Great and easy

Since the software is out of its puberty, it is all great.

Pros

The fact that it is intuitive and very responsive. Also, the customer service is there when you need them and they are most helpful.

Cons

At the moment there is very little I don't like.

Thread overall

It is a good experience when it does not freeze and has all its functions.

Pros

I really like the home page where you can see the latest info on new emails on files, the files you recently used and the important website links. Templates are very useful and also the preview when you click on a file in activity and doing a brief.

Cons

Not being able to use the full functionality such as scanning post and assigning to file, not being able to use the email in thread to send and receive attachments without the worry of it not going out or going in the unassigned emails, not being able to rename and date an attachment before dragging it in the thread add on to the file. Customizing fields I found a bit tricky. Not being able to use the call option if a client rang and being on the file.

Excellent potential, but not there yet

It has definitely made our job a lot easier in many respects, however it is also very frustrating at times.

Pros

Cloud-based and integrated with Office 365. Very easy to make templates. Developers are responsive to suggestions and many of ours have been implemented.

Cons

It's not at all intuitive so intensive training is necessary. There are numerous bugs and aspects of it regularly become unusable. Impossible to opt out of some "new features" that don't suit us. Visually it is quite unattractive. No mobile app and its mobile website is very difficult to work with.

Thread Legal Software

I had lost some emails and was concerned about loss of data, and security

Pros

It is relatively early days for me, but I like the security of knowing that my files are backed up in the cloud and that I can access them everywhere on my phone. I see that the more information that is fed into the system, the better it performs. When the information is there, it does make creating documents quite fast and easy

Cons

I am using the system less than 6 months, and at present, there remains a temptation for speed to simply use my old system, which did rely on copying over precedent letters etc. That is faster in the moment. I do understand that will improve by sticking with it. Creating templates I find to be a bit fiddly, and the categories for contacts are a bit limited in some respects - a common one required for Irish legal practitioners would be an engineer or architect and I have to use consultant as the category, because there is no appropriate option

Review

Generally positive but sometimes frustrating, many suggested features were implemented and the product has grown with time.

Pros

Remote access, customisation of interface and significant improvement since initial release thanks to very responsive support.

Cons

Non-intuitive tasks/alarms, duplication of emails in Outlook and Thread, occasional minor bugs.

Potential to be great - still a work in progress

Overall experience fair. This may be partly down to needing further training. The problem is that bad habits are formed where the product is not easy or intuitive to use.

Pros

Recent integration of emails very useful

Cons

Booklet preparation and presentation not good. Attaching documents while sending emails very clunky. Information slow to load. Click to contacts should be front page.

Review

Pros

Very easy to use and navigate and seems to link well with Microsoft applications

Cons

The Thread Email thread is a convoluted way of transferring emails. Once you upload you then have to go into Thread to change the name etc. The Tasks feature needs more work as you dont seem to get any reminders.

Brilliant but buggy

Not bad - Thread is a work in progress and will be unbeatable when it is up to full functionality.

Pros

Innovative, flexible and customisable.

Cons

Too many bugs, and the system slows to a crawl at times.

Probably not the best time to review

Frustrating but I appreciate that there are issues that need to be ironed out

Pros

The search function captures files and documents well

Cons

It doesn't really work completely for what we need. Mac integration is poor. Renaming of emails etc. is clunky, too many clicks.

Thread

Not using it long enough to comment

Pros

Not using it long enough to give an opinion

Cons

The transmission between Keyhouse and Thread - contact details not coming over.

Good product

Very positive.

Pros

We started using Thread in the office in March 2020. It helped us to improve our case management and allowed us to switch ti remote work if needed. It was crucial in light of Covid19 pandemics as we could continue our work smoothly. It is also very helpful to have an access to all files while in court on during the business trip without the need of taking heavy paper files with you. It is a very good all-in-one tool for case management, outlook, calendar and tasks. It has a nice and easy to navigate interface and most of the functions are very intuitive and can be operated after no or very little training. We see a lot of improvement in the last year so i look forward for next upgrades.

Cons

There are still few bugs showing one and again which are being taken care of the IT support team. It does not work well on Linux

Kevin O Donovan & Partners, Solicitors

Pros

It was much easier to integrate into our business than we expected.

Cons

Training wasn’t as good as we expected. There were many technical glitches with the software early on which took some time to resolve.

Thread

Good.Sometimes tech support is slow and lacks direction.

Pros

Yes.I work remotely a lot and access to my total virtual file is super.

Cons

The software is a bit glitchy sometimes

Review of Thread

Pros

Search functionality is great! The interface is clear and easy to read.

Cons

Integration with finance and time recording need to be improved.