--- title: "Expert Sierra Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of Expert Sierra Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/expert-sierra-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Law Practice Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/law-practice-management-comparison/) / Expert Sierra Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview # Expert Sierra Review Wondering if Expert Sierra is right for your practice? Our Law Practice Management Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews ## Overview Expert Sierra 4.3 [(10)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/expert-sierra-profile/#reviews) Pricing Pricing available upon request ### About Expert Sierra Expert Sierra is a cloud-based legal practice management solution designed to help mid to large-sized law firms assemble, store and manage financial data of cases. Key features include billing, time tracking, team collaboration, task management, remote access and reporting. The application enables advocates to maintain details, expenses, profit costs and disbursements relative to clients. Using its dashboard, professionals can monitor billed and unbilled payments and track team performance through aging work-in-progress (WIP). It comes with a timekeeper functionality, which helps administrators manage client billing and perform periodic reviews of WIP and accounts receivable (AR). Expert Sierra offers integration with the third-party mail platform Outlook, letting users streamline communication with clients. The solution also provides a calendar feature, which allows advocates to view upcoming appointments and receive reminders for pending tasks. Pricing for the solution is available on request and support is provided via email and phone. Wondering if Expert Sierra is right for your practice? Our Law Practice Management Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. ## Expert Sierra User Interface ## Popular Expert Sierra Alternatives Main Product Expert Sierra 4.3 [(10)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/expert-sierra-profile/#reviews) Ratings Breakdown - 4.20Ease of use - 4.0Value for money - 4.10Customer support - 4.50Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price Alternative Product [LEAP](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/20175-LEAP/) 4.3 [(546)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/20175-LEAP/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.16Ease of use - 3.99Value for money - 4.18Customer support - 4.15Functionality Pricing Available upon request Get Price Alternative Product [Clio](https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/clio-legal-profile/) 4.7 [(1743)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/clio-legal-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.60Ease of use - 4.52Value for money - 4.68Customer support - 4.47Functionality Pricing Starting at $49.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [8am MyCase](https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/mycase-profile/) 4.6 [(807)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/mycase-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.62Ease of use - 4.54Value for money - 4.60Customer support - 4.43Functionality Pricing Starting at $50.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [Smokeball](https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/smokeball-profile/) 4.8 [(359)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/smokeball-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.70Ease of use - 4.54Value for money - 4.72Customer support - 4.64Functionality Pricing Starting at $49.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [8am CasePeer](https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/casepeer-profile/) 4.8 [(217)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/legal/casepeer-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.75Ease of use - 4.69Value for money - 4.76Customer support - 4.62Functionality Pricing Starting at $79.00 per month Get Price ## Expert Sierra Pricing and Plans Starting price: Connect with an advisor for pricing Free Trial Free Version Confused about pricing? 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Get a personalized pricing breakdown tailored to your specific needs—no guesswork, no generic estimates. ## Expert Sierra Features - Popular features found in Law Practice Management Calendar Management Client Portal Communication Management Contract/License Management CRM Document Generation Expense Tracking Mobile Access Reporting & Statistics Task Management Third-Party Integrations Trust Accounting - More features of Expert Sierra Access Controls/Permissions Accounting Activity Dashboard Activity Tracking Alerts/Notifications Automatic Billing Billable Items Tracking Billing & Invoicing Billing Rate Management Case Management Case Notes Client Management Collaboration Tools Conflict Management Contact Management Customizable Reports Customizable Templates Deadline Management Docket Management Document Automation Document Management Document Templates Email Management Full Text Search Invoice Management Legal Case Management Reminders SSL Security Task Progress Tracking Task Scheduling Time & Expense Tracking Time Tracking Workflow Management ## Expert Sierra Integrations Microsoft Excel Integration rated undefined from -1 review Microsoft 365 Integration rated undefined from -1 review Microsoft PowerPoint Integration rated undefined from -1 review Microsoft Word Integration rated undefined from -1 review ## Expert Sierra User Reviews ## Expert Sierra customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.3/5 - Total reviews: 10 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 5 reviews (50%) - 4 stars: 4 reviews (40%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 1 reviews (10%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.2/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4.1/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 --- Have you used Expert Sierra and would like to share your experience with others? ### A great Billing Software to be in - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kevin S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Law Practice - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Our firm struggled for the first couple months in the new system. After getting through the learning curve and understanding the basics of the system we were able to set up and make a customized experience that suited our needs better than any other system we previously used or looked at. After one year of using the system we are continuing to perfect it to our needs, but Expert Sierra is able to do everything we wanted and so much more. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros My favorite part of the system is its customization and ability to do just about anything. Aderant's focus on improving the software makes for a great user experience with feedback becoming new features and support has been very helpful. #### Cons The system is not intuitive when you are first starting the program. The amount of customization options makes the first few months overwhelming and challenging. #### Reasons for switching to Expert Sierra We were looking for a cloud based format that would be able to do better reporting and meld our three systems into one for accounting. --- ### is there competition out there? - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jennifer R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Law Practice - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. No special training is necessary for this program, which is ideal for quick learning. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is easy to use. No explanation is necessary. #### Cons moves slow sometimes. duplicates are too easy to make --- ### Don't walk - run away from anyone selling Aderant. - Overall rating: 2/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Law Practice - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Customer service is non-existent. Training was useless, as something didn't work is just about every training session. Everything is always the users fault, and eventually they just stop responding to IT staff. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros It has a good timekeeping feature. That's it. It has a lot of customization that is useless because the basics are awful. #### Cons It is web-based, so everything goes trough a browser, meaning nothing can be printed or emailed without opening or saving a local copy. Interface was clearly designed just to look good on a tablet by people who have no intention of ever using it. Office add-ins have continuous problems, answer is always to just "delete all of your cookies" meaning you lose all website logins every time their software locks-up, which is often. --- ### Excellent product - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Leah S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Legal Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2019 - 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. We are solving a very outdated accounting software issue. It has been a little bit of a learning curve, but overall, wonderful experience. I think training could be better suited if someone was actually here during the day to day things. Maybe offer training in your package after all the kinks are fixed in the initial push. In other words, after we have had a chance to use it for a while. In the beginning when you are training on a new system, and you are implementing changes, you don't know if it's working or not working because you are doing something wrong, or if it is just a system issue. After you work all that out and you get into your own paces of doing your job, at that point you should have in depth training. Because that is when the questions really arise. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The software is relatively easy to use and intuitive and best of all new. :) The team support was awesome. The people that we worked with seemed very pleasant and knowledgeable. #### Cons It doesn't like dual screens. Sometimes it has little quirks that you discover, that maybe should have been plain in the beginning. Clearing the cache files, what postings are final and how they post, iManage integration, check printing. The reports, there are more options in the system that I can see and we don't seem to have access to those. Some of the training is not exactly what we use or what we have access too. Not consistent with every user (i.e. I see things on my screen a certain way and the user that sits beside me is different). --- ### Great for timekeeping and billing - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Dominic C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Judiciary - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Our office implemented ExpertSierra to satisfy our new timekeeping and billing requirements. So far, the software has lived up to our expectations. OTGTime is probably my favorite aspect of Expert Sierra. It is very intuitive and user-friendly, making timekeeping virtually painless (which I didn't think possible). Using the back office applications required slightly more homework, but I still found it to be tremendously useful once I became familiar with it. The support team has been extremely responsive and attentive. #### Cons My office's needs were somewhat unorthodox, so, understandably, many aspects of the system were extraneous. Ordinarily, that wouldn't be a problem, but it complicates certain tasks, such as inquiries. Because we do not use the Accounts Receivable function, we do not track invoices/time entries by financial period. Some inquiries only allow you to filter by "Period." Consequently, I could not filter certain inquiry results. The back office can also be very laggy at times, but it's never been too much of a hindrance. --- ### Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Stacey I. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Law Practice - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Great program, little issues #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy integration and user friendly, we needed quick reference to files and documents #### Cons no cons, all aspects of product was good --- ### Great Software for Mid Size Firm - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Tammi C. - Industry: Legal Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2019 - 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. Reps and the entire Support Group have been extremely helpful. They would respond immediately to all my issues or questions. They were organized and kept me on task in getting the entire software implemented. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The software makes the entire billing process streamlined. The entire AR module allows for ease deposits and adjusting of client accounts. The Reporting is easy to customize and very comprehensive. #### Cons With any software, the setup was intense. I wish part of the training was in person and not all videos. #### Vendor response Hi Tammi, We appreciate your feedback and are glad to hear your firm is having success with Expert Sierra. With regard to your desire for more personal training, we are happy to announce we host live and interactive, topic-specific user training every week for our clients. Please look for the invitations to attend. Thank you. Replied February 2019 --- ### Aderant Expert Sierra - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Brittney B. - Industry: Law Practice - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: February 2019 - 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. During the transition into Aderant Expert Sierra we have found that we have so many new opportunities in how to qualify and quantify our work's data and this is extremely important for a growing business. We have had the opportunity to work with devoted project managers, developers, and representatives throughout this transition and from this, it is clear that Aderant, as a whole, is committed to providing an excellent customer and client experience. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This software is extremely robust with all its available features. One of the more impressive feats accomplished with Aderant Expert Sierra is the almost seamless task flow among the individual applications which creates a highly synchronous task flow and more efficient back and front office suite. #### Cons Aderant Expert Sierra was a behemoth upon first glance, however, after reviewing the course materials and discussions with the developers and project coordinators, the new software became much more manageable. I think the biggest obstacle to overcome when transitioning into Aderant Expert Sierra is that it is so new and fresh compared to its predecessors. --- ### Aderant Expert Sierra - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Antonio I. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Legal Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2019 - 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. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Aderant Expert Sierra has revolutionized the way our attorneys have been able to bill. The ability to bill in the office and on the road has really changed things for our firm. The clean interface and user friendly application have simplified the process and allowed our users more time to focus on their cases. #### Cons Backend features and settings configuration can be challenging at first. --- ### O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue LLP - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Sherry L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Law Practice - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2019 - 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. The experience was somewhat rough at the onset of the "go live" launch. Improvement over time using the program and becoming more familiar with the product. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Greater functionality in financial and time keeping applications. #### Cons Training sessions being online only. 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