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- Secteur d'activité : Services financiers
- Taille de l'entreprise : 1 001–5 000 employés
- Logiciel utilisé toutes les semaines pendant plus d'un an
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
Excellent logiciel
Publié le 2023-10-23
Bon
Bon
Avantages
Il permet de faire le suivi de temps et la gestion des tâches
Inconvénients
L'abonnement est tellement cher mauvais service client
- Secteur d'activité : Construction
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Version d’essai gratuite
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
Logiciel de gestion juridique
Publié le 2023-10-30
Avantages
Notre entreprise a désormais une grande facilité à gérer les dossiers juridiques grâce ce logiciel. Nos clients sont également satisfaits des documents légaux que nous leur fournissons grâce à ce puissant outil.
Inconvénients
Disposé d'une bonne connexion internet est très importante pour son utilisation. Pas d'inconvénient et de reproche. Il est à recommander.
- Secteur d'activité : Matériaux de construction
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Version d’essai gratuite
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
Logiciel de gestion
Publié le 2023-10-23
Avantages
Le logiciel Juridique practicepanther est un bon logiciel de gestion qui pas ses bienfaits , je pratique la gestion de mes tâches clientèles.
Inconvénients
Son prix est si abordable , ce logiciel Juridique practicepanther n'est pas mauvais .

- Secteur d'activité : Services juridiques
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant 1 à 5 mois
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
A well designed CRM and so far, we cannot be happier with the product
Publié le 2018-04-13
Part of M Legal's mission is to stay innovative. Practice Panther (PP) as a case relationship...
Part of M Legal's mission is to stay innovative. Practice Panther (PP) as a case relationship management (CRM) tool has redesigned how the firm works overall. The user experience from the moment a client logs onto our website, uses the embedded intake form, to create a client profile to PP is seamless. This is just one of the time-saving tools we have discovered.
This automated way of working and being able to integrate systems has forced M Legal to rethink how we work and more importantly, how to we can simplify our working processes. This has been a real game-changer for the business.
While many of us worked with CRMs in the past, most of them were clunky and stand-alone systems that could not work with other applications or software. PP has made managing clients much easier, where our lawyers are in control from the moment a case is initiated, all the way through to billing clients. This has also given a level of transparency across the practice as lawyers can pick up any file from where the last person left off and delegate their work during absences. This transparency was a key selling point for us as we believe it is a core component of running an effective law firm.
Avantages
The user experience from the moment a client logs onto our website, uses the embedded intake form, to create a client profile to PP is seamless. This is just one of the time-saving tools we have discovered. This automated way of working and being able to integrate systems has forced M Legal to rethink how we work and more importantly, how to we can simplify our working processes.
While many of us worked with CRMs in the past, most of them were clunky and stand-alone systems that could not work with other applications or software. PP has made managing clients much easier, where our lawyers are in control from the moment a case is initiated, all the way through to billing clients.
We have experienced our fair share of poor technical support teams when using other software programs. With PP, despite the time differences between Miami and Sydney, their technical support team are always available, whether it is through the chat portal, email or by phone. Each technical person is professional, knowledgeable and continues to take care of your matter until it is resolved. Further, they always have something new to teach you about the PP system on each call. I cannot express how impressed we are, with what we consider as stellar service from this tech support team.
Inconvénients
Naturally, a product such as this is not going to have universal application across all legal fields. I would say that in the immigration space the status of a case is really important, so having a status bar that is customisable would be a feature that could be improved. Also, a lot of our data from clients are taken from in-take forms - we require intake forms that are easier to build and that have the capability of storing more information. While these are work in progress type issues, this certainly does not take away from PP's product, which we believe is a well designed and thought through CRM system.

- Secteur d'activité : Marketing et publicité
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus d'un an
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
Best in class legal software
Publié le 2019-05-31
Avantages
PracticePanther is a 360 solution for your law firm. Its built on a robust API that allows you to connect to other tools to increase your productivity.
Inconvénients
Similar to Clio, and other competitors, there is simply a lack of certain features, but the team is eager to learn of our needs and works to implement updates as quickly as possible.
Alternatives envisagées
ClioPourquoi passer à PracticePanther Legal Software
PracticePanther is forward thinking and Clio seems to operate in a more defensive, retroactive manner.- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé toutes les semaines pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 0.0 /10
Hotel California
Publié le 2023-06-05
I regret that I ever heard of them. I am very disappointed that they stole an extra year of service...
I regret that I ever heard of them. I am very disappointed that they stole an extra year of service from my credit card and refused to refund it when I requested termination of services. This makes Clio look all that much better.
Avantages
It worked well, and allowed relatively easy billing and access to client payment history, but it cost more than Clio.
Inconvénients
When I decided to switch to Clio due to the cost difference, I could not leave. They took the money from my credit card and would not refund it. Practice Panther's alias is Hotel California. You can check out but you can never leave. My advice is don't check in.
Réponse de Paradigm
Hi Van - thanks for sharing your experience. For customers on annual subscriptions, we provide the opportunity to change your subscription prior to your annual renewal date. Unfortunately, you submitted your request to cancel a month into your new contract period. As a result, you will maintain access to your PracticePanther account for the remainder of your annual contract period. We hope this provides some clarity and we wish you the best of luck.
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus d'un an
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Best Legal Practice Software on the Market
Publié le 2024-04-24
Excellent. I used another competition at a different firm (LEAP) and this blows it away!
Excellent. I used another competition at a different firm (LEAP) and this blows it away!
Avantages
Ease of use and integration of one drive.
Inconvénients
Occasionally i have trouble with some features like uploading documents for signatures. I would also like to see the subject line change to the law firms name when sendign docs for signatures instead of manually having to change it each time.
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Law Firm Owner
Publié le 2024-03-28
I researched and tested several similar law practice management programs, having never been exposed...
I researched and tested several similar law practice management programs, having never been exposed to anything prior to opening my own firm (old firm used calendar and a phone book, combined with Outlook). I found PP to be the easiest to implement, learn the features (and plenty of online guides and tutorials) and most cost-effective option!
Avantages
The ease of PP is paramount! I have found it very simple to use, invite clients to use, and for staff to train and use.
Inconvénients
I dislike the cost of using PP to collect credit card payments from clients, and I dislike that I cannot assign more than a single email to a client account/matter.
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant 6 à 12 mois
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Awesome Legal Software
Publié le 2024-04-17
I am enjoying this software, and how easy it is to navigate.
I am enjoying this software, and how easy it is to navigate.
Avantages
It is very user friendly and makes my job easier. I am new in the legal field, and this software has made my transition into this field smooth.
Inconvénients
I would love if there were a feature to add pop up alerts to specific client accounts.
- Secteur d'activité : Services juridiques
- Taille de l'entreprise : Travailleur autonome
- Logiciel utilisé toutes les semaines pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Great software. Highly recommend it for small businesses
Publié le 2023-12-21
Very good. Human beings actually helped and knew what to do. Not very common in the software...
Very good. Human beings actually helped and knew what to do. Not very common in the software industry. Great customer support.
Avantages
It was so easy to retrieve client information and edit it. Invoicing was a dream. Loved the online pay option.
Inconvénients
I could not batch invoice. This was a real pain as I sent out hundreds of invoices.
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : Travailleur autonome
- Logiciel utilisé toutes les semaines pendant plus d'un an
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 3.0 /10
Support is lousy
Publié le 2023-06-01
Decent good, easy to use, but SUPPORT NEEDS TO IMPROVE, INCLUDING live chat. If we used Live Chat,...
Decent good, easy to use, but SUPPORT NEEDS TO IMPROVE, INCLUDING live chat. If we used Live Chat, why there was no response? What is wrong with LIVE CHAT? Go figure.
Avantages
Sent to clients straight the invoice periodically.
Inconvénients
The program CANNOT pint out the invoice from the beginning with statements. In addition, when we tried to make an appointment to talk to support group, it is hard to get an appointment. Once appointment was made, they would not alert or start zoom; instead, they claimed that we cancel the first appointment; [sensitive content hidden], the appointment is scheduled on [sensitive content hidden], but [sensitive content hidden], I called and found out the appointment was cancelled again. If I am not pushing hard, it would be the the third appointment. After almost ONE attorney billable hour, [sensitive content hidden] wanted to tell me that it was our fault to cancel the appointments and offered me to talk to [sensitive content hidden]. If the computer does not send me the link to get on the link, how did they claim I cancelled the appointment. When I asked [sensitive content hidden] to ask their IT to figure the glitch, and ask the company developing the "roadmap" so that small firms can print out the whole historical entries all in one invoice with clear statements and payments that client has paid. [sensitive content hidden] tried so hard to persuade me that their computer showed "You cancelled the [sensitive content hidden] "training.
Réponse de Paradigm
Hi Marian - thank you for sharing your feedback and we apologize for the confusion with the appointments. You can generate statements with the history of every invoice and payment for both operating and trust accounts by selecting the "All Time" time frame option. You can see more here: https://support.practicepanther.com/en/articles/2284352-creating-a-statement?location=conversation. As discussed during the training call, you can also utilize the Client Portal to offer clients case information and payment history as well. We hope this solves your needs, please don't hesitate to reach out again if you have other questions.
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé toutes les semaines pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Very Good Software!
Publié le 2023-09-21
Excellent legal CRM, it has helped me time track and bill very easily
Excellent legal CRM, it has helped me time track and bill very easily
Avantages
Many different integrations and features that make it a one stop shop for law firms
Inconvénients
Customer service responsiveness is TERRIBLE

- Secteur d'activité : Services juridiques
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant 6 à 12 mois
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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 6.0 /10
It has really changed the way we interact with our customers
Publié le 2022-12-22
My overall experience is amazing. I love this software and it makes my life so much easier. I would...
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.
Avantages
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.
Inconvénients
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.
- Secteur d'activité : Services juridiques
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant 6 à 12 mois
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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 8.0 /10
One of the best general purpose case management programs
Publié le 2023-02-21
Overall, my experience was quite positive. The company has great customer support, which makes...
Overall, my experience was quite positive. The company has great customer support, which makes using the product that much better. The reason I switched to another product was due to the evolving needs of my firm. I think if you are looking for an easy-to-use product that works without a lot of training, and is a one-size-fits-all kind of solution, you cannot go wrong with this product.
Avantages
Practice Panther has two features I really like. First, the design of the software makes it easy to work with. Second, it comes ready to use "out of the box," with very little learning curve required.
Inconvénients
Practice Panther is for generalists, in my opinion. If you are an estate planner, you can use it. Family law, no problem. Real estate law, you can't go wrong. However, if you want specialized features unique to a particular practice area, then Practice Panther is probably not going to suit your needs. I switched from it because I needed software that was tailored specifically to personal injury.
Pourquoi passer à PracticePanther Legal Software
As I recall, Practice Panther was more affordable than Abacus, and I liked the design of the product better than Clio.- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus d'un an
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Great Software - Would be Lost Without It, but there are still some kinks to work out.
Publié le 2021-08-19
My overall experience is amazing. I love this software and it makes my life so much easier. I...
My overall experience is amazing. I love this software and it makes my life so much easier. I would recommend to anyone with a law firm.
Avantages
I love how seamless this software makes my practice. It is so user-friendly. The client portal is wonderful, and I love how the accounting features are organized. Customer service is amazing. The templates feature saves me countless hours. The tasks feature really keeps me on track. I love how you can link relationships, create emails that sync automatically with the matter, and create events that send text notifications to clients. The support is quick and always friendly and helpful. The e-signature feature is also really cool.
Inconvénients
(1) the phone app should be able to have multiple timers up at once, so you can go back and forth between working on different projects, like the desktop version.
(2) The "history" section at the bottom of matters should include time entry descriptions. I cannot stress that enough. I do not use the "history" section at all as it is currently operating, but it would be invaluable if that one change was made! If time entry descriptions were included, the "history" section would actually tell me the history of the work that's been done on the matter.
(3) We need a better text integration that's part of Practice Panther, so that clients can text us through the software, or something like how we can create a new email that links with the matter, but for texting.
(4) Company contacts - love the idea, but when you link a subordinate member of a company contact to a matter, the only email address you can actually auto-populate is the number one contact of the company contact. It's very annoying. I've had to create separate individual contacts for all the members of a company contact. Like for court services, I would like to be able to have all the employees of court services under the Court Services company contact, and then be able to link the particular officer assigned to supervise my particular client. But right now I have to link the court services company contact AND the individual contact to be able to send emails to the correct officer.
Alternatives envisagées
ClioPourquoi passer à PracticePanther Legal Software
I felt like Practice Panther was just as good as Clio, but more cost appropriate for my smaller firm. Also, I liked that I always have the option to figure things out myself, or with a virtual helper, instead of having to call support. The same was true with the purchasing experience. I didn't get bombarded with phone calls, but I knew someone would be available to speak with me if I wanted to have a conversation. I felt that spoke volumes to the kind of company you are and the understanding and respect you have for your customers' time.- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant 1 à 5 mois
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
Just add clients for instant law practice management as easy as adding water to instant ramen
Publié le 2021-12-29
Practice Panther makes it easy to track time from any web browser or mobile device. Client...
Practice Panther makes it easy to track time from any web browser or mobile device. Client information is easily located using the well implemented search box on every page. We are confident our data is secure and accessible, because we can export copies of our data anytime we want.
Avantages
Dead simple instant deployment, and intuitive features that require little to no training.
Inconvénients
All clients are organized as an individual person, who might be associated with a company, but to use all of the features, you need to designate an individual as the client. Invoicing by e-mail, credit card payments, and e-mail tracking don't work well when you try to make a company a client without an individual's contact information.
Pourquoi choisir PracticePanther Legal Software
Cost, simplicity, and flexibility. The combination of Amicus and PC Law trying to sync the data created frequent issues, particularly with PC Law using the CTREE flat file database that corrupted often and required advanced tech support to fix.Pourquoi passer à PracticePanther Legal Software
Simple and intuitive features that didn't lock us into a proprietary system for file storage or e-mail management.- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 0.0 /10
good interface, terrible billing if you have more than 5 clients, and terrible reporting suite
Publié le 2020-11-02
average.
average.
Avantages
clients like the interface, auto posting of lawpay and accounts for trust versus other payments with ease.
Inconvénients
The billing every month is SO PAINFUL. To review bills or edit them, you have to open every invoice in a separate window. There is no "next" button to review invoices like every other billing platform out there. When asked about adding this, the response from PP is they will check with the development team. Clearly their developers didnt actually try out invoice review/edits for more than a few clients at a time. This is not a good solution if you have more than 5 clients. The task management also doesnt send notifications to all those tagged in the tasks, and if you assign tasks but are not the one assigned to do them, you cant track the progress. So we are using Asana instead so now using two platforms instead of one integrated solution.
Réponse de Paradigm
Hi Hugh,
Thank you so much for your review, I can see how this would be helpful. Ease of use stands at the top of our priority list, so we always appreciate feedback from our users. We've received your request for this feature and the development team has been notified. Thanks again for your time, please feel free to reach out to us if there is anything we can help you with.
- Secteur d'activité : Services juridiques
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant 1 à 5 mois
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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Glad I signed up!
Publié le 2023-06-15
Solves my problems and I have already recommended them to an attorney I know that is looking for a...
Solves my problems and I have already recommended them to an attorney I know that is looking for a new system.
Avantages
Case Management, Time Management, Hours log
Inconvénients
Did not like duplication of clients from spreadsheet and using Quickbooks. Should be a better solution.
- Secteur d'activité : Services juridiques
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Practice Panther
Publié le 2023-03-03
We are more efficient managing our billing and information flow.
We are more efficient managing our billing and information flow.
Avantages
We were up and running within minutes. The software is intuitive and when we need answers there is a library of how to videos and a very responsive customer service team.
Inconvénients
We have used Practice Panther since our firm was established. We have not implemented every feature, and hope to do so in the future.
- Secteur d'activité : Services juridiques
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
I like It!
Publié le 2023-02-14
Love the convenience of having access to file info at my fingertips all the time; live calendar...
Love the convenience of having access to file info at my fingertips all the time; live calendar available 24/7.
Avantages
Short learning curve and originally, great pricing
Inconvénients
increase in cost since I started with it, inability of PP or Lawpay to resolve issue of choosing which account receives card payments
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant 6 à 12 mois
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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 5.0 /10
User-friendly software but there are still room for improvement to effectively serve larger...
Publié le 2019-05-08
(continued from Cons) This sorting function for customized fields will potentially save us a lot of...
(continued from Cons) This sorting function for customized fields will potentially save us a lot of time. (3) Tags are great features, but the ability to sort the data using the tag is very limited. When you search using multiples tags, the software only recognize it as Tag 1 "AND" Tag 2, and gives you data that has BOTH tags. For instance, it's only "Show data that has Tag A AND Tag B". You can't do "Show me the data that has Tag A OR Tag B". You can't search data that DOES NOT have the specific tag either. If the search function in Tags was more comprehensive, it will allow users to expand the usage of tags and give users more flexibility as to how we can efficiently search the data we need.
Practice Panther Tech Support has been aware of the suggestions listed above. However, there has not been any update on the progress, and we do not know if these functions will be ever available. We definitely would like to see them implemented very soon. I am open to revise this review once these functionalities become available.
Avantages
This software is intuitive, easy to navigate and very user-friendly. Tech support is promptly available and they are very patient. Practice Panther continues to make improvements on the software and they listen to their customers feedback. They have fixed our issues with our calendar being very slow to load. It's fast now and working very well.
Inconvénients
There are still room for improvement in terms of features and functions. (1) The format (layout) of the calendar is not user-friendly for mid to large firms with more than 10 employees. Everyone's events are scattered across the calendar and overlap with each other which makes difficult to identify availability for specific staff. Events are displayed with different colors assigned to each staff. It's hard to follow 10+ different colors on computer screen and it is definitely not working for staff who are color-blind. It's really difficult to see who has appointments at each hour throughout the day. We suggested to have columns for each staff so that it only takes a glance to identify who is available when, just like how calendars are in Time Matters from Lexis Nexis. (2) Sorting function for customized fields is not available unfortunately. What makes this software great is the customization you can make to fit it to your exact needs. However, customized fields are not sort-able, and without the sorting function for the customized fields, data is not as valuable and usable as it should be. As a legal administrator who manages the data and runs productivity report for legal staff, we are currently spending a lot of time downloading the information from the software to MS Excel, sorting and manipulating the data in Excel, and finally coming back to the PracticePanther to make necessary changes within the software. (Continues to overall experience)

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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
PracticePanther has cut the amount of time I spend on my office management duties by about 65%.
Publié le 2017-04-07
Before PracticePanther my client information was all over my computer. I kept track of billable...
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.
Avantages
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.
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 5.0 /10
After years of begging them for real fixed price billing, I'm giving up.
Publié le 2018-06-02
It was a good start to law firm management, now I need something that works like a law firm needs...
It was a good start to law firm management, now I need something that works like a law firm needs to work, not force my law firm to work like the software wants me to.
Avantages
It's easy to learn the basics. The calendar is good, it's helpful that they show tasks there. Searching is great. It's totally adequate if all you do is bill for time and integrate with Quickbooks.
Inconvénients
Panther has no report on Items (e.g. how much of your revenue is from Document Drafting vs Litigation). To get such a report, you MUST integrate with Quickbooks. But the biggest problem is that Fixed Price billing (what they call "Flat Fee") is worthless.
Fixed Price billing was clearly an afterthought, and their implementation has not changed at all since the early days when I started using it: 1) It does not let you assign an Item as you can with time entries, so you can't easily tell Quickbooks that a Fixed Price invoice was for a trademark application, not doc review; 2) You can't assign a lawyer to a Fixed Price billing, so you cannot get a report to help you pay everyone proportionally to their Fixed Price billings; 3) Fixed Price matters become immediately billable even if no work has been done, so you must manually keep track of when it's time to invoice for a Fixed Price matter, and there's no report on billable Fixed Price matters; 4) When entering time on a Fixed Price matter, there's way no way to check whether you are about to exceed the budget, and no way anywhere to compare budgeted vs actual.
If you're a modern firm moving to fixed price as much as possible, you'll spend a LOT of time looking for work-arounds, and you'll find that implementing your work-arounds will chew up any time saving you might have gotten from using the rest of the software.
I can't wait to change to software that does Fixed Price right.
Réponse de Paradigm
Hey Michael, thank you so much for you feedback. I just wanted to let you know that based on the feedback of our users, yourself included, we have implemented a NEW FLAT FEE pricing option. We are the ONLY ones in the market to offer this function! We understand that the needs of our firms are constantly evolving and we value the suggestions and feedback of all of our users.
You can check out the guide published by our training department here:
https://support.practicepanther.com/contacts-and-matters/getting-started/flat-fees-tutorial
Furthermore, visit our updates page for past and future releases.
https://www.practicepanther.com/law-firm-practice-management-software/
Thanks for being a valued customer from the beginning!

- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant 1 à 5 mois
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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Working with Practice Panther
Publié le 2017-12-18
The user-interface is designed for quick and easy navigation. You can look at your dashboard and...
The user-interface is designed for quick and easy navigation. You can look at your dashboard and very clearly see everything you need to know for your day to run smoothly (well as smoothly as possible). It is cost effective and the onboarding and training are taken care of with Practice Panther's incredible customer service.
Avantages
Before PracticePanther we had started an Excel spreadsheet to log our contacts for conflicts checks. We created a joint email account with Gmail so our email would be centralized and that also gave us a central calendar that we all had access to in order to set appointments, record deadlines, etc. We also created a Dropbox account for file storage.
While everything was low cost or free, all the parts felt scattered. PracticePanther pulls it all together in one beautiful, user-friendly interface. Now, instead of having to pull up 5 or 6 different apps/websites, we are able to pull up just one site and have everything right there. All of the components of PracticePanther are really easy to use. The entire program is designed for efficiency and ease of use. Color-coding allows you to see and understand your financial details in mere seconds. Tasks, events, and timekeeping are easy.
Inconvénients
I would like to see the software integrate with more programs. Quickbooks is great, but my brain works better with Wave Accounting; LawPay is great, but being able to integrate with PayPal also, would be even better. However, these are minor things and not worth seeking a different program I like as much as Practice Panther. I had shopped around quite a bit before choosing Practice Panther; I doubt I would find anything I like as much.
Hands down, our favorite thing about PracticePanther is the superior support staff. If you have a problem and leave a message after hours in the chat box, you get a response generally within the hour. There is also training videos and a help center that will help you find the help that you need.
Réponse de Paradigm
Thalia, I am so happy to let you know we are about to release our new API and Zapier integration, which will open the door to MANY more integrations. We highly recommend LawPay for a number of reasons, but if you must use PayPal, we do have an integration available. We will reach out to you to show you how it works. Thank you so much!
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d’utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 8.0 /10
User Friendly
Publié le 2021-07-08
Avantages
The system is very intuitive and user friendly. I appreciate how easy it is to navigate and figure out new processes.
Inconvénients
I get frustrated by the lack of some features -- batch download of documents, sorting / searching by specific fields, lack of monthly visual calendar for time entries.