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NetDocuments
Cloud document management for law firms
As of 29 August 2026, NetDocuments's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Cloud document and email management built for legal, where every document belongs to a matter. Softwr lists it under Legal. NetDocuments is available on Web, Windows, iOS, Android.
Overview
What NetDocuments does
NetDocuments is a cloud document management system for law firms and corporate legal departments. Its organising principle is the matter, not the folder: documents and emails are filed against the matter they belong to, with security applied at that level. That distinction matters in legal more than elsewhere. Ethical walls — keeping a team off a matter they are conflicted on — have to be enforceable and auditable, and a general-purpose file store cannot express that. It also captures email into the matter record, which is where most legal correspondence actually lives.
What people use it for
- Firms needing enforceable ethical walls rather than folder permissions
- Capturing email into the matter record instead of individual inboxes
- Moving document management off on-premise servers
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- Quote-only pricing per user with no published rates
- Migrating an existing document store is a substantial project, and legacy metadata rarely survives cleanly
- Aimed at mid-size and large firms; solo practices find it heavier than needed
- Adoption depends on fee earners filing correctly, and habits are the hard part
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Capabilities
Features
Matter-centric filing
Documents and email organised by matter rather than folder
Ethical walls
Enforceable, auditable access restrictions per matter
Email management
Correspondence captured into the matter record
Version control
Full history with check-in and check-out
Search
Full text across documents and email
Retention
Policy-driven retention and disposition
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Questions people ask
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What does NetDocuments cost?
It quotes per user and does not publish rates.
Why not just use SharePoint or Dropbox?
Neither expresses matter-centric security or ethical walls in an auditable way, which is a professional obligation rather than a preference in legal practice.
Does it handle email?
Yes, capturing correspondence into the matter record, which is where most legal email otherwise fails to land.
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