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Smokeball is a legal practice management platform built for solo lawyers and small law firms, unifying intake, matter management, document handling, billing, invoicing, payments, calendaring, and workflows in one place. It includes Archie AI to draft, review, and answer questions within matters, accelerating work and reducing administrative tasks. The product is designed around “people-law,” aiming to give legal teams more time for clients by automating from first contact to final invoice.
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Legal Practice Management Software →Where Smokeball ranks in AI
AI rates Smokeball better than rivals on document automation and worse on pricing
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Often described as
excellent · strong · automatic · automatic time tracking · cloud-based · automatic time capture
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Smokeball stands out for its automated time tracking and an extensive, built-in library of automated legal forms/documents.
Smokeball: A cloud-based option that stands out for automatic time and activity tracking.
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Smokeball: Features "AutoTime," an automated tracking tool that logs your activity in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and emails as you work on specific matters.
Smokeball : Great if you want automated time tracking; its "AutoTime" feature silently records every minute spent working on active files
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Smokeball : An automatic time-tracking and legal productivity platform that integrates robust document automation, built-in e-signatures, comprehensive invoicing, and client communication channels.
Smokeball combines intake, client/matter management, eSignature, invoicing, online payments, trust accounting and a secure client portal.
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Smokeball : Features "AutoTime," which automatically records time spent working on documents, emails, and communications for each specific matter without manual data entry.
Smokeball: Ideal for automated, passive tracking, running in the background to automatically record your work on documents and in applications.
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Smokeball: Best for document automation-heavy practices (like real estate or estate planning), featuring an extensive library of pre-installed legal forms and automatic filing tied straight to Microsoft Word and Outlook.
Smokeball Best for: Small law firms (family law, real estate, estate planning, small civil litigation).
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Smokeball & LEAP: These platforms feature deep integrations with Microsoft Word
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