Vol. III · No. 47
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
caseledge
Independent analysis
Est. MMXXIV
Clio raises base plan to $49/user · 3 days ago MyCase holds pricing for Q2 · 6 days ago New review: Actionstep workflow engine · 9 days ago PracticePanther adds AI intake · 12 days ago Amberlo opens London data region · 14 days ago Methodology v2.3 published · 21 days ago Smokeball raises Series B, pricing unchanged · 24 days ago Filevine confirms gated pricing for 2026 · 28 days ago Clio raises base plan to $49/user · 3 days ago MyCase holds pricing for Q2 · 6 days ago New review: Actionstep workflow engine · 9 days ago PracticePanther adds AI intake · 12 days ago Amberlo opens London data region · 14 days ago Methodology v2.3 published · 21 days ago Smokeball raises Series B, pricing unchanged · 24 days ago Filevine confirms gated pricing for 2026 · 28 days ago
Head-to-Head · In-Depth

CasePeer

2 categories won
6.0
versus

Clio

11 categories won
8.5

CasePeer is a personal injury-specific platform for small-to-mid PI firms, while Clio is a general-practice PM suite serving solos through mid-size firms across all practice areas.

TL;DR

  • Pick CasePeer if you run a personal injury firm and want PI-specific workflows like medical treatment tracking, settlement negotiations, and statute alerts baked into the core product.
  • Pick Clio if you practice in any non-PI area, need lower entry pricing, or want the broadest integration ecosystem and a solo-friendly tier.
  • Core tradeoff: vertical depth (CasePeer) vs. horizontal breadth and lower starting cost (Clio).

Side by side

DimensionCasePeerClio
Founded20152008
HQLos Angeles, CABurnaby, BC
Target firm sizessmall, midsolo, small, mid
Practice areasPersonal injuryGeneral
Starting price (monthly/seat)$79$59 ($49 annual)
Gated pricingNoNo
Integrations listed in dataset00

Pricing

Lowest tier. CasePeer’s Basic starts at $79/user/month. Clio’s EasyStart is $59/month billed monthly or $49/month billed annually. Clio is roughly $20-$30/seat/month cheaper at entry, and Clio publishes a discounted annual rate while CasePeer lists only month-to-month pricing in the current snapshot.

Middle tier. CasePeer’s Pro is $119/seat/month, adding intake management, 2-way texting, 50+ reports, 20+ integrations, and its “8am IQ” legal AI. Clio has two middle tiers: Essentials at $99/month ($89 annual) and Advanced at $139/month ($119 annual). Essentials adds document templates, 250+ integrations, client portal, and accounting integrations (QuickBooks, Xero, TrustBooks); Advanced adds automated workflows, SSO, custom reporting, and priority support.

Highest tier. CasePeer’s Advanced is $149/seat/month, adding API access, multi-office reporting, case grades, and an intake investigator portal. Clio’s top tier is Expand at $169/month ($149 annual), which bundles Clio Grow (CRM, intake forms, appointment booking, website builder, email marketing) on top of all Advanced features. Top-of-stack pricing is within $20 of each other, but the bundles are very different: CasePeer leans into reporting and API; Clio leans into marketing/CRM.

Neither vendor gates pricing, both publish full tier tables publicly.

When to pick CasePeer

CasePeer is purpose-built for personal injury, and its feature list reflects that. A small or mid-size PI firm is the target profile if you need:

  • Medical treatment tracking and medical requests reporting as first-class objects, not custom fields bolted on.
  • Settlement negotiation tracking and automated statute alerts out of the box.
  • Case grades and a high-value cases report to triage your caseload.
  • An intake investigator portal (Advanced tier) for firms that use field investigators.
  • API access at $149/seat, available without jumping to an enterprise quote.

If your firm handles only PI work and you’d otherwise have to customize a general PM tool heavily, CasePeer’s vertical fit is the differentiator.

When to pick Clio

Clio is a general-practice platform covering solos through mid-size firms across any practice area. It’s the better fit if:

  • You’re a solo practitioner, CasePeer’s dataset lists small and mid only; Clio explicitly targets solos.
  • You practice outside personal injury (family, estates, transactional, criminal, etc.), where CasePeer’s PI-specific objects are irrelevant.
  • You want the lowest entry price: $49/seat annual vs. CasePeer’s $79.
  • You need bundled marketing/CRM via Clio Grow in the Expand tier.
  • You rely on accounting integrations like QuickBooks or Xero, which are called out explicitly in Clio’s Essentials tier.
  • You want annual billing discounts, Clio offers roughly 15-17% off for annual commitment across every tier; CasePeer does not advertise one.

Integrations and ecosystem

Neither vendor’s JSON enumerates specific integration partners, so a granular list isn’t possible from the data provided. What the tier descriptions do tell us:

  • CasePeer Pro advertises “20+ key integrations” and includes its proprietary 8am IQ legal AI and AI writing assistance.
  • Clio Essentials advertises “250+ app integrations” and names QuickBooks, Xero, and TrustBooks as accounting partners.
  • Clio Advanced adds SAML-based SSO.
  • CasePeer Advanced adds API access for custom integration work.

On raw breadth, Clio’s stated 250+ partner count materially exceeds CasePeer’s 20+. CasePeer counters with API access at its top tier, which lets technical firms build integrations not in the marketplace.

Historical pricing context

CasePeer has held its starting tier at $79/month consistently across every Wayback snapshot from July 2024 through January 2026, roughly 18 months of price stability at the entry point.

Clio has a longer pricing history. EasyStart held at $39/month from early 2022 through late 2024, then increased to $49/month by August 2025 and has remained at $49 through at least March 2026, a ~26% bump on the entry tier after nearly three years of stability. Clio’s top tier has also moved around in naming and price: “Elite” at $129 in 2022, “Complete” at $129 through 2023, and today’s Expand at $169/$149.

Net: CasePeer’s short visible history shows flat pricing; Clio’s longer history shows one meaningful price increase on the entry tier in 2025 after a long hold.

Citations

Pricing sourced from vendor pricing pages on 2026-04-24. Historical data from the Wayback Machine. CasePeer source: https://www.casepeer.com/pricing/. Clio source: https://www.clio.com/pricing/.

CasePeer
Visit CasePeer →
caseledge may earn a referral fee
Clio
Visit Clio →
caseledge may earn a referral fee
§ 01

Side by side

CasePeer vs. Clio
Criterion CasePeer Clio
Priced from × From $79/user/mo From $49/user/mo
Our score × 6.0 / 10 8.5 / 10
Target firm size × small, mid solo, small, mid
Practice areas × pi general, family, ip, criminal, corporate, bankruptcy, real-estate, tax
Tier count × 3 tiers 4 tiers
Pricing transparency × Published rate card Published rate card
IOLTA / trust accounting Not published × Not published
Pricing model Per-seat/month × Per-seat/month
Annual vs monthly × Monthly billing Annual and monthly
Practice area breadth × 1 areas 8 areas
Firm size coverage × 2 segments 3 segments
Founded × 2015 2008
HQ × Los Angeles, CA Burnaby, BC