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# PracticePanther Legal Software User Reviews

## Reviews summary

- Overall rating: 4.7/5
- Total reviews: 529

### Secondary ratings

- Ease of use: 4.6/5
- Customer support: 4.6/5
- Value for money: 4.6/5
- Functionality: 4.5/5

### Rating distribution

- 5 stars: 430 reviews (81%)
- 4 stars: 56 reviews (11%)
- 3 stars: 23 reviews (4%)
- 2 stars: 4 reviews (1%)
- 1 star: 16 reviews (3%)

### Most mentioned pros

- I like that my client can sign up for intakes from my website, log into the client portal for updates, and create documents with a mouse click.
- Reliable legal software that improves organization, workflow, and team productivity efficiently and quickly
- It has significantly improved our efficiency with document management and client billing.

### Most mentioned cons

- One drawback is that some advanced features can be a bit complex for new users, creating a learning curve initially.
- The client portal did not include a lot of the functionality we wanted for our clients.
- The billing function was also something with which many clients seemed to struggle.

## PracticePanther Legal Software customer reviews

Showing reviews 1-25 of 529 (page 1).

### A good option for case management

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Nils W.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: May 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

An efficient, yet advanced case management system, that is enough for any solo practitioner. Quality customer service.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Practice Panther utilizes a straightforward and easy to use interface. It's client onboarding and matter opening process is quick and easy. And, PP incorporates convenient solutions to its subscriptions, such as document signing, without the need to pay additional fees.

#### Cons

Although the interface is to the point, it does feel outdated. Some of the buttons and dropdown menus are a bit small.

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### Almost complete…

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Courtenay Elizabeth P.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: March 2025
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

I have enjoyed it but customer service has been somewhat challenging, as in no answers at the time of call.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Invoicing integration with WiseTime; convenient esigning of documents.

#### Cons

Time-tracking is not included but requires use of separate software

#### Reasons for choosing PracticePanther Legal Software

Appeared to incorporate more features (but not time-tracking)

#### Vendor response

Hi Courtenay, I'm glad you're enjoying PracticePanther and are taking advantage of our native eSign capabilities; however, we're sorry to hear that you were not able to get in contact with our Support team. We will have a member of our team reaching out to you shortly. Additionally, we did want to let you know that PracticePanther does actually offer native time-tracking capabilities included as a part of your subscription. These features allow you to track time from your computer or phone and bill for them right in the software, so you shouldn't need to rely on external software to keep up with your billable hours. Again, a member of our team will be contacting your shortly to set up a training so they can answer any questions you may have on the time tracking features available in your account. If you need anything else, please just let us know!

Replied March 2025

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### Happy camper!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Paul C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: August 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I have used PP for several years. Developers were easy to contact in the beginning, but staff has grown and support does the job now. I usually have new staff up and running within a few days with the basics - calendaring appointments, invoicing, card payments, setting up new clients. Thank you for a great product that keeps improving!

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Ease of use - short learning curve, accessibility of support for problems and consideration of suggestions, frequent additions to functionality

#### Cons

There were a few glitches in its early years that were a nuisance, but they appear resolved now. It is a little pricey for a solo firm, but it makes practice much smoother!

#### Reasons for choosing PracticePanther Legal Software

Fits my practice better, initial pricing per station, quality and content of product

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### Poor Integrations

- Overall rating: 1/5
- Reviewer: Michael Q.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: July 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Every time I have to develop something against practicepanther's API I feel like I would rather be at the dentist

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

PracticePanther allows the attorneys to keep time and allows us to keep our open matters in a centralized location.

#### Cons

I work for a law firm that uses PracticePanther. I have to say, as a software engineer, that aside from some SOAP interfaces I've had to deal with, PracticePanther has the worst public-facing API I have ever seen. It has not been updated in 10 years and it is completely unrepresentative of the data that you can get from clicking around the app. This is an issue for me because PracticePanther's reporting dashboards are horrendous. For an app that is geared toward running a business, there is very little in they way of actually reporting how your employees are (or are not) bringing in revenue. For this reason, I've built an entire ETL layer over what little, poorly formatted, data I can gather from the API and stitched it into nice dashboards complete with alerting via various channels and my own endpoints for querying. This is actually useful for the business' stakeholders. It's gotten to a point where I am at this very moment writing a selenium scraper to go get things from the website. Every request I make to push updates to the API are ignored. Aside from the API, the application has also changed very little over the past decade.

#### Reasons for choosing PracticePanther Legal Software

I considered these other products because they are law firm management softwares

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### Very good value for the money, but could use more work.

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: James B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: June 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Overall, I was pleased with PracticePanther but we had to make a switch because its lack of document management and lack of a robust client portal made other options more attractive for us and our clients.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

PracticePanther did an excellent job with its ease of use, customer support, and value for the money. It's interface from the perspective of the lawyer and staff user was exceptional.

#### Cons

I was not as pleased with the document management function. Because it was not integrated, it required a different system to share documents with clients. The billing function was also something with which many clients seemed to struggle. The client portal did not include a lot of the functionality we wanted for our clients.

#### Reasons for choosing PracticePanther Legal Software

Primarily cost was the deciding factor for Clio. Ease of use for us was the deciding factor for MyCase.

#### Reasons for switching to PracticePanther Legal Software

At the time we made the switch, Tabs did not have a usable online function and its cost for entry was too high. Also, our local Tabs rep who was to help with it was very bad.

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### Practice Panther is a great program

- Overall rating: 3/5
- Reviewer: Jennifer H.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Overall Practice Panther did the job. We were able to use it without any complications. The transition was easy and uneventful.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Practice Panther was simple to use. I used it for a brief time and I was able to keep everything organized.

#### Cons

I would have liked Practice Panther to have a separate organized section for each case. It was hard to navigate the docs as they were all lumped together.

#### Vendor response

Hi Jennifer - we're glad to hear that you enjoyed your time using PracticePanther and found the features, value, and ease-of-use to be so great. Our team strives to deliver the best product we can to our users. If you have the time, our team would love to connect with you to hear more about your experience navigating your documents in the platform.

Replied December 2025

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### Efficient and User-Friendly Legal Management Tool

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Roshni S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 5001-10000 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: April 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Overall, my experience with PracticePanther Legal Software has been positive. It offers a well-structured platform for managing cases, tracking time, and organizing client information efficiently. The interface is user-friendly, and automation features help save time in daily operations. While there are minor areas for improvement, the software is reliable and enhances overall productivity.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

PracticePanther is highly intuitive and easy to use, making case management and task tracking very efficient. I particularly liked its automation features, time tracking, and centralized client data, which help streamline workflows and improve overall productivity.

#### Cons

One drawback is that some advanced features can be a bit complex for new users, creating a learning curve initially. Additionally, occasional lag and limited customization in certain areas can impact the overall user experience.

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### Happy Customer

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: david M.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 1001-5000 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: March 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Its been amazing im truly happy with the product and service and will continue using it for as long as i can thankyou.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

They are very up to date on all the latest technology, which is super crucial for what i need and must have at my job.

#### Cons

They sometimes have lagging issues with the server but it could only be for me and my end. thats all i have a issue with

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### ​Streamlined Case Management Made Easy

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: TERRIYANNA I.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: April 2026
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

PracticePanther is a powerful, all-in-one solution for legal practice management. It has significantly improved our efficiency with document management and client billing. It’s reliable and helps keep everything organized in a high-pressure environment.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

The platform is excellent for keeping case files, documents, and contacts all in one place. It makes law firm management much more streamlined.

#### Cons

While the basics are easy, some of the deeper document automation tools take a little more time to set up and master.

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### Efficient Legal Software for Managing Cases and Billing

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Tracy S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used weekly for free trial
- Reviewed: May 2026
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Reliable legal software that improves organization, workflow, and team productivity efficiently and quickly

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 3/5
- Customer support: 2/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Easy case management, billing, and client communication tools that save time daily. Every time you use it

#### Cons

Some advanced features take time to learn, and pricing may be high for small firms just starting out.

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### Love PracticePanther

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Brenda S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: September 2021
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

This software has saved us time on the tasks that would take a long time like creating letters or pleadings as they are automated now. Since the information pulls from the fields there is also a very low risk for typing errors.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Super easy to use! We love that we can create custom fields for a contact or matter and have really enjoyed the automation portion of the software. The templates are easy to create and automatically pull the information from the contact and matter sections that we need.

#### Cons

Under Matter, instead of editing the whole section, it would be nice if I could hoover over the field I only need to update. I also wish I could highlight text in the matter or notes section. I create multiple matters under one client and some of the information in the fields is always the same. It would be nice if I could select an option so any time I create a new matter for that client, the information in the matter auto fills for any new case going forward.

#### Reasons for choosing PracticePanther Legal Software

Price and ease of use

#### Reasons for switching to PracticePanther Legal Software

Had to upgrade every so often and had to log onto our server to use. With PracticePanther, I log in from anywhere.

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### Best practice management system I have used

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Alexis A.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: August 2019
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I use Practice Panther as my main case managment system. My team and I LIVE on this software. It is far better than the alternatives I have used in the past and in other firms. We have it downloaded on all computers and phones for easy access in court at all times.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

I like the intuitive interface, clean look, and the ability to customize my own workflows.

#### Cons

I would like to see a private server capability added in instead of having to rely on Box. One that we can access via VPN would be helpful. I wish we could add in a bit more automation customization. For example, I would like to be able to send my clients a customized email with attachments and helpful info before specific events, rather than the generic reminder email. I would also like the ability to create conditional logic in certain events.

#### Reasons for choosing PracticePanther Legal Software

The main reason I initially chose it was price and interface look. Now I wouldn't change for anything because it is constantly evolving with my firm's growth and provides all the support we need.

#### Reasons for switching to PracticePanther Legal Software

There was much more functionality and customization available with PP than Abacus.

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### Easy to use and understand

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Eureka D.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: March 2025
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Practice Panther has been very user friendly since I first started using. The support is awesome.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Practice Panther is very easy to use and understand. The billing and invoicing are a plus and what's even better clients can pay directly from invoices which saves time tracking payments

#### Cons

I can't say that I have experienced any "cons" using Practice Panther.

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### Practice Phanter Review

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: November 2024
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Excellent software. Upload and download is fast.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

User Friendly and simple interface. Easy to use.

#### Cons

Expiring login. Needs to log in every few minutes.

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### PracticePanther has cut the amount of time I spend on my office management duties by about 65%.

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Tara M.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Product usage: Used unspecified for unspecified
- Reviewed: April 2017
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Before PracticePanther my client information was all over my computer. I kept track of billable hours and financials in Exel, client emails in Google, and my forms (intake, representation, agreements, court filings etc) in Word. This meant in order to have everything as it pertained to a specific client in one place, I had to print everything out. And, I was using nonlegal software to send out billing invoices which lead to long hours of transcribing information from Excel to the service I was using. The rate of error of retyping information like addresses or agreements or billable hours into different software programs was high. I am a solo practitioner who does not have a clerk, secretary or paralegal. So after a long day of work, I then had to become the marketing, IT and accounting departments. I spent a lot of time doing things two and three times. I knew I needed a case management system but was afraid it would be too expensive or time consuming to learn. After doing my due diligence I found PracticePanther. Not only was PP one of the most affordable options out there, they had very intuitive methods of doing things so the learning curve did not take much time. Now anything and everything pertaining to a specific client is kept in one place. All billables, emails, evidence, representation agreements I even enter details of phone calls and meetings I have on matters in the Notes section for each matter so I have a documented history of what was discussed on what day. PracticePanther has cut the amount of time I spend on my office management duties by about 65%. I use that time to grow my practice, network or do pro bono work.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

I love the IT help, the invoicing system and the templates feature. I had a lot of questions and needed a lot of help in the beginning. Being able to schedule times to discuss my issues with the IT guys at PracticePanther was great. The fact that they can take over your computer remotely so they can see what you see in real time is even better. Their response time to non-scheduled issues is pretty fast. I have also found their FAQs and how to videos to be extremely helpful but having a live person to speak with who can access your computer is just as good as having someone standing next to me while I work. The invoicing system is phenomenal. It keeps track of all of my client banking accounts. I can see at any time how much is in my IOLTA account, how much is in my operating account, how much a client owes, how much a client has paid and how much I have billed a client but not yet invoiced. I can do this client by client, matter by matter or as an overall total. LawPay is free if you sign up through PracticePanther which is awesome because it handles my credit card transactions and when a client pays, it automatically updates my invoicing and accounts. PracticePanther also knows how to deduct things from a client's retainer when sending out an invoice so you don't have to worry about that either. Their timing device feeds right into the system. It is awesome.

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### Powerful program and well worth the money!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Dorothy R.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: September 2021
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

PracticePanther has resolved issues with missed appointments and deadlines by easily tracking the same on a shared calendar that all members of the firm can see at a glance while in office and remotely when away.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Easy to integrate from previous case management system, and a dream to use since doing so. Couldn't ask for a better, more user friendly product.

#### Cons

Only thing we haven't liked is the ability to calendar multiple cases on one event, but PracticePanther software developers have promised to look into this feature.

#### Reasons for switching to PracticePanther Legal Software

Amicus Attorney became cost proclusive and PracticePanther offered to do all that AA was doing at a much better price. Transition was easy and happened without a single glitch. Love their tech support, as we've always had very fast response time to minor issues encountered when we began using the product. After just a few weeks it has run without the need to rely on support, but always nice to know it is there if needed!

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### It has really changed the way we interact with our customers

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Hossam M.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: December 2022
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

My overall experience is amazing. I love this software and it makes my life so much easier. I would recommend him to anyone who owns a law firm.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Look and experience became one in every of our figuring out elements to align with PracticePanther. It's exceedingly smooth to use, and maximum of your facts is to be had on every occasion you want it. In immigration law, there are a variety of very vital dates and data to hold music of, so being capable of create all of the custom fields we wanted became a large win. I additionally love how smooth it's miles to hold music of our bills. We can mechanically music who made the payment, after which comply with up with every person we nonetheless want to get hold of from. Giving our clients greater transparency actually indicates that we will use generation to enhance our services.

#### Cons

There are very few things I don't like about this software. One of the most important things when you want to switch editions is that you have to go back to the customer profile and then back to the editions before switching to a new one. It's very time consuming because you have to wait for it to load.

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### Amazing program!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Scott M. W.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: November 2018
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I bought this program when I first opened my practice about 2.5 years ago. I knew going into my own firm that I wanted a comprehensive client management tool. After spending hours online reviewing various programs, I decided to give the 30-day free trial a shot. I think I purchased the monthly subscription immediately after starting to use the program. Since that time, I have built on my knowledge, incorporating the MailChimp and QBO features first, then started learning how to streamline my document preparation through the template feature. What would have previously taken me multiple hours a week to manage, now takes minutes.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

PracticePanther is intuitive and very user friendly. It has a ton of features that expedite minuscule tasks and free up admin time. It syncs with all my favorite resources, like QBO, MailChimp, and Box, making communication with clients a lot easier and keeps routine mailings operational. If you use a lot of form templates, the template builder is a major time saver and cuts down on user error and oversights. I use this program every day in my law office and am very grateful for how easy it is. Even better, the customer support team is phenomenal. I rarely have any issues with the program (it is easy to use), but when I run into something I need help with, a quick message to the PP team is responded to within minutes and the problem is solved or at a minimum I am given an update and expected time of completion. I couldn't recommend this program more to a solo or small legal practice.

#### Cons

Nothing, the team is constantly updating its software and programs that it connects to. They provide online videos to help and I frequently learn of new ways to use the program from regular updates by the team.

#### Vendor response

Thank you so much Scott for the extra kind feedback!

Replied November 2018

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### Terrible practice management software

- Overall rating: 1/5
- Reviewer: Jeff P.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: June 2019
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

When you sign up, you'll get an invitation to a live webinar two weeks out. Totally unhelpful for someone trying to get up and running. I have been using PracticePanther for about one month, and I'm already considering changing to another PMS. The money I spent on PracticePanther is a sunk cost. I really think I should just cut my losses because if I don't, I'll end up spending a lot of time trying to manage and work around the software. I really don't feel like it's saving me any time at all. I would probably be better off with T-sheets, Quickbooks, and Law Pay only.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Clients can pay online. I honestly can't think of anything else to say.

#### Cons

Where do I start? The time keeping function is terrible. You cannot edit start and stop times. You cannot start and stop multiple timers in the mobile app. The software auto-saves frequently, and when it does, it moves the cursor in the entry to the end of the text. This is annoying. You cannot start a timer and then add the client-matter without causing the time to round up. The syncing with G Suite is bad. The software will not sync with all the fields in Google Contacts, and the "custom fields" in PracticePanther do not sync into Google Contacts. This results in a lot of duplicate data entry, which is what I was trying to void with practice management software. The software does not sync will with Google Drive well at all either. Apparently, you can't have any folders in Google Drive with the same name. For example, Client_01\general and Client_02\general would result in an error and none of your Google Drive documents will be visible in PracticePanther. The software billing feature is terrible. First, you cannot have multiple companies or entities tied to the same individual. Thus, if you have a contact who owns multiple businesses that are clients, you will not be able to list all those businesses under the client's name. To make matters worse, you can only email invoices to individuals who are listed under the company. I had to create multiple dummy contacts called "Accounts Payable" just so that I could email my clients their invoices. I ran out of space.

#### Vendor response

Hi Jeff, Thank you so much for taking the time to join our team on a training call, and for discussing the features and functionalities you would like to see incorporated into the software on our follow up call. As mentioned, some of the functionalities, specifically regarding Google, are limited by our integration partners. However, we will, of course, update you if any of the discussed functionalities change at any point. We are constantly working on improving our user experience and your comments and feedback are greatly appreciated. Thanks again for your time, please feel free to reach out to us if there is anything we can help you with.

Replied June 2019

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### Slow and often times down.

- Overall rating: 2/5
- Reviewer: Thad S.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: July 2019
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

When it's working properly, it is easy to use and intuitive. Unfortunately, it gets hung up a lot when you're trying to sort activities and task lists. It seems to be down quite often on Monday mornings. At least once or twice a month in the last six weeks or so. It's down right now (Tuesday, July 2, 2019) and my firm of 27 people cannot use the software. It was down last week for over an hour. Yesterday, it was getting hung up when I was trying to view the "task list" and there are several tasks that I needed to complete for my clients. In the past, the calendar kept getting hung up and our front desk team of three people had to keep our clients on hold for extended periods while they were waiting for the program to load. We went through their customer service channels and ask them nicely and with increasing urgency to please resolve the issue. Nothing happened until we posted a negative review and they fixed it within a day. Then they caused by telephone and asked us to take down the negative review. I'm starting to wonder whether they actually work weekends in order to do system maintenance of the program is not down during the week.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 2/5
- Customer support: 3/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

It's very intuitive which makes it easy to use. It integrates well with Law Pay.

#### Cons

It gets hung up a lot. The program is down for long stretches during the workday.

#### Vendor response

Hi Thad, Thank you so much for your review. Ease of use stands at the top of our priority list, so we're glad to hear that you find PracticePanther to be intuitive. We pride ourselves with an uptime of 99.9% and we do apologize for any slowness you may have experienced over the past month. We have seen higher than usual spikes on the server and have implemented upgrades to scale our environments which should prevent these slowness occurrences in the future. Regarding July 2, there was a widespread issue with an application PracticePanther utilizes called CloudFlare that caused errors for some of our users. For immediate server updates, you can also subscribe to our Status Page to receive real time server status updates: https://practicepanther.statuspage.io/ We apologize for this inconvenience, understand your frustration, and appreciate your feedback.

Replied July 2019

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### Solo Practice Law Firm

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Stephanie J.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: October 2018
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Practice Panther has been great with helping me stay on track with my QuickBooks accounting; and staying organized with client files. As a solo practitioner, it was important for me to be able to do all things necessary to maintain a viable business, and perform at a peak level for my clients while juggling every hat. Practice Panther has exceeded my expectations.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Ease of use, and tutorials that allowed me to quickly gain the requisite knowledge for utilizing each feature were absolutely critical to starting my law firm. One of the greatest assets to Practice Panther is its amazing team. I love the one on one trainings, and how many of the features I had questions about were already on the agenda for discussion (provided by the team member conducting the training ahead of time). Thus, saving me time, and only needing me to add additional ones, if necessary. I love the tutorials, templates, pop ups, and live chat features. Live chats have been so helpful in a pinch when I encounter a new challenge with things like linking two client matters together. I love how links to possible video tutorials pop up, while I am waiting for a team member to reply, to see if my question can be answered with one of the step by step videos . I use those videos for future references all the time.

#### Cons

There is nothing I do not like about the software. I only had one hiccup with syncing the LawPay feature with Practice Panther, and one of my client's could not submit their credit card payment online. There was an additional step after your LawPay account is approved, and you must go into your Practice Panther account settings to select the banking accounts that you want to use with LawPay. There were no instructions for this step in the process. However, this appeared to be more of a LawPay issue due to the 3 day time delay for approving the LawPay account. Because Practice Panther is so easy to use, I was actually able to figure out where the problem was, and get my client's payment through within a few minutes. Both Practice Panther and LawPay were quick on responding to the issue, and did an amazing job.

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### Love the product but technical issues are problematic

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2018
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

If you are a solo with a few clients and few files, it will work great. But as you grow, it becomes increasingly difficult to filter out the closed and unwanted files and clients.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Super simply to use. The dashboard snapshot of a case if fantastic. You can see how much is trust, the next task, etc.

#### Cons

I absolutely loved the software until issues began developing with how it syncs with Box. Files and documents would go missing. Every time we reached out to tech support we were told "user error." It didn't seem right. But then, after paying careful attention, we began to show it was NOT user error but the software remapping the location of various folders into places that we weren't looking. Half of the call was spent convincing tech support that it wasn't us, but them. They would then look into and find out that it was a software glitch.

#### Vendor response

Thank you for taking the time to share this experience and your honest feedback. We have not had this issue with our Box integration with other customers, and are very sorry to hear that the support team did not resolve this in a timely and helpful manner. We strongly believe we have the best software in the market, and we strive to couple that with the best customer support in the industry. This situation definitely falls short of this, and we want to get this issue resolved for you. Please reach out to us at help@practicepanther.com with a reference to this review and any past interactions with the support team, and we will address it as soon as possible. Thank you again for the feedback and we hope to improve your experience with PracticePanther in the future!

Replied December 2018

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### Customized client intake, easy reporting, and simple invoice tracking!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Ron R.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: January 2022
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

It really has changed how we interact with our clients. The ease of sending new client intake forms, which can be filled out on any device regardless of having a PracticePanther account, has really streamlined our intake process. Being able to track invoices right within the tool, and being able to generate reports easily - it really has streamlined how we operate.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

The look and feel was one of our deciding factors to go with PracticePanther. It’s incredibly intuitive, and most of your data is available whenever you need it. In immigration law, there’s a lot of very important dates and information that need to be tracked, so being able to create all the custom fields we needed was a big win. I also love how easy it is to track our billing. We can automatically track who has paid, and then follow-up with anyone we still need to collect from. Giving extra transparency to our clients really showcases our ability to use technology to enhance our services.

#### Cons

When starting with any new software you need to approach it with some patience. There’s a lot of training available, both videos and text-based. So getting ramped-up and knowing that we needed to experiment with customization and intake forms, and get the team to support using it was going to take some time.

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### Great and improving all the time!

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Michael M.
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: July 2016
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

This is an update to a previous review I made. The folks at Panther are impressive. They've taken recommendations I and others have made and implemented them; they've quickly addressed issues I've had; and they are always courteous and responsive. The overall layout has vastly improved since my first review, and looks downright beautiful. We live by the search feature and it now works on custom fields. Custom fields can now also be listed in reports. You can now group custom fields so that you may show only those fields in a matter or contact that pertain to their specific situation. We have structured Panther so we can use it as a basic CRM...which is an immense work-flow savings for us. We asked for Dropbox integration and what they produced is perfect (considering the limitations of Dropbox). Time keeping is a snap and reachable from any screen. We asked to be able to a log call without assigning it to a matter, and they changed that so now we can. The tasking feature and its integration with the calendar is fantastic, I could not service so many clients without it. And the Panther folks have taken it on themselves to make some minor changes that have made the workflow of using the program much faster than in my previous review. I now can answer the question I posed in my earlier review of whether I love or hate Panther: We love it. I admit that it's not perfect (a couple of basic features in billing need to be addressed before I am willing to use that portion of the program), but Panther saves us many hours a week. I tried many firm management products before settling on Practice Panther, and I am glad I stayed with them. It's already better than the others, and it keeps getting better all the time thanks to their team. You cannot go wrong choosing Practice Panther. Final note: To my surprise one lawyer told me Panther seemed expensive. Really?! It seems well priced to me, and if you try to save a few dollars a month with some inferior product you will pay dearly for that choice in lost time.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

Beautiful layout, easy to use, functions as a basic CRM, matter and time management, and billing program all in one.

#### Cons

Flat fee billing is not well thought out, and the billing module presents clients with a reckoning of my operating account as well as their trust account. (I understand Panther may have made the operating account info optional by now, or that is in their near term plan.)

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### Love it

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Robin E.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: October 2022
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I used to spend HOURS every month doing my billing, and invoicing. I absolutely hated billing. Now it takes me a few minutes and a few clicks of a button and its finished, and the invoices are on their way to my clients, with an easy way to pay online.

#### Ratings breakdown

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

#### Pros

I really love every aspect of this operating software. It saves me time, and frustration. It is also accessible from anywhere, and extremely easy to use.

#### Cons

There is nothing that I do not like. When I find something that can be "improved" such as adding sound to reminders... they added it into the software.

#### Reasons for choosing PracticePanther Legal Software

Ease of use, and all the integrations features that save me time and money.

#### Reasons for switching to PracticePanther Legal Software

I needed a program that worked on my Mac.

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