Rocket Matter is robust, productivity-focused law practice management software for solos and small firms.
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Who Rocket Matter is For
Rocket Matter is a good fit for most solo and small firms. It is an especially good fit for firms that want a productivity-focused dashboard. (Getting Things Done (GTD) aficionados will feel right at home with Rocket Matter.)
Third-party software integrations are limited, but most firms will be perfectly happy with the currently supported integrations.
Features
Website
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www.rocketmatter.com |
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Starting Cost
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$25/user/month |
Apps
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Installation
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Case/Matter Management
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✓ |
Client/Contact Management
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✓ |
Task Management
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✓ |
Calendar
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✓ |
Timekeeping
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✓ |
Conflict Checking
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✓ |
Email Client
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✗ |
Text Messaging
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✗ |
Document Management
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✓ |
Document Assembly
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✓ |
Secure Client Portal
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✓ |
Basic Bookkeeping
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✓ |
Trust Accounting
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✓ |
Full Accounting
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✗ |
Billing & Invoicing
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✓ |
Online Payments
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✓ |
Software Integrations
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Open API
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✓ |
Additional Details about Rocket Matter
Email integration. You can connect your email, associate your email folders with client matters, and search your email from within the platform.
Firm-wide chat. Simple, effective chat makes it easy to discuss cases (or anything else) with other members of your firm without resorting to the clunkiness of email. Communicator is similar to Google Hangouts, with elements of Slack or HipChat, but built with lawyers’ needs in mind.
Backup. Rocket Matter backs up its databases throughout the day to standby machines, copies those backups to a remote facility daily, and the data-center specialists keep backups as well. It also offers the option to manually download your billable time, matters, calendars, and contacts. After you get that information from Rocket Matter, you can back it up locally, but it is a clunky process, especially if you want to back up regularly.
Limited integrations. Rocket Matter does integrate with the software and services you are most likely to use, like G Suite, Office 365, Dropbox, Box, QuickBooks, and Evernote. But its integrations don’t go much further than those.
Accounting sold separately. You can send invoices, but you will probably need additional accounting software on top of what you pay for Rocket Matter pricing.
Security. Rocket Matter uses 128-bit SSL encryption to secure the data traveling between your computer and Rocket Matter’s servers. This is sometimes called “bank-grade” encryption. For what it’s worth, most of the cloud-based practice management software options in our directory use 256-bit SSL encryption. Rocket Matter’s website also details a number of other security measures, such as strong physical security and a multi-point backup system.
Love it, with a few exceptions.
Disclaimer: I use Rocket Matter primarily for invoicing and keeping track of billing. I haven’t used any other case practice management software, so take this review with a grain of salt. I LOVE having all of the different reports that it generates, being able to calculate billing by client, by month (or other date), what the firm has been paid over a specific period of time, etc. The one complaint I have is that entering billable time can be a bit tedious. When I enter new time, I have to put something in both the task title and the entry for what’s going to show up on the invoice – since I just add my time before invoicing, I’d like the option for that to just be one entry. Also – the is the biggest – Once I enter, say, 10 entries, there’s no way to just add all 10 to the invoice at once time. And each entry takes about 5 seconds. So entering my time is half just sitting there waiting for the software to catch up after I click the switch to move something from “task” to “billed.” YMMV.