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CASEpeer vs Clio

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CASEpeer

Legal

Case management built specifically for plaintiff personal injury firms

From
$79/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Clio

Legal

Cloud practice management software for law firms

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: CASEpeer it is built for plaintiff contingency work, so a firm doing hourly defence or corporate work will find no billing model that matches how it earns.; Clio priced per user per month, so cost scales directly with headcount and adds up for growing firms
  • They diverge on capability: CASEpeer covers Intake and case screening, Clio covers Matter management.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which CASEpeer and Clio actually diverge.

Attributes where CASEpeer and Clio differ
AttributeCASEpeerClio
Starting price$79/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer user per monthPer-user subscription with published tiers; contact vendor for current rates
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android, Cloud

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Legal).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in CASEpeer

  • Intake and case screening
  • Medical treatment tracking
  • Settlement and lien management
  • Negotiation tracking
  • Statute of limitations monitoring

Only in Clio

  • Matter management
  • Time and billing
  • Trust accounting
  • Client intake
  • Document management
  • Integration directory

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

CASEpeer

  • Plaintiff personal injury firms replacing spreadsheets for medical records and lien trackingnot Clio
  • Contingency practices needing case value, costs advanced and net client distribution in one placenot Clio
  • Personal injury firms with high lead volume that need intake conversion measurednot Clio
  • Firms exposed to missed limitation dates across a large open caseloadnot Clio

Clio

  • Small and mid-sized firms replacing spreadsheets and paper matter filesnot CASEpeer
  • Firms needing compliant trust accounting without a separate systemnot CASEpeer
  • Practices billing hourly that lose revenue to uncaptured timenot CASEpeer

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

CASEpeer

  • It is built for plaintiff contingency work, so a firm doing hourly defence or corporate work will find no billing model that matches how it earns.
  • There is no full double-entry general ledger, so the firm still needs separate accounting software and somebody to reconcile between the two.
  • The narrow personal injury focus means a practice that diversifies into family, employment or criminal work has to run a second system or migrate.
  • It has changed corporate hands three times since 2021, from independent to MyCase to AffiniPay, now trading as 8am, so roadmap continuity is a fair question to put to the vendor.
  • Sitting in the 8am group aligns it with LawPay and MyCase, so firms committed to a different payments provider get less from the integrations.

Clio

  • Priced per user per month, so cost scales directly with headcount and adds up for growing firms
  • Advanced features including some automation and reporting sit in higher tiers rather than the entry plan
  • Aimed at small and mid-sized firms; large firms with complex matter structures often need heavier systems
  • Strongest in North America, with less depth in other jurisdictions’ compliance requirements

Pricing, plan by plan

CASEpeer

$79/month
  • Basic$79/month
    • Personal injury case management
    • Intake and treatment tracking
    • No minimum seat count
  • Pro$119/month
    • Adds reporting and automation
    • Lien and settlement tracking
    • No long-term contract required
  • Advanced$149/month
    • Full feature set
    • Advanced reporting
    • No long-term contract required

Clio

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Clio review.

Which should you pick?

Choose CASEpeer if

  • You need intake and case screening.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want medical treatment tracking.
CASEpeer review

Choose Clio if

  • You need matter management.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Cloud.
  • You also want time and billing.
Clio review

Questions people ask

Is CASEpeer or Clio better?
Neither clearly leads. CASEpeer starts at $79/month and Clio at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, CASEpeer or Clio?
CASEpeer starts at $79/month and Clio at On request.
Does CASEpeer or Clio run on more platforms?
CASEpeer runs on Web, iOS, Android. Clio runs on Web, iOS, Android, Cloud.
What is CASEpeer best used for?
CASEpeer is most often used for plaintiff personal injury firms replacing spreadsheets for medical records and lien tracking, contingency practices needing case value, costs advanced and net client distribution in one place, personal injury firms with high lead volume that need intake conversion measured, firms exposed to missed limitation dates across a large open caseload. Of those, plaintiff personal injury firms replacing spreadsheets for medical records and lien tracking and contingency practices needing case value, costs advanced and net client distribution in one place are not what Clio is typically brought in for.
What can CASEpeer do that Clio cannot?
CASEpeer covers Intake and case screening, Medical treatment tracking, Settlement and lien management, Negotiation tracking. Clio covers Matter management, Time and billing, Trust accounting, Client intake.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

CASEpeer: Is CASEpeer suitable for a corporate or defence firm?

No. It is built around contingency personal injury work: treatment, liens and settlement. A corporate firm billing hourly should look at Clio, Tabs3 or a large firm system instead.

Clio: What does Clio cost?

Clio sells per-user subscriptions across several tiers. Rates change and vary by region, so check the vendor’s current pricing page rather than relying on a third-party figure.

CASEpeer: What does CASEpeer cost?

Published per-user rates are 79 USD for Basic, 119 USD for Pro and 149 USD for Advanced per month, with no minimum seat count and no long-term contract required.

Clio: Does Clio handle trust accounting?

Yes, and it is one of the main reasons firms adopt it, because client fund rules are strict and mishandling them is a regulatory matter.

CASEpeer: Who owns CASEpeer?

It was acquired by MyCase in March 2021 and moved to AffiniPay in June 2022. AffiniPay rebranded to 8am in August 2025, so CASEpeer now sits alongside MyCase and LawPay in that group.

Clio: Is Clio suitable for a large firm?

It is aimed at small and mid-sized practices. Large firms with complex matter and billing structures usually evaluate heavier enterprise systems.

Clio: Does Clio integrate with existing tools?

Yes. Its integration directory is the largest in legal practice software, covering Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, QuickBooks and many others.

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