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.
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.
From $49/user/mo. Free 30-day trial.
Starter
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.
- Product type
- Practice management
- Contract authoring / templates
- -
- Negotiation / redlining
- -
- Contract repository
- None
- Obligation / renewal tracking
- -
- AI contract review / drafting
- -
- E-signature legal validity
- -
- E-discovery
- -
- Legal hold / chain of custody
- -
- Word / Outlook add-ins
- -
- Document-store integrations
- ✓
- SSO / SCIM
- -
- API access
- -
- Data residency
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Clio alternatives
Other legal software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
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Compare Clio
Side by side against other legal software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Clio, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 90 | 0.16 | 14.1 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 75 | 0.06 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.08 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.05 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 49 | 0.05 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| Price level | 50 | 0.04 | 2.1 | ✓ |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 58% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Product 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: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-24 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 50 | mediumsource · 2026-08-24 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-13 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Security
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