Law firms
Best AI tools for law firms
Intake that still answers when you are in court.
Voicemail is a missed consult, so you want a person on the line or a shared inbox that already lives next to Clio. Smith.ai is $150 for 75 calls, Ruby is $250 live US, and OpenPhone is $19 a user if you want SMS on phones you already carry. You are not shopping Jobber, Weave, or Rosie.
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From cards we review on this hub
$49
Cheapest AI pickup on cards we review (Rosie, wrong aisle)
$150
Smith.ai monthly for 75 calls (law-first)
$250
Ruby live US plan we list
24/7
Coverage these tools sell (product claim, not our lab)
What breaks phone intake for a firm
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You are in court. The consult called.
Voicemail is a missed consult. Intake has to pick up while you are in a hearing, a deposition, or buried in a brief. That is the shopping job across this hub.
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Home-service bots are the wrong aisle.
Rosie at $49 and Frontdesk at $99 are truck dispatch. A firm wants law-first pickup or a live US desk, not a Housecall Pro bot.
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Human safety net still matters.
Some calls need a person, Smith.ai prices a North America human backup, Ruby is live US, and know when the bot should hand off.
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Clio beats truck software.
OpenPhone at $19 a user is a shared SMS inbox next to Clio. Weave is dental. Jobber is a shop OS. Stay on the law cards.
What a law firm is actually shopping
Reviews for law live in Clio and elsewhere. We do not have a law-firm review-aisle page yet.
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