We are able to increase efficiency & deliver better value to our clients because we have built automated tasks, checklists, templates, data collection, and deadlines at every step of the process. We know in advance which team member will complete the tasks, and we have peace of mind that nobody will miss anything. We can gather data about our files and make decisions based on real insight into our firm, rather than gut-based guesswork.

Actionstep allows you to build custom workflows that you can use to manage any aspect of your practice. We believe in workflows so much that we dedicated an entire podcast episode discussing our experience with another lawyer obsessed with workflows too. We have over 50 workflows that help us to structure processes within our tax-litigation files, as well as for administrative matters, such as asking for client testimonials. We give our team peace of mind that nobody will miss anything as we have built in automated tasks, templates, checklists, and deadlines at every step of the process. We can make sure that the most appropriate team member performs each task. The workflows are also a great resource to help train new team members because we created detailed descriptions of how to complete each task with links to our internal knowledge base to give team members additional support where needed. In addition to custom workflows, Actionstep also allows you to gather custom data so that we can make more informed decisions.

Actionstep is unique and sophisticated. However, Actionstep falls behind its competitors and is underdeveloped in some key areas, such as budgeting capabilities, template user experience, graphical displays, mobile applications, and reports. Prospective users should not underestimate the commitment and resources required to build workflows and implement Actionstep. Building workflows requires time, money and, most importantly, grit. Not everyone is ready to make this investment in the future of their firm. Although you can outsource the technology aspect of inputting the workflows to the system, you need people within your firm identifying the steps and tasks that you want to build into the system. We are a very process-driven law firm with a lean focus, so Actionstep is perfect for us, but if you aren't familiar with process mapping it can be a daunting task. When you get over the initial investment of mapping your processes, you will see first-hand how quickly Actionstep improves your firm's ability to grow and deliver better value to your clients. We hope that Actionstep will continue to develop its product to address its limitations and bugs. Actionstep has promised that it is working to address the concerns that our firm and other users raise in the LinkedIn user forum and UserVoice feedback. We hope that Actionstep continues to improve the product, and we look forward to more progress. If so, we expect to continue to use Actionstep for a very long time.

I have used the product extensively over the last 5 years and would happily recommend it as a platform for legal practice management

I have used the product in a number of different law firms and have been involved in the setup for those firms. It is easy to use and easy to adapt to your own requirements

I have no adverse comments as I have not found any aspect of the software to fall short of what is needed

It has helped to automate case management and save time but the system is very glitchy and constantly "breaks". They offer little support and constantly direct customer to hire expensive "consultants" to address issues that their support should provide.

Workflow automation, task creation and automated emails

Setting up the system to integrate with office procedures is difficult and very expensive. Setting up is not user-friendly and will cost over $20,000 for even the smallest of offices. They are constantly making changes to the system which always breaks something else. Their support is poor to none. Had we not invested so much already into this system, we would look for something else. Lots of "promises" with no delivery. This product could be the best there is if they would just make what they have actually "WORK".

Everyone has gone above and beyond to make sure our team is thoroughly trained, and assures they are always a phone call away if ever we have questions. That kind of support is hard to find.

The ease of integration between Actionstep and Office software has been very useful. The two programs work seamlessly with each other.

The only con is the lack of an integration between Actionstep and Adobe software.

Satisfactory until recently. Support has been pretty poor at times.

It works, although aspects of the accounting side are a little clunky and some of the field names (for example in contacts) are inappropriate.

When I signed up to Actionstep it was about AUD $80 per user per month. The price steadily increased over the next 5 years. Currently it is about AUD $135 per user. Then suddenly I am told that the minimum monthly charge will be $469, which is for up to 3 users - there is no option for just 1 user. Yet the website still advertises the pricing as being "per user", which is clearly misleading. I have tried to speak to someone at Actionstep about this situation but have been ignored. Clearly they are no longer interested in sole practitioners. I regard a price increase of over 300% on 6 weeks notice to be very poor business practice, as is their failure to note that their minimum package is for 3 users in the pricing part of their website. I now have to find another provider of a similar service which is time consuming and disruptive.