Overview
Smokeball is legal practice management software for solo, small and mid-sized law firms. It combines matter management, document automation, calendaring, automatic time tracking (AutoTime), billing, trust accounting and payments. Its Archie AI assistant helps draft, review, summarize and compare documents.
Label: Vendor-described — Captured from the vendor's own materials. Not independently verified.
Best for
- Solo lawyers and small to mid-sized law firms
- Practices like family, personal injury, real estate, probate and litigation
Key features
- Matter, calendar, task and workflow management
- Document automation with templates (TemplateLab)
- AutoTime automatic time tracking
- Invoicing, trust accounting and Smokeball Payments
- Client portal and intake/lead management
- Archie AI assistant add-on
What it does
- Matter, calendar and task management
- Document automation and form templates
- AutoTime automatic time tracking
- Invoicing, trust accounting and online payments
- Archie AI assistant for drafting and document review
- Client portal, intake and eSignature
Use cases
- Run intake, billing and case files for a small law firm — Matter management with automatic time tracking, document automation, trust accounting and an AI assistant.
Drawbacks & cautions
- Prices are not published and require a quote
- Archie AI assistant is an add-on on Boost, Grow and Prosper+
- AutoTime and Workflows are add-ons below Prosper+
What users say
Across Capterra and G2 reviews, Smokeball is praised for ease of use, document automation and support. Complaints focus on cost, performance with large cloud files, calendar sync issues and gaps between the desktop and web versions.
What people like
- Intuitive and easy to learn, including for new hires capterra.com, g2.com
- Strong document automation and organization keep matters tidy capterra.com, g2.com
- Responsive, knowledgeable customer support capterra.com, g2.com
- Useful Outlook and court e-filing integrations capterra.com
Common complaints
- Pricey, with support-staff licenses adding up capterra.com
- Large cloud files can load slowly and a stable connection is needed capterra.com
- Calendar sync and time zone issues with Outlook or Microsoft 365 capterra.com
- Missing features and billing quirks; desktop and online versions differ g2.com, capterra.com
Scores are shown as each site published them on the date checked. They come from those sites' reviewers, not from us, and they never affect our rankings. Ratings based on fewer than 10 reviews are left out. The summaries are our own words, gathered Oct 22, 2026; follow the links to read the reviews.
Alternatives
- MyCase — Legal practice management software with intake, case management, billing and AI case assistant
- Rocket Lawyer — Online legal documents, e-signatures, AI legal Q&A and attorney access for small businesses
Evidence
| Fact | Label | Source | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| capabilities | Vendor-described | www.smokeball.com | Oct 17, 2026 |
| hasApi | Vendor-described | docs.smokeball.com | Oct 17, 2026 |
| pricing | Vendor-described | www.smokeball.com | Oct 17, 2026 |
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