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Actionstep pricing
Actionstep publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Actionstep pricing is on request across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Per user per month
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Actionstep plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice Management | On request | 3 | Entry tier |
| Legal Accounting | On request | 3 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Practice Management
On requestThe entry tier. It covers starts around $60 per user per month, quote required for exact rate, implementation fees charged separately, priced per user, varies by region (us, uk, au, nz, cad).
Legal Accounting
On requestOver Practice Management, this tier adds:
- North America only
- Sold separately from or combined with Practice Management
- Add-on modules (Builder, Capture, Trace, Acumen) priced separately
What the product covers
The full Actionstep feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Configurable workflows
- Legal Accounting
- Builder
- Capture
- Trace
- Acumen
People bring Actionstep in for a firm whose matter types do not fit standard case management templates and wants to build its own workflow structure, a us firm needing trust accounting compliance built into the same system as matter management, a firm using ai time capture to reduce billing leakage from unrecorded work, a growing mid-size firm wanting embedded analytics on matter profitability without exporting to a separate bi tool. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Actionstep are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Legal
Too few legal tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actionstep (this page) | On request | Per user per month | - | |
| Rocket Matter | On request | Per user per month | - | vs Actionstep |
| LexisNexis | On request | quote | - | vs Actionstep |
| Harvey | On request | quote | - | vs Actionstep |
| Docketwise | On request | Per user per month | - | vs Actionstep |
| Litera | On request | quote | - | vs Actionstep |
| Westlaw | On request | quote | - | vs Actionstep |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Actionstep badges page.
Before you pay for Actionstep
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between On request and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Actionstep against the tools that do have one before committing.
Actionstep runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Actionstep of Auckland, New Zealand. The full record is on the Actionstep review, and the rest of the category is under best legal tools.
Actionstep pricing questions
- How much does Actionstep cost?
- Actionstep publishes 2 tiers, from On request for Practice Management up to On request for Legal Accounting. The cheapest paid tier is On request.
- Does Actionstep have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Actionstep is listed as Per user per month. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Practice Management and Legal Accounting on Actionstep?
- Legal Accounting costs On request against On request, and adds north america only, sold separately from or combined with practice management, add-on modules (builder, capture, trace, acumen) priced separately.
- What am I actually paying for with Actionstep?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a firm whose matter types do not fit standard case management templates and wants to build its own workflow structure, a us firm needing trust accounting compliance built into the same system as matter management, a firm using ai time capture to reduce billing leakage from unrecorded work.
- Does Actionstep charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Actionstep prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Actionstep against before paying?
- The closest legal tools in this directory are Rocket Matter, LexisNexis, Harvey, Docketwise. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Actionstep covering price, platforms and features.