TL;DR

• Pick Clio if you want a deeper tier ladder (four plans up to $149/seat/year) with built-in CRM, marketing automation, and SSO at the top end, ideal for firms planning to grow beyond small.
• Pick MyCase if you are a solo or small firm that wants a lower starting price ($39/seat annual vs. $49) and a simpler three-tier menu without pressure to climb into enterprise-flavored features.
• The core tradeoff: breadth and scalability (Clio) vs. lower entry price and simplicity (MyCase).

Side by side

Dimension	Clio	MyCase
Founded	2008	2010
HQ	Burnaby, BC	San Diego, CA
Target firm sizes	Solo, small, mid	Solo, small
Practice areas	General	General
Starting price (monthly, billed annually)	$49/seat	$39/seat
Starting price (month-to-month)	$59/seat	$49/seat
Gated pricing	No	No
Integrations listed in dataset	0 (250+ advertised on site)	0 (Google, Outlook + more advertised)

Pricing

Lowest tier. MyCase Basic starts at $39/seat/month annual ($49 monthly), while Clio EasyStart starts at $49/seat/month annual ($59 monthly). MyCase’s entry tier is roughly 20% cheaper but omits a client portal on Clio’s side (Clio bundles e-signatures, trust accounting, and 24/5 support at EasyStart; MyCase Basic includes client portal, billing, and basic reporting).

Middle tier. The two are nearly identical at the middle: Clio Essentials is $89/seat annual / $99 monthly, and MyCase Pro is also $89/seat annual / $99 monthly. MyCase Pro adds its “8am IQ” legal AI and unlimited 2-way texting at this level; Clio Essentials emphasizes its 250+ app integrations, client portal, document templates, and accounting connectors (QuickBooks, Xero, TrustBooks).

Highest tier. MyCase tops out at Advanced, $109/seat annual / $119 monthly, adding MyCase Drive, advanced document automation, split billing, and Open API access. Clio has two higher tiers: Advanced at $119/seat annual / $139 monthly (automated workflows, SSO, custom reporting, matter budgets) and Expand at $149/seat annual / $169 monthly, which bundles Clio Grow (CRM), online intake, email marketing, and a website builder. Neither vendor gates pricing, both publish full rate cards.

When to pick Clio

Clio fits firms that expect to outgrow a basic practice management footprint. Factual advantages in the data:

• Four tiers instead of three, with a dedicated Expand plan ($149/seat annual) that adds CRM (Clio Grow), intake automation, email marketing, and a website builder, capabilities MyCase does not surface as a packaged tier.
• SAML-based SSO appears on Clio Advanced; MyCase’s published tiers do not list SSO.
• Mid-size firm targeting is part of Clio’s profile (solo, small, mid), while MyCase lists only solo, small.
• Multi-currency billing and matter budgets are listed at Clio Advanced, useful for firms with more complex billing structures.

If the firm is planning to scale headcount, add marketing operations, or needs identity/SSO controls, Clio’s ladder is more accommodating.

When to pick MyCase

MyCase fits solos and small firms that want a tight, affordable stack. Factual advantages in the data:

• Lower entry price: $39/seat annual on Basic vs. Clio’s $49/seat annual on EasyStart.
• AI is bundled earlier: “8am IQ - Legal AI” appears at the Pro tier ($89/seat annual), with an “8am IQ case assistant” at Advanced, Clio’s listed tiers do not itemize an equivalent AI assistant.
• Open API access is explicitly included at the Advanced tier ($109/seat annual).
• Simpler three-tier menu reduces decision overhead for firms that don’t need CRM or marketing automation.

If a two- to five-attorney firm primarily needs case management, billing, a client portal, and AI without stepping up to a fourth enterprise-style tier, MyCase is the leaner fit.

Integrations and ecosystem

Neither vendor’s JSON enumerates a structured integrations list, so both counts read as zero in the dataset. From the pricing page content itself:

• Clio advertises “250+ app integrations” at Essentials and calls out accounting connectors: QuickBooks, Xero, TrustBooks, plus a virtual desktop drive for PC/Mac and a Clio for Co-Counsel portal.
• MyCase references Google, Outlook, and ”+ more” at the Pro tier, plus MyCase Drive and an Open API at Advanced for custom integrations.

Clio’s marketed ecosystem is broader in breadth; MyCase’s published integration surface is narrower but opens an API at the top tier for firms willing to build their own connectors.

Historical pricing context

Clio’s pricing_history shows a long period of price stability followed by a recent increase:

• EasyStart held at $39/seat/month from September 2022 through mid-2024.
• By August 2025, EasyStart had moved to $49/seat/month, and it has remained at $49 through the latest snapshot (March 2026). That’s roughly a 25% increase on the entry tier after nearly three years flat.
• Higher tiers visible in history (Elite/Complete at $129, Top at $149) suggest Clio has periodically rebranded and repositioned its top end rather than simply raising prices.

MyCase’s pricing_history is sparser in the dataset:

• A January 2022 snapshot listed a single “MyCase” plan at $49/seat/month.
• By March 2022, a “Basic” tier appeared at $39/seat/month, which matches the current Basic annual price, suggesting the entry annual price has been effectively flat for roughly four years, even as MyCase expanded into a three-tier structure.

Net read: Clio raised its entry price in 2025 after a long hold; MyCase’s entry annual rate has been stable since 2022. Firms highly sensitive to future price increases may weigh that trajectory.

Citations

Pricing sourced from vendor pricing pages on 2026-04-24. Historical data from Wayback Machine snapshots referenced in each vendor’s pricing_history.