# Which legal case management platforms integrate billing and time tracking without requiring a separate tool based on user reviews?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Looking for input from the G2 community and legal professionals in the <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/legal-case-management">Legal Case Management category</a> and specifically from firms where the billing and time-tracking gap is the primary operational problem: time entries missed because attorneys are recording in a separate system, invoices that don't reflect actual case activity, and finance reports that require manual reconciliation between the case management platform and the billing tool.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">The platforms with the strongest integrated billing and time tracking evidence:</p><ul>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/smokeball/reviews"><strong>Smokeball</strong></a>: Billable time is captured in the background as work is performed rather than requiring attorneys to manually enter time after the fact. The most commonly cited benefit is the reduction in missed billable hours that occurs when time tracking is a separate, manual step.</li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/filevine/reviews"><strong>Filevine</strong></a>: Integrated timekeeping, billing, and payments are specifically described as eliminating the need for third-party billing plug-ins, with all financial workflows tied directly to case progress. Expense tracking and accurate reporting are credited for keeping firms on top of costs without a separate finance tool. </li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/clio-clio-manage/reviews"><strong>Clio Manage</strong></a>: Time tracking, billing, and trust accounting are integrated within the same platform, with connections to QuickBooks Online and other accounting tools for firms that need external reconciliation. The billing workflows are described as reducing the administrative overhead of invoice generation. </li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/8am-mycase/reviews"><strong>8am MyCase</strong></a>: Time tracking, invoicing, and online payment acceptance are all within the same platform, described as covering the full billing cycle without external tools. The client portal enables clients to view and pay invoices directly, reducing administrative follow-up. </li>
<li>
<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/litify/reviews"><strong>Litify</strong></a>: Built on Salesforce, with enterprise-level billing and reporting flexibility for firms that need complex billing structures, multi-office financial consolidation, or tight integration with other enterprise systems. The Salesforce foundation means billing data connects to a broader CRM and reporting infrastructure. </li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For firms that eliminated a separate billing tool after adopting an all-in-one platform, what was the specific billing step that improved the most after consolidation, and was the time saving primarily from reduced manual entry, faster invoice generation, or improved payment collection?</p>

##### Post Metadata
- Posted at: 20 days ago
- Author title: Marketing Executive
- Net upvotes: 1


## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;Smokeball capturing billable time in the background as the work happens is a smart way to solve the missed-hours problem instead of relying on attorneys to remember to log it later.&lt;/p&gt;

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: 17 days ago
- Author title: SEO Content Specialist





## Related discussions
- [How well does Trello scale into a larger team?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/1-how-well-does-trello-scale-into-a-larger-team)
  - Posted at: over 13 years ago
  - Comments: 6
- [Can we please add a new section](https://www.g2.com/discussions/2-can-we-please-add-a-new-section)
  - Posted at: over 13 years ago
  - Comments: 0
- [Quantifiable benefits from implementing your CRM](https://www.g2.com/discussions/quantifiable-benefits-from-implementing-your-crm)
  - Posted at: over 13 years ago
  - Comments: 4