TL;DR

• Pick Clio if you want transparent, published pricing, a broad range of tiers (from solo-friendly EasyStart to a marketing/CRM-inclusive Expand plan), and the flexibility to scale from solo to mid-sized firms.
• Pick LEAP if you are a solo or small firm comfortable with a sales-led purchasing process and are evaluating LEAP for reasons beyond what’s publicly documented on its pricing page.
• Core tradeoff: Clio gives you pricing certainty up front; LEAP requires a sales conversation to get numbers, which can slow evaluation but may result in negotiated bundles.

Side by side

Dimension	Clio	LEAP
Founded	2008	1992
HQ	Burnaby, BC	Sydney, AU
Target firm sizes	Solo, small, mid	Solo, small
Practice areas	General	General
Starting price (lowest tier, annual/seat)	$49/mo	Not disclosed (gated)
Gated pricing	No	Yes
Integrations count (in dataset)	0 listed (250+ referenced in plan features)	0 listed

Pricing

Clio publishes four tiers on its pricing page (annual per-seat rates, as of the April 24, 2026 scrape):

• EasyStart, $49/seat/mo (billed annually; $59 monthly). Core time, billing, document management, trust accounting, and mobile app.
• Essentials, $89/seat/mo ($99 monthly). Adds client portal, document/matter templates, QuickBooks/Xero/TrustBooks integrations, text-to-pay, and limited e-signatures.
• Advanced, $119/seat/mo ($139 monthly). Adds automated workflows, matter budgets, custom reporting, SAML SSO, and priority support.
• Expand, $149/seat/mo ($169 monthly). Includes everything in Advanced plus Clio Grow (intake CRM), online booking, email marketing, and a website builder.

LEAP does not publish pricing on leap.us/pricing; the page is gated and requires prospect contact. No tier names, per-seat rates, or feature-by-tier breakdowns are available in the dataset. Firms evaluating LEAP should expect a sales conversation before seeing a quote.

Because LEAP’s numbers aren’t public, a like-for-like price comparison is impossible. Buyers who want to benchmark against Clio’s $49-$149/seat/mo range will need to request a LEAP quote directly.

When to pick Clio

• You want transparent pricing. All four tiers are published with monthly and annual rates.
• You’re a mid-sized firm. Clio’s target sizes include “mid,” while LEAP targets only solo and small per the dataset.
• You need a clear upgrade path. The EasyStart → Essentials → Advanced → Expand ladder lets you start lean and add workflow automation, SSO, or intake CRM as needed.
• You want marketing/intake bundled. The Expand tier includes Clio Grow, online intake forms, Local Services Ads, and a website builder, features typically sold as separate products elsewhere.
• You need SSO or custom reporting. Both are documented at the Advanced tier ($119/seat/mo annual).

When to pick LEAP

• You’re a solo or small firm. LEAP’s stated targets are solo and small, which may indicate product focus and support tuned to that segment.
• You prefer negotiated pricing. Gated pricing sometimes yields custom bundles that published tiers don’t accommodate.
• You value longevity. LEAP was founded in 1992, giving it a longer operating history than Clio (2008).
• Your peer firms already use it. LEAP has established presence in certain jurisdictions and practice communities, which can matter for data migration and staff familiarity.
• You want a single sales-led onboarding. If you prefer guided procurement over self-serve sign-up, LEAP’s model aligns.

Integrations and ecosystem

Neither vendor’s integration list is populated in the structured dataset, so a specific named comparison isn’t possible here.

That said, Clio’s Essentials tier description references “250+ app integrations” and explicitly calls out accounting integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, and TrustBooks. The Expand tier adds Google Local Services Ads as a native marketing channel. Clio for Clients (secure portal) and Clio for Co-Counsel are first-party extensions of the core platform.

LEAP’s integration footprint is not represented in the dataset. Firms evaluating LEAP should ask directly about connections to their accounting system, e-signature vendor, and document storage provider before committing.

Historical pricing context

Clio’s pricing_history shows a stable EasyStart tier at $39/month from 2022 through 2024, spanning 15+ Wayback snapshots. Between the July 2024 and August 2025 snapshots, EasyStart rose to $49/month, a ~26% increase that has held steady through the April 2026 scrape. Higher tiers have been renamed multiple times, “Elite” (2022) became “Complete” (2023) and has since been restructured into the current Essentials/Advanced/Expand lineup, with top-tier pricing moving from $129 (2022-2023) to $149/seat/mo annual on Expand today.

LEAP has no pricing_history in the dataset because its current pricing is gated; Wayback captures would have nothing structured to extract. Trajectory cannot be assessed.

Citations

Pricing sourced from vendor pricing pages on 2026-04-24. Historical data from Wayback Machine snapshots of clio.com/pricing. LEAP pricing was gated at the time of scrape; no tier data was available from leap.us/pricing.