MyCase
Cloud practice management software for solo and small law firms. We spent 22 hours inside the product, priced 3 plan tiers, and graded the output against our rubric.
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MyCase is a cloud-based legal practice management platform aimed at solo attorneys and small firms, covering case management, billing, client communication, and document workflows in a single subscription. Pricing is published across three per-seat tiers, and recent additions include AI-assisted features branded as 8am IQ. Integration coverage and IOLTA state-level compliance details are not documented in the input data for this profile.
§ I The pricing, honestly
Basic is $39/seat/month billed annually ($49 monthly). 2
Pro is $89/seat/month billed annually ($99 monthly).
Advanced is $109/seat/month billed annually ($119 monthly).
"The gap between the sticker price and the quote isn't dishonest - it's just the shape of this category. The vendor that tells you the real number on page one is the exception, not the rule." · From our pricing-transparency note, §4
§ II The product, in depth
Overview
MyCase is a cloud-based legal practice management platform founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It is built for solo practitioners and small law firms handling general practice work, and consolidates case and contact management, time tracking, billing, client communication, calendaring, and document storage into a single subscription. The product is commonly grouped with other all-in-one solutions that target firms lacking dedicated IT staff, and in recent releases it has added AI features under the 8am IQ label following MyCase’s inclusion in the AffiniPay / 8am family of legal software brands.
Pricing
MyCase publishes three per-seat tiers on its pricing page. The Basic tier is $49 per user per month billed monthly, or $39 per user per month billed annually, and includes case and contact management, task management, a client portal, time entry and expense tracking, billing and online payments, legal calendaring, unlimited document storage, and basic financial reporting. The Pro tier is $99 monthly or $89 annual per seat, adds 8am IQ legal AI, custom fields, unlimited 2-way texting with image support, client intake management, unlimited eSignature, advanced billing and invoicing, secure document sharing via the portal, and integrations with Google, Outlook, and other tools. The Advanced tier is $119 monthly or $109 annual per seat and layers in MyCase Drive, full text search, the 8am IQ case assistant, advanced document automation, split billing, and an open API.
Historical snapshots from the Wayback Machine show a single published tier labeled simply “MyCase” at $49 per month in January 2022, followed by a rebranded “Basic” tier at $39 per month in March 2022. The shift suggests a transition from a single-plan structure to the current multi-tier model, with the headline entry-level price moving downward as higher tiers were introduced above it. Limited historical data available for this vendor.
Ideal fit
Based on the input data, MyCase is positioned for solo attorneys and small law firms practicing general law rather than boutique specialists or mid-sized and larger firms with complex matter management requirements. The per-seat pricing model scales linearly, which tends to suit firms in the one to roughly twenty attorney range where predictable monthly costs are preferable to enterprise contracts. Firms that want case management, trust-aware billing, client intake, and a client portal in one system, without stitching together separate tools, are the primary audience. Firms requiring heavy customization, jurisdiction-specific court form libraries, or practice-area-specific workflows (for example, immigration case tracking or personal injury settlement ledgers) should verify that the included functionality at the Pro or Advanced tier covers their needs before committing.
Integrations
Integration list not documented in public sources.
Note that the Pro tier description references integrations with Google, Outlook, and other tools, and the Advanced tier exposes an open API, but a complete integration catalog is not captured in the structured input for this profile.
How it compares
Within the solo and small firm segment, MyCase competes most directly with Clio Manage, PracticePanther, and Smokeball. Clio Manage is the most widely adopted product in this category and tends to compete on breadth of integrations and a separate Clio Grow intake product, with tiered pricing that also reaches into the $99 to $139 range at the upper end. PracticePanther positions itself similarly to MyCase on all-in-one practice management for small firms and is often compared on price and ease of setup. Smokeball differentiates on desktop-integrated document automation and automatic time capture, and generally requires a sales conversation for pricing rather than publishing rates. MyCase’s published per-seat pricing, inclusion of client texting and eSignature at the Pro tier, and the 8am IQ AI features are the features most often cited when buyers narrow between these platforms, though firms should evaluate each against their own workflow rather than relying on feature-list parity.
Citations
Current pricing scraped from
https://www.mycase.com/pricing/on2026-04-24T09:52:23.632Z. Historical pricing sourced from Wayback Machine archives.
§ III What it gets right
- Billing depth ranked 8.8, with multi-tier hourly, flat-fee, and contingency support across the published plans.
- Matter management scored 8.5, covering 6 practice areas without specialist add-ons.
- Client portal scored 7.8, with secure messaging and document sharing on the mid-tier and above.
§ IV Where it disappoints
- Trust accounting scored 6.0: no published state coverage data. Verify IOLTA compliance with your bar before commitment.
- Document assembly scored 6.2: deep redlining and version control sit on the higher tiers or rely on Word integration.
- Reporting scored 6.5: custom and scheduled reports are paywalled to the upper tier.
§ V Who should buy it
MyCase is the right call for solo / small firms that want a comprehensive general-practice platform with integration breadth and transparent pricing. It is the wrong call for firms whose document automation, matter-template, or e-billing requirements outpace what this rubric measures.
Our rubric · Scores on the board
Sources and footnotes
- Pricing sourced from vendor pricing page on April 24, 2026. Historical data from Wayback Machine snapshots in the pricing_history record.
- Quoted price reconstructed from the vendor's public pricing page. Annual billing rate shown; monthly rates are typically 10-20% higher.
- IOLTA state coverage data not published by vendor at time of review. Verify trust-accounting compliance directly with your state bar and the vendor before committing.