Jul 28, 2026

Clio vs MyCase: 2026 Pricing for Small Law Firms

Two cloud practice management systems aimed at the same firm: solo to about twenty attorneys, doing hourly or flat-fee work, tired of running the practice out of email and a shared drive. MyCase publishes every price on its site. Clio publishes one. That single difference tells you most of what you need to know about how each company sells, and it changes how you should evaluate them.

The One-Sentence Answer

Use MyCase if you want transparent per-user pricing and most of what you need included in one tier. Use Clio if you need its larger integration ecosystem or a specific add-on like Clio Grow, Clio Draft, or personal injury tooling, and you are willing to negotiate.

What Each Publishes

	Clio	MyCase
Entry	EasyStart from $49/user/mo	Basic $50/user/mo annual, $60 monthly
Mid	Essentials, price on request	Pro $100/user/mo annual, $120 monthly
Upper	Advanced, price on request	Advanced $130/user/mo annual, $150 monthly
Top	Expand, price on request	Advanced is the ceiling
Card payments	2.95%, 3.75% AMEX	Via LawPay, no monthly fee
eCheck and ACH	1%	Via LawPay
Pay later	Affirm at 4.95%	Not published
Support	24/5 phone, email, chat	Included
Document storage	Unlimited on all plans	Unlimited on all plans

Clio’s pricing page shows “Starting at $49/user” on EasyStart and a Get Pricing button on Essentials, Advanced, and Expand. You cannot compare total cost without talking to sales, which is a real friction for a solo attorney doing a Saturday evaluation and a real advantage for a firm willing to negotiate at renewal.

The Entry Tiers Are Traps on Both Sides

This is the finding that matters most and the one buyers discover after signing.

Clio EasyStart lists “Apps and integrations: No.” Not a limited set. None. It also excludes accounting integrations with QuickBooks and Xero, document and matter templates, custom fields, matter stages, text-to-pay, and the client portal. E-signatures are capped at 3. It is a time-and-billing tool with a matter list attached.

MyCase Basic is similarly bare. Integrations do not appear until Pro. Basic gives you case and contact management, time entry, invoicing, trust accounting, reporting, unlimited document storage, and a limited client portal, and stops there.

So if your firm uses any other software at all, including your accounting system, the honest comparison is not $49 against $50. It is Clio Essentials against MyCase Pro at $100/user/month, and only one of those two numbers is public.

Where the Automation Lives

For a firm that wants the software to actually reduce work rather than just store it, the relevant tiers are higher still.

MyCase puts automated workflows, document generation, unlimited eSignature, legal CRM, client intake forms, two-way texting, and 70+ integrations on Pro at $100/user/month. It reserves the Open API for Advanced at $130/user/month, along with 8am IQ Case Assistant, OCR discovery, advanced document automation, conflict check tracking, and split billing.

Clio puts automated workflows, full-text document search, advanced tasks, matter stages, multi-currency billing, and split billing on Advanced, with unlimited e-signatures and 10 court calendaring rules per firm. Essentials gets you the 300+ app ecosystem, templates, the client portal, and text messaging, but not workflow automation.

The practical read: on both products, the tier that automates anything is roughly two steps above the advertised entry price. Budget for it up front rather than discovering it in month three.

Add-Ons Change the Total

Clio sells a wide catalog alongside the core plans: Clio Draft for document automation and court forms, Manage AI for drafting and scheduling, Clio Grow for intake and CRM (bundled into the Expand plan), Clio Accounting, a personal injury package, and HIPAA coverage with a signed BAA. Each is priced separately. A firm that wants Clio plus Grow plus Draft plus AI is assembling a bill that is not comparable to a MyCase line item.

MyCase keeps a shorter list. MyCase Accounting is $39/user/month, LawPay payments carry no monthly fee, and the 8am IQ AI features are folded into Pro and Advanced rather than sold separately. The discovery assistant includes 5,000 OCR pages per user per month, pooled across the firm, with additional 5,000-page blocks at $30.

That is the philosophical split. Clio is a platform with a catalog. MyCase is a product with a couple of attachments. Firms that want to assemble exactly their stack prefer Clio. Firms that want one predictable invoice prefer MyCase.

When to Use Clio

You need a specific integration and MyCase’s 70+ list does not have it
You want intake and CRM tightly coupled to matters through Clio Grow
You do personal injury work and want purpose-built medical records and settlement tooling
You handle protected health information and need a signed BAA
You are a large enough firm to negotiate, and gated pricing works in your favor
You file electronically in California, Texas, or Georgia and want it built in

When to Use MyCase

You want to know what it costs without a sales call
You want workflows, texting, CRM, e-signature, and AI drafting in one tier rather than four add-ons
You want trust accounting and firm accounting from the same vendor at a published $39/user/month
You are a solo or small firm and predictability beats configurability
You want an Open API without buying a platform tier

The Evaluation That Actually Works

Both offer free trials with no credit card. Use them on the same real matter, not on demo data. Open a file, enter time, generate an invoice, take a payment, and send one document for signature. Do that twice, once in each system, and most firms know within an hour which interface they will tolerate for the next five years.

While you are in the trial, ask Clio directly for Essentials and Advanced pricing in writing, and compare it to MyCase Pro and Advanced. That is the only apples-to-apples number, and it is the one Clio’s site will not give you.

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Quick Reference

Your situation…	Pick…
You want published pricing you can compare today	MyCase
You need a niche integration from a large ecosystem	Clio
Solo attorney who wants one predictable bill	MyCase
Personal injury practice	Clio
You want an API without buying a platform tier	MyCase Advanced
You need intake and CRM tied to matters	Clio with Grow
You handle PHI and need a BAA	Clio
Firm accounting and trust accounting from one vendor	MyCase

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