Analytics, Canva, Semrush, Google Search Console

Transactional Support Excellence

Incentivized
Garrett Lemons
Paralegal in Legal at Kennerly, Montgomery, and Finley, P.C. (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • 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.

Cons

  • This is a software written by coders. Unless you have a background in coding, some of the thought processes going into how to set-up a template are not intuitive. This is definitely software that you need guidance through. (The on-boarding template practice is a must.)
  • Some of the template building icons could be more defined and explained in a way that a non-coder could understand them.
  • There is no mass-document download. So we have to individually download 30-40 documents one-by-one instead of clicking "download all."

Return on Investment

  • In the setup process, we lost a lot of billable hour time to creating templates.
  • However, since then, with our increased capacity due to less drafting time, we had our best year ever in the midst of the 2020 pandemic.
  • It has increased the amount of training required to start off in the transactions, but then allows more of us to complete work on these deals, ever increasing our capacity.

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Slack, Notion

How Hot is HotDocs

Incentivized
Riva SchwartzView profile
Office Manager at Law Offices of Alan J. Schwartz, P.C. (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • 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.

Cons

  • It does not allow an edit to a form to be saved. If you edit a form and close out, you have to start all over again.
  • It should fill in certain items that are usually the same , with an allowance for revising if necessary.
  • Lender credit cannot be shown as a "minus" on the closing disclosure , even though it is supposed to be.
  • There needs to be a signature line on the Seller Closing Disclosure.
  • It is not compatible with the newest version of WordPerfect (X9).

Return on Investment

  • It makes it easy to fill out the form.
  • I really only use it for the one form, it doesn't do as well with the other forms.

Other Software Used

Zoom, Zoom Phone

Usability

Challenging but helpful at gaining efficiencies

Incentivized
Kandice McElroyView profile
Executive Administrator in Corporate at Bradley & Riley PC, Attorneys and Counselors (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Letterhead template - Creates quick letters with standard branding. Able to set locations, writer, etc.
  • Answer sets can be saved and reused. This eliminates the need to reenter client information.

Cons

  • 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.

Return on Investment

  • Positive - Quicker turn around on producing standard documents tailored to the client's specific needs.
  • Negative - Long learning curve. Not an "out of the box" program. It has to be customized.

Other Software Used

Constant Contact, Worldox GX4, PracticeMaster, Tabs3 Billing