Clio

Cloud-based case and practice management platform for law firms

Also known as
clio

Available worldwide

What is Clio?

A practice management system that helps law firms organize cases, track billable time, manage tasks and deadlines, and communicate securely with clients. The platform integrates with over 50 third-party applications to extend functionality.

Independently observed

Clio pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $49/moSubscription30-day trial

From $49/user/mo. Free 30-day trial.

Starter

$49/user/mo

Clio Manage - The foundation for running your practice, with legal accounting built in

  • Store and manage every contact, matter, and document
  • Track time and expenses from anywhere
  • Client online payments (card, eCheck, Apple Pay, Google Pay)
  • Trust and operating account reconciliation

Core

-

Clio Manage - AI-first practice management

  • Everything in Starter, plus:
  • AI-drafted billing on schedule
  • Documents to calendar events and tasks
  • Automatic client updates from case activity
  • Secure client portal

Signature

-

Clio Manage - Visibility and control to govern every matter, person, and dollar at scale

  • Everything in Core, plus:
  • Unlimited custom roles and permissions
  • Kanban board with matter stages
  • AI reports on profitability and productivity
  • Multi-currency billing

What Clio does

The capabilities that matter for legal software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Product type
Practice management
CLM
Contract authoring / templates
-
Negotiation / redlining
-
Contract repository
None
Obligation / renewal tracking
-
AI
AI contract review / drafting
-
E-signature
E-signature legal validity
-
E-discovery
E-discovery
-
Legal hold / chain of custody
-
Integrations
Word / Outlook add-ins
-
Document-store integrations
SSO / SCIM
-
API access
-
Compliance
Data residency
-
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (6)

Independently observed
  • Apptoto
  • Nextchapter
  • Legalist
  • Clause
  • LawLytics
  • CyphraTek

Clio FAQ

Common questions about Clio, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Clio?

A practice management system that helps law firms organize cases, track billable time, manage tasks and deadlines, and communicate securely with clients. The platform integrates with over 50 third-party applications to extend functionality. It is indexed under Legal Software.

Source: https://www.clio.com/blog/law-firm-pricing/

How much does Clio cost?

Clio is a paid product; published pricing starts at $49 per user per month. It is sold across 3 plans (Starter, Core and Signature). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://www.clio.com

What platforms does Clio support?

We have confirmed browser-based access to Clio. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.

Source: https://www.clio.com/blog/law-firm-pricing/

Can Clio be self-hosted?

We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Clio, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.

Source: https://www.clio.com/blog/law-firm-pricing/

What does Clio integrate with?

We have confirmed 6 integrations for Clio, including Apptoto, Nextchapter, Legalist, Clause, LawLytics and CyphraTek. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.

Source: https://www.clio.com/blog/law-firm-pricing/

What security certifications does Clio have?

We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Clio. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Clio not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.

Source: https://www.clio.com

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Balanced composite 69 / 100
medium · 70%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Security posture900.1614.1
Pricing transparency750.064.7
Reliability500.084.2
Capabilities580.052.7
Integrations490.052.5
Price level500.042.1

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Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq6 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 58%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesProduct type: practice_mgmt · Deployment model: cloud_web_app · Contract repository: none · Doc store integrations: Yes · Time tracking and timer widgets: Yes · Secure client portal for document sharing: Yesmediumsource · 2026-08-24 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count50mediumsource · 2026-08-24 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-08-13 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierNomediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Price levelmidmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-08-01 · 75%
Iso27001Yeslowsource · 2026-08-01 · 48%
PciYeshighsource · 2026-08-01 · 75%
Soc2Yeslowsource · 2026-08-01 · 48%
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