TL;DR

• Pick Amberlo if you want trust accounting, document assembly, and matter budgeting bundled into a single mid-tier plan, and you’re comfortable with a European vendor serving international firms.
• Pick MyCase if you’re a US solo or small firm wanting lower entry pricing ($39/seat annual), built-in legal AI (8am IQ), two-way client texting, and an annual billing discount.
• Core tradeoff: Amberlo offers deeper matter/financial features per tier at a higher entry price; MyCase offers cheaper entry, annual discounts, and AI tooling but gates more features behind its top tier.

Side by side

Dimension	Amberlo	MyCase
Founded	2017	2010
HQ	Vilnius, LT	San Diego, CA
Target firm sizes	Solo, small	Solo, small
Practice areas	General	General
Starting price (monthly/seat)	$59	$49 ($39 annual)
Gated pricing	No	No
Integrations listed	0	0

Pricing

Lowest tier: Amberlo’s Grow plan starts at $59/seat/month with no annual discount published. MyCase’s Basic plan is $49/seat/month billed monthly, or $39/seat/month billed annually, roughly 34% cheaper than Amberlo at the entry point on annual billing.

Middle tier: Amberlo’s Premium is $89/seat/month, which bundles trust accounting, client portal, document assembly, approval workflows, unlimited storage, and unlimited custom fields. MyCase’s Pro is $99/seat/month ($89 annual), adding 8am IQ legal AI, custom fields, unlimited e-signature, unlimited two-way texting, and client intake management. Pricing is within $10/seat, but the feature mix differs sharply: Amberlo leans financial/workflow, MyCase leans AI/client-communication.

Highest tier: Amberlo’s Enterprise tier is unpriced (contact sales) and covers white label, private cloud deployment, onsite training, and custom development. MyCase’s Advanced is $119/seat/month ($109 annual), adding MyCase Drive, full-text search, 8am IQ case assistant, advanced document automation, split billing, and open API. Neither top tier is gated behind a form, but Amberlo does not publish a price for Enterprise.

Notably, MyCase charges extra for Open API at the Advanced tier, whereas Amberlo includes API access already at the Grow entry tier.

When to pick Amberlo

Amberlo fits firms that want heavy matter- and finance-side functionality without climbing to a top tier:

• Trust accounting is required and you want it included in a mid-tier subscription rather than an add-on.
• API access matters from day one, Amberlo includes it at $59/seat, whereas MyCase gates Open API to the $119 Advanced tier.
• You’re outside the US (particularly EU-based) and want a vendor headquartered in Vilnius with private-cloud deployment options at the Enterprise level.
• Document assembly, approval workflows, and matter/client budgets are core workflow needs, all included at Amberlo’s Premium ($89) tier.
• White-label or on-premise/private-cloud deployment is on your requirements list.

When to pick MyCase

MyCase fits US-focused solo and small firms prioritizing client-facing tools and cost:

• Budget-sensitive entry: $39/seat/month on annual billing undercuts Amberlo’s $59 entry by ~$20/seat.
• You want legal AI built in: 8am IQ is included at the Pro tier and expanded at Advanced, Amberlo’s published tiers don’t reference AI functionality.
• Two-way client texting with images is a workflow requirement (included at Pro).
• Client intake management and unlimited e-signature are needed, MyCase bundles both at Pro ($99/$89).
• Longer operating history matters: MyCase has been in market since 2010 versus Amberlo’s 2017 founding.

Integrations and ecosystem

Neither vendor’s JSON enumerates a specific integration list, so a direct catalog comparison isn’t possible from the data provided. From the tier descriptions:

• Amberlo references Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace Calendar integration at Grow, Microsoft SharePoint 365 at Premium, and custom integrations at Enterprise. API access is available from the entry tier.
• MyCase references Google, Outlook, and more at Pro tier, MyCase Drive at Advanced, and Open API at Advanced.

Buyers should validate specific integrations (accounting systems, e-signature, court filing, document management) directly with each vendor. Amberlo’s earlier API availability is a meaningful advantage for firms planning custom integrations.

Historical pricing context

Amberlo’s JSON contains no pricing_history entries, so its price trajectory cannot be assessed from this data.

MyCase’s history shows a single-tier “MyCase” plan at $49/month in January 2022, followed by a renamed Basic tier at $39/month in March 2022. Today’s Basic is $49/month ($39 annual). In other words, MyCase’s entry price has effectively held flat at $39-$49 over roughly four years, though the product has been restructured into a three-tier lineup (Basic/Pro/Advanced) with newer features like AI concentrated in higher tiers. Firms should note that several capabilities once available in a flat plan now require Pro or Advanced.

Citations

Pricing sourced from vendor pricing pages on 2026-04-24. Historical data from Wayback Machine.

• Amberlo: https://www.amberlo.io/pricing/
• MyCase: https://www.mycase.com/pricing/