Litify vs Smokeball
Smokeball scores 8.2/10 vs 7.7/10. Best for: Small firms that want automatic time capture and a massive document template library so they can bill more hours without manual tracking.
Smokeball scores higher overall at 8.2/10 vs 7.7/10. Smokeball's automatic time tracking genuinely captures revenue that other tools miss. If your firm leaks billable hours because attorneys forget to start timers, this pays for itself. The catch: you need the $149/user Grow plan to get it.
Litify 
Smokeball Rank
#8 of 39
Rank
#2 of 39
Features
18/18
Features
17/18
Starting at
Custom
Starting at
$29/mo
User reviews
4.3/5 (100)
User reviews
4.8/5 (500)
What they cost
| Litify | Smokeball | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting at | Contact for pricing | $29 /mo |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Number of plans | Custom | 3 |
What the pricing really means
Smokeball publishes their pricing upfront, which is a good sign. Litify requires you to contact sales for a quote. When a company hides pricing, it usually means the cost is high enough that they want a salesperson to justify it before you see the number. Always ask for total year-one cost, not just the monthly subscription.
Where Litify wins
- Built on Salesforce, so you get enterprise-grade reporting, dashboards, and the entire AppExchange ecosystem
- Highly customizable without code — Salesforce admins can modify fields, workflows, and automations
- Scales to hundreds of users without performance issues, which many legal-specific tools can't handle
- Strong intake-to-case pipeline with lead scoring and automated follow-ups
Where Smokeball wins
- Automatic time tracking runs in the background and captures billable activity you'd otherwise forget to log — firms report 20-30% more captured time
- 1,000+ built-in document templates for common legal forms, which saves hours compared to building templates from scratch
- G2 and Capterra ratings (4.8/5 on both) are the highest in the category, and reviews back it up with genuine praise
- Bill plan at $29/user is one of the cheapest entry points if you just need billing and time tracking
Where Litify falls short
- No public pricing, and being Salesforce-based means per-user costs are significantly higher than standalone tools
- Requires Salesforce licenses on top of Litify licensing — double the cost
- Overkill for firms under 10 attorneys — the complexity isn't worth it
- No trust accounting built in
Where Smokeball falls short
- No free trial — you have to commit based on a demo, which means trusting the sales pitch
- The Grow plan at $149/user is expensive and you need it for automatic time tracking, which is the main differentiator
- Smaller integration ecosystem than Clio — about 50 integrations vs 250+
- No mobile app — desktop-first architecture means attorneys can't access cases from their phone
- Originally built for Australian and UK markets, so some US-specific workflows feel bolted on
Who is each product built for?
Litify
Target: 10-500+ attorneys
Litify makes sense if you're a large firm already invested in Salesforce or if you need the customization power that only Salesforce provides. For everyone else, the licensing complexity and cost aren't justified.
Smokeball
Target: 1-30 attorneys
Smokeball's automatic time tracking genuinely captures revenue that other tools miss. If your firm leaks billable hours because attorneys forget to start timers, this pays for itself. The catch: you need the $149/user Grow plan to get it.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Litify | Smokeball |
|---|---|---|
| Case Management | ||
| Case / matter management | ||
| Contact management | ||
| Conflict checks | ||
| Client intake forms | ||
| Client portal | ||
| Documents & Automation | ||
| Document management | ||
| Document automation | ||
| E-signatures | ||
| Email management | ||
| Billing & Accounting | ||
| Time tracking | ||
| Billing & invoicing | ||
| Trust / IOLTA accounting | ||
| Scheduling & Deadlines | ||
| Calendar management | ||
| Task management | ||
| Court rule deadlines | ||
| Platform | ||
| Reporting / analytics | ||
| Mobile app | ||
| API access | ||
Common questions
Smokeball scores 8.2/10 vs Litify's 7.7/10 in our ranking. Smokeball is the better pick for 1-30 attorneys. Litify is better if you need large firms and legal departments that already use salesforce and want practice management that leverages the full salesforce ecosystem.
Litify uses custom pricing (contact sales). Smokeball starts at $29/month. Watch for add-on costs — the base price often does not include all features. Pricing last verified 2026-04-11.
Litify: No free trial. Smokeball: No free trial. Always test with your actual workflow before committing to an annual plan.
Litify covers 18 of 18 features we track. Smokeball covers 17 of 18. Litify has broader feature coverage, but more features does not always mean better — pick the tool that covers what your business actually needs.
Yes, Litify has a mobile app. Smokeball does not.
Yes. The main effort is migrating your data (customer lists, job history, invoices). Plan for 1-2 weeks of overlap where you run both. Most legal practice management tools can import CSV data. Ask both vendors about migration support before you sign.
The bottom line
Pick Litify if...
Large firms and legal departments that already use Salesforce and want practice management that leverages the full Salesforce ecosystem.
Pick Smokeball if...
Small firms that want automatic time capture and a massive document template library so they can bill more hours without manual tracking.