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# Gavel User Reviews

## Reviews summary

- Overall rating: 4.9/5
- Total reviews: 51

### Secondary ratings

- Ease of use: 4.8/5
- Customer support: 4.9/5
- Value for money: 4.9/5
- Functionality: 4.9/5

### Rating distribution

- 5 stars: 49 reviews (96%)
- 4 stars: 1 reviews (2%)
- 3 stars: 1 reviews (2%)
- 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%)
- 1 star: 0 reviews (0%)

### Most mentioned pros

- Using Gavel allows us to litigate smaller cases for our client cost-effectively and to pursue matters they would otherwise have to just write off.
- My experience with Gavel has been excellent - the setup process is straightforward, the automation tools work smoothly, and the platform noticeably reduces drafting time and errors.
- is clearly fully focused on building a great product that continues to innovate and grow with customer's needs and the opportunities afforded by AI.

### Most mentioned cons

- This was frustrating and impacted our workflow (e.g. we could no longer edit our templates).
- For smaller businesses the cost of the software is not worth it.

## Gavel customer reviews

Showing reviews 1-25 of 51 (page 1).

### Much More than Just a "Fill in Blanks" Document Automation Platform

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Mark C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: November 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

We use Gavel extensively to create litigation documents for cases with a large client where the basic fact patterns are very similar with different names, dollar amounts, dates, etc. Using Gavel allows us to litigate smaller cases for our client cost-effectively and to pursue matters they would otherwise have to just write off.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

While there are a number of legal-focused document automation platforms available, Gavel's ability to allow complex workflows and integrations was key for my practice. Other platforms were either too self-contained or unable to handle the logic we needed to create document effeciently. There's also already a robust marketplace of Gavel workflow creators/consultants who can do the heavy lifting in building out your processes for you at a reasonable price, which makes Gavel a good value for the money. Customer service is excellent, and the [sensitive content hidden] is clearly fully focused on building a great product that continues to innovate and grow with customer's needs and the opportunities afforded by AI.

#### Cons

The backend works fine, but isn't quite as polished as it likely will be as it continues to grow its user base. I was also a little frustrated when I built a workflow which was supposed to allow users to upload documents, but had issues with not being able to upload Excel files or larger PDFs.

#### Reasons for switching to Gavel

Clio Draft obviously plays well with Clio but was too limited in terms of logic, branching and complex form capability.

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### Its a homerun

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: John R.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: October 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

It was great. Staff and management very helpful. I have used several platforms and I found this the best one for a small firm like mine. It can save a ton of time (and money) by allowing me to draft my "standard documents: myself and to do it correctly and economically, thus saving me staff time.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Once you learn the basics, it is very EASY to create and use. It is very versatile as well.

#### Cons

Not much to criticize really. Would like a document bundle option for putting together series documents, but not a big problem

#### Reasons for switching to Gavel

The quality and ease of deployment, even though it is more expensive, did it for me. I like the ease with which I can use the program for capitalization and such without having to rely on the word macros, which can be tricky and temperamental

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### Powerful Platform, But Disappointed by Sudden Pricing Change

- Overall rating: 3/5
- Reviewer: Lisa F.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: April 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Gavel offers an excellent no-code solution for automating legal documents. However, we experienced a significant pricing change a few months into our one-year contract, without any notice. Several features we had been actively using were suddenly removed from our plan, and we were informed that regaining access would require upgrading to a significantly more expensive tier—nearly triple the original cost. This was frustrating and impacted our workflow (e.g. we could no longer edit our templates). I hope Gavel improves its customer service in terms of pricing transparency and notice, as the product itself was great.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Once set up, the platform functions smoothly and reliably. While there was a learning curve—as expected with any automation tool—the interface was intuitive enough to navigate with some initial effort. We enjoyed using the product. We also appreciated that the sales team was not overly pushy.

#### Cons

Abrupt change in pricing without notice was a significant problem. At first we thought it was an error but unfortunately it was not.

#### Reasons for choosing Gavel

It was slightly more expensive than alternatives like Woodpecker, but we were prepared to invest in what we believed was a premium product.

#### Reasons for switching to Gavel

We were looking for a cloud-based alternative. Form Tool is a great economical choice, but we were tired of manually inputting data instead of using integrated client questionnaires.

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### The BEST document automation solution on the market

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Michael J.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: October 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Powerful automation with perfect output and ease of use in setting up. The most powerful no-code / low-code solution on the market by far.

#### Cons

For my purposes I have absolutely zero complaints.

#### Reasons for choosing Gavel

Far better automation and breadth of options in Gavel.

#### Reasons for switching to Gavel

WealthDocx & Eldler DocX on a custom software platform. The cost of upkeep in the custom solution was too high and even then it was not as effective as Gavel.

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### Revolutionary Product

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Maurice S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: October 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

I've been with Gavel for years, and it's truly one of the best products on the market. Fantastic.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

The ability to automate very tedious processes and workflows.

#### Cons

It could have more video instructions, and I had to learn some formatting that I didn't know.

#### Reasons for choosing Gavel

Gavel seemed to be better suited for what we were looking for.

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### Gavel review by builder and user

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Makiko S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: January 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

We appreciate the availability of Gavel. Both the standalone Gavel and the Gavel integrated LegalServer are critical programs for our daily use. As both a builder and user, I found Gavel's forms and templates intuitive and easy to create or use.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

First is saving staff's time to create/generate forms. Second is collaboration with applicant to obtain information. Third is that customizable forms and templates which expanding the area using Gavel ( we are using Gavel for internal forms not only Legal forms, such as leave request, Mileage reimbursement form etc).

#### Cons

Con is that I can't find any cons about Gavel : )

#### Reasons for choosing Gavel

LegalServer integrating which is critical role for our staff generating the court forms.

#### Reasons for switching to Gavel

Due to cost and our specific needs, we initially used it on our in-house server. However, since we've transitioned to cloud-based solutions, they no longer offer an option that suits our requirements.

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### The best legal document generation software I can find.

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Peter G.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

Excellent product and support. Second to none. Always a pleasure to deal with Gavel.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

A very powerful and easy to use product. Touted as a no-code product, but the code option is remarkably easy to use in any event - I choose to write my templates by using Gavel's syntax, and I have never used any syntax or programming language before for any purpose. Very sophisticated and powerful template creation enabling the output of very complex documents, or on the other hand the simplest of documents if that's what you want. Links to interviews can be accessed by clients, so they can fill out the forms for immediate document generation for the client, or for initial review by the solicitor.

#### Cons

None really. Some requested features have not been introduced, but Gavel are very responsive to customer feedback, and I'm sure desired features will be included in time.

#### Reasons for choosing Gavel

For all the above stated reasons. No other products seemed to have similar features.

#### Reasons for switching to Gavel

HotDocs too complex for a working solicitor not familiar with code. Support became poor.

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### Great for customization!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for free trial
- Reviewed: August 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Fairly easy to use and learn and allowed for a fast production of documents and customization was unmatched.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 3/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Love that is allows document creation and production with a smaller time investment that other options out there.

#### Cons

There is some pricing issues that didn't feel very transparent as well as some integration difficulties.

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### Fast and Easy Document Automation!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Grace S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: December 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

My experience with Gavel has been excellent - the setup process is straightforward, the automation tools work smoothly, and the platform noticeably reduces drafting time and errors.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Gavel makes legal document automation simple - fast setup, clean workflows, and a big time-saver for busy firms.

#### Cons

No cons - great support and product. I had no problems using it or installing it. I have no complaints.

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### My Experience With Gavel

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Brandon R.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for free trial
- Reviewed: May 2025
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

While some users find the software's price to be high, especially for smaller businesses, I think Gavel has a user-friendly interface and robust security features.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I love that Gavel allows users to streamline document creation, enhance client collaboration, and improve efficiency.

#### Cons

Not really a con, but a suggestion. It would be cool to have an in-app messaging feature for client communication.

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### Well designed for document creation and automation

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Dennis D.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

Well run company with a very, very bright future.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I like Gavel because it has a robust set of tools for logic in both workflows and your target templates. The paywall was something I had to have so I didn't have the hassle of billing and collecting. The customer support is the best.

#### Cons

There is some room for improvement. For our particular use, advance math functions and the ability to require signers to input text during the e-signature process.

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### Fast and easy legal docs

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Nick G.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

If you need fast and accurate documents, get Gavel!

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

They make it fast and easy to get perfect legal documents. Every. Single. Time.

#### Cons

They deserve more credit for the work they do for firms like ours. Can’t image our practice without them!

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### Great software for litigators to automate retainers, discovery, and template-based pleadings

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: May 2019
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

I (and especially our paralegals) are very happy we found Documate. We've saved a ton of time, and it's worth the monthly fee times 1000. Because it creates a web-based app, we've also considered rolling this out as an intake or document generation process for our clients - the interface is clean and mobile-friendly for that purpose, too.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I have used other document automation software, but they've been clunky, hard to use, and ugly. Documate is exactly what our firm was looking for. It was very easy to automate our documents; it keeps our formatting exactly as is (which is important for pleadings and documents with logos and footers); and it lowers human error.

#### Cons

So worth it. I haven't had any cons in the first year of using it. I even had a feature request that they added for our firm. Great customer service.

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### Stellar client experience for my law practice

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Arisa F.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: August 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

I use Gavel as a document automation platform for my internal practice, but also as a client intake and portal for my clients. They are able to log in and fill out data requests and tasks that I have for them, but then I get all that data and can pipe it into the docs. I have not seen another platform that is this powerful on the doc automation side and can also make it easy for me to run my practice. Great software.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

The best combination of robustness and ease. Gavel has been a game changer for my law practice, allowing me to generate document sets in a fraction of the time, and it was easy to set up. Just great software all-around.

#### Cons

Would like to be able to communicate with my customers through their client portal with in-app messaging. This is a feature that I understand will come in the future.

#### Vendor response

Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We are so happy to hear about Gavel's impact on your practice and your clients. Reach out to us anytime if you need anything.

Replied August 2023

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### From a non-lawyer: Gavel is great for contract management and document control

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Tadas A.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: September 2023
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

- Versatile for non-legal tasks like contract management and document generation- Intuitive and user-friendly UX that doesn't require legal expertise- Constant updates and feature additions, with a responsive customer service team

#### Cons

- Lack of in-app messaging for client communication

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### Well worth the price

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Hillary W.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 501-1000 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: May 2019
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

Love this software. Take the 7-day free trial and you'll see how easy it is to set up. You may need to have a round of layoffs because of how much time it saves.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Has saved us a fortune in administration time. We have all of our (very lengthy) contracts and contract packets set up in the interview builder. Anytime someone in the company wants to initiate a contract, they run the interview from the link. So much faster than spending half the day modifying a document.

#### Cons

Really hard to think of any. Maybe would be nice to be able to customize fonts and colors for the client-facing piece.

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### Powerful software with a beautiful output. Saved so much time customizing documents for specific cli

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used other for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: April 2019
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

Documate has been a crucial tool for my role. Perfect documents every time.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Our company has seen a great return with Documate. It has allowed me to merge client data into both MS office and Adobe documents, and share my workflows with others on my team to save us all time. It's customizable and well-documented. Client support is also available around the clock for any questions. Highly recommend.

#### Cons

None so far. Their support team has responded to everything I've needed or wanted added very quickly.

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### No programming skills required

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Lorrie W.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: January 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Aside from the features in the application itself, the customer service is amazing. The team is constantly working to add features that add convenience and save time. The product is extremely easy to learn without having any sort of programming skills. I would offer that it probably has one of the most user friendly interfaces that I've seen. The Gavel user community is extremely helpful in Gavel's Slack channel and there is an abundance of helpful resources on their website, as well as in YouTube. And when I say their customer service is amazing, that's because if you can't find the answer in the existing resources, their support team is quick to help. Any time I have reached out for support, I hear back from someone on their team within 15 minutes or so.

#### Cons

Although the Word add-in allows you to insert variables that were previously created in the workflow, you are unable to create variables directly from the add-in, on the fly. Although it doesn't take very much time to switch back and forth between the applications, it is the only thing I can think of that I have seen in other applications that would be a bonus in Gavel.

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### Gavel has been a game-changer for our workflow automation!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Allen S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: March 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

Prior to Gavel, our client intake relied on PDF forms that required a lot of manual manipulation and weren't the easiest to update. Talk about a time and energy suck. Plus, our confidence in using our forms began to wobble as there were new questions that we wanted to include as well as existing questions that we wanted to adjust. And oddly enough, our forms became buggy which didn't make for the best client experience. So this put us on the hunt for a new solution which led me to [sensitive content hidden] and the Gavel team (Documate at the time). Everyone was terrific. After pulling the trigger and making the switch, we haven't looked back. Goodbye clunky old forms. Gavel for the win!

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

3 standouts: (1) A secure client portal that has dramatically improved the efficiency of our intake workflow; (2) The ability to easily and instantly update the data we collect; and (3) The AMAZING CUSTOMER SUPPORT!!!

#### Cons

My only gripe is that we didn't implement Gavel sooner. ;)

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### More powerful than I expected and easy to use

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Ruby L.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: August 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Overall, the software is powerful, can accomplish almost anything I threw at it, easy to use, and great to put in front of my clients. It's seamless, and they're always growing and adding new features. Very customer-focused company.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Gavel is incredibly powerful. I have looked at multiple legal automation software providers, and Gavel really rose to the top with its functionality. The goal of automation is to get my docs to almost 100% before I do the final review, and Gavel did that for me. There were so many small features that I didn't think about (like nested repeating items) when I was initially looking at software that were easy to set up on Gavel. Also, the customer success team really cares, and so does the founder.

#### Cons

Honestly, I am struggling to come up with something big. There are features that I wanted when I did my demo that they had by the time I signed up. They have a customer wishlist of features that it seems they actually execute on.

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### Gavel is our ally in Brevity

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Ezequiel B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

Astounding. I would never change Gavel for document automation

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

The product is extremely easy to use and the interface is great not only with the document automation, but how the form is presented to the client.

#### Cons

Nothing really. I do want to see Blueprint (the AI feature) work in Spanish.

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### We love Gavel.

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Mike C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: January 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Gavel is robust enough to handle everything from intake forms to complex commercial agreements.

#### Cons

Gavel is probably best described as a low code solution, not a No code solution but learning a little code is worth the effort.

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### Gavel review

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: John B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

Very satisfied with my overall experience.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

For someone with limited coding skills, the Help desk is first class!

#### Cons

Understanding how to code a sophisticated workflow can be challenging.

#### Reasons for switching to Gavel

Gavel has more functionality than The Form Tool and Community Lawyer

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### Gavel Minimizes Time Spent on Document Creation

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Megan S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Management Consulting
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: January 2024
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Gavel is an all around fantastic software to minimize the time needed to create legal documentation. With ample customization options and the easy no-code environment, even small law firms can take advantage of the efficiency opportunities and cost savings Gavel has to offer in their day-to-day operations.

#### Cons

The price point for advance features can be costly to smaller law firms.

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### Almost Too Easy to Productize Legal Docs

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Hunter P.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: July 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

It is a very logical puzzle that becomes fun, after you get the hang of it. I searched high and low for a no-code app builder with a customizable navigation bar for legal products, and nothing came close to what Gavel was able to offer. I did not expect to be able to accomplish everything I set out to do, but Gavel made it all possible.

#### Cons

The Pro option could be a little cheaper for the first few months, to help startup founders test demand before taking a somewhat expensive plunge.

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