MyCase earned its place on client communication, a strong portal and simple billing. LawAOS keeps that bar and adds three-way trust reconciliation, conflicts, AML/KYC, ethical walls, payroll and AI agents on every paid plan.
MyCase is a proven choice for a firm whose needs stop at client communication and billing. LawAOS is the choice when the trust ledger, compliance and AI have to live in the same system as the matter.
- Choose LawAOS when
- You want conflicts, AML/KYC, ethical walls and three-way trust reconciliation as modules on the matter, with AI that acts inside it.
- Choose MyCase when
- You want the most battle-tested mainstream option, and AI inside every workflow is not on your list.
A portal is only as good as what sits behind it. These two panels are the client's view and the AI working on the same record.
Every panel below is rendered from the product’s own components with fictional records for Okafor & Byrne LLP.
The client sees exactly what you share
Seven switches decide what a client can see: documents, messages, invoices, work reports, matter status, workstreams and appointments. Nothing reaches the portal by accident.
AI that acts on the matter, not beside it
Ask AI answers from the matter's own records and proposes real actions: a task, a calendar event, a document. Each one is filed on the record it came from.
Every LawAOS cell names a shipped module. Every MyCase cell is a public product page, read in August 2026.
| LawAOSShipped modules | MyCasePublic product pages, August 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Practice management | ||
| Matter management | All plans | |
| One workspace per matter | Overview, files, conversations, workstreams, invoices and proposals on one record | Not confirmedCheck the current product and plan |
| Workstreams inside a matter and across the firm | Inside a matter, or on their own across the firm | Not confirmedCheck the current product and plan |
| Boards, tasks, child tasks and saved views | Board and list views, child tasks, owners and saved views | Task managementWorkflow depth not confirmed |
| Documents with versions | Upload, create, edit, version and share from the matter | Check plan allowances |
| Matter and client conversations | Internal and client threads stay on the record | Client messaging and portal |
| Docket, deadlines and calendar | Court dates, filings and firm deadlines on one calendar | Calendar and deadlines |
| Time tracking and billing | All plans | |
| Proposals with priced fee items | Draft, send, accept and convert | Not confirmedCheck the current product and plan |
| Money and firm operations | ||
| Expenses, journals, budgets and reports | Expenses, journals, budgets and reports | Varies by plan |
| Trust-account reconciliation | Three-way: statement, book and client ledgers. No bank feed yet. | Varies by plan |
| People, roles and leave | Members, roles, departments and leave requests | Not confirmedCheck the product or an integration |
| Payroll and payslips | Pay components, payroll records and payslips | Not confirmedCheck the product or an integration |
| Documents and clients | ||
| Native e-signatures | All plans | |
| Client portal | All plans. Branded with the one-time white-label add-on on any plan; custom domain from Firm or with that add-on. | |
| Risk and compliance | ||
| Conflicts checking | All plans | Varies by plan |
| AML and KYC screening | All plans | Not confirmedCheck the current plan |
| Ethical walls | All plans; applied by an authorized administrator | Varies by plan |
| Knowledge and AI | ||
| Knowledge base and CLE tracking | All plans | Not confirmedCheck the current plan |
| Built-in AI assistant | Agents file tasks, documents and calendar events in the matter | MyCase IQ, varies by plan |
| AI on every paid plan | Fair-use and rate controls apply | Varies by plan |
| Pricing | ||
| Published per-seat pricing | $29-$119/user/monthEnterprise quoted | Tiers published on their site |
- Included: shipped in the product
- Offered in some form: depends on the plan, a separate product or an integration
- Not confirmed: not found in public documentation at the snapshot date
- Not offered: a well-known absence
Snapshot prepared August 2026 from the vendor's public product pages. Cells are not individually sourced, and vendor plans change. Check current plans, documentation and terms before you buy. If a cell is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
- LawAOS
AI in the record, not beside it
MyCase IQ brings AI to specific screens, tiered by plan. LawAOS agents are included on every paid plan and work inside your matters: they draft, research and file real tasks, documents and events you can act on.
- LawAOS
Compliance is a module, not a memo
Conflicts checks, AML/KYC screening and ethical walls are first-party modules on every plan, and the walls are enforced at the database, not in the interface. A knowledge base with CLE tracking keeps firm know-how and obligations in the same system.
- MyCase
Where MyCase is ahead
MyCase has years of production history, a large customer base and e-signature built into its core. If you want the most battle-tested mainstream option and do not need AI in every workflow, MyCase remains a reasonable choice.
The questions a managing partner asks before moving a live caseload onto a new system, answered plainly. Anything the list leaves open, our team answers directly.