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Litify vs Rocket Matter

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Litify

Legal

Legal case and matter management built natively on Salesforce

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Rocket Matter

Legal

Legal practice management with billing and time tracking, tiered from matter basics to full legal accounting

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Litify pricing is not published anywhere and there is no entry tier, so a firm cannot judge affordability without entering a sales process.; Rocket Matter trust accounting compliance is only included on the most expensive Elite tier, so firms with a regulatory requirement for it face a higher effective floor price than the entry-level plan suggests.
  • They diverge on capability: Litify covers Native Salesforce application, Rocket Matter covers Time tracking and billing.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Litify and Rocket Matter actually diverge.

Attributes where Litify and Rocket Matter differ
AttributeLitifyRocket Matter
Pricing modelquotePer user per month

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), 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 Litify

  • Native Salesforce application
  • Intake and referral management
  • Reporting and dashboards
  • Mass tort handling

Only in Rocket Matter

  • Time tracking and billing
  • Trust accounting
  • Document management
  • Matter budgeting
  • Reporting

Both cover

  • Matter management

What people use each for

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

Litify

  • High volume plaintiff firms running mass tort matters with thousands of claimantsnot Rocket Matter
  • Insurance defence operations needing matter management across many concurrent filesnot Rocket Matter
  • Corporate legal departments needing matter intake and outside counsel spend reportingnot Rocket Matter
  • Multi-office practices needing referral tracking and consistent intake across locationsnot Rocket Matter

Rocket Matter

  • A solo practitioner wanting matter tracking and billing in one system without separate accounting softwarenot Litify
  • A small firm that needs kanban-style visibility into where each matter standsnot Litify
  • A mid-sized firm that has outgrown Essentials and needs split billing across multiple timekeepers on a matternot Litify
  • A firm required to demonstrate trust accounting compliance that specifically needs the top Elite tiernot Litify

Where each one falls short

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

Litify

  • Pricing is not published anywhere and there is no entry tier, so a firm cannot judge affordability without entering a sales process.
  • The system being administered is Salesforce, so realising the configurability requires Salesforce administration skills most firms must hire or contract for.
  • Implementation is a configuration project measured in months, so it is not a system a firm can adopt quickly during a busy period.
  • That configurability means two Litify firms can run materially different systems, which makes external support and staff mobility harder.
  • There is no public documentation; the support site is behind a customer login, so buyers cannot assess the product depth before committing.

Rocket Matter

  • Trust accounting compliance is only included on the most expensive Elite tier, so firms with a regulatory requirement for it face a higher effective floor price than the entry-level plan suggests.
  • It is not built for large enterprise legal departments, so firms above a certain size outgrow it and move to platforms such as Clio or Aderant.
  • The tier structure gates common workflow features like kanban boards and templates behind Pro and above, so the cheapest tier is functionally limited.
  • Its name is easily confused with the Matter smart-home connectivity protocol, an entirely unrelated technology, which can cause mismatched search results.
  • Per-user monthly pricing across four tiers means a growing firm needs to actively reassess its plan as headcount and accounting needs change, rather than a single plan scaling automatically.

Pricing, plan by plan

Litify

On request
  • Litify$undefined/year
    • Quoted per customer with no published rates
    • Sold as a bundled subscription including the Salesforce platform entitlement
    • Implementation and configuration quoted separately

Rocket Matter

On request
  • Essentials$49/month
    • Matter management
    • Billing and timekeeping
    • No trust accounting
  • Pro$79/month
    • Matter templates
    • Kanban board matter management
  • Premier$99/month
    • Advanced billing permissions
    • Split billing and fee allocation
  • Elite$129/month
    • Matter budgets
    • Full legal accounting and trust accounting compliance

Which should you pick?

Choose Litify if

  • You need native salesforce application.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want intake and referral management.
Litify review

Choose Rocket Matter if

  • You need time tracking and billing.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want trust accounting.
Rocket Matter review

Questions people ask

Is Litify or Rocket Matter better?
Neither clearly leads. Litify starts at On request and Rocket Matter at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Litify or Rocket Matter?
Litify starts at On request and Rocket Matter at On request.
Does Litify or Rocket Matter run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Litify best used for?
Litify is most often used for high volume plaintiff firms running mass tort matters with thousands of claimants, insurance defence operations needing matter management across many concurrent files, corporate legal departments needing matter intake and outside counsel spend reporting, multi-office practices needing referral tracking and consistent intake across locations. Of those, high volume plaintiff firms running mass tort matters with thousands of claimants and insurance defence operations needing matter management across many concurrent files are not what Rocket Matter is typically brought in for.
What can Litify do that Rocket Matter cannot?
Litify covers Native Salesforce application, Intake and referral management, Reporting and dashboards, Mass tort handling. Rocket Matter covers Time tracking and billing, Trust accounting, Document management, Matter budgeting. Both handle Matter management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Litify: Do we sign a separate contract with Salesforce?

Not according to Litify's published services agreement, which defines Litify as a reseller of the Salesforce services and defines the purchase as a combined offering of the platform plus the Litify application. You buy one subscription from Litify. Confirm how the platform appears on your own order form before signing.

Rocket Matter: Does Rocket Matter include trust accounting?

Only on the Elite tier; the Essentials, Pro and Premier tiers do not include full trust accounting compliance.

Litify: Is Litify for personal injury or corporate work?

Both, but differently. Plaintiff firms use it for high volume personal injury and mass tort, insurance defence firms for case volume, and corporate legal departments for matter intake and spend management rather than billing.

Rocket Matter: Is Rocket Matter the same as the Matter smart-home standard?

No, that is an unrelated connectivity protocol for smart-home devices; Rocket Matter is legal practice management software.

Litify: Is it suitable for a small firm?

No. It is sold to mid-market and enterprise operations and no entry tier is marketed. The implementation and administration requirements do not amortise at small headcounts.

Rocket Matter: What size firm is Rocket Matter built for?

Solo practitioners through mid-sized firms; larger firms typically need a more enterprise-oriented platform.

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