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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CARET Legal

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    CARET Legal, previously known as Zola Suite, is a solution for legal professionals to manage their practice and create space for what matters, including delighting clients and maximizing billable time.N/A

    Orion Practice Management System

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AOrion Law Management in Atlanta offers their flagship product to support legal matter and practice management, with case management features such as document, calendar and billing mangement, and firm management features such as accounting, business intelligence, and marketing.N/A
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CARET LegalOrion Practice Management System
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    CARET LegalOrion Practice Management System
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    User Testimonials
    CARET LegalOrion Practice Management System
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    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
    Well-suited to a small to midsized law firm setting. Would also recommend for management seek easy ways to keep track of a large volume of business and to track which staff are doing what. The software isn't the best suited for running a lot of complex reports--we can obtain simple information in the reports, but sometimes we find ourselves pulling certain data from Zola and working with it in other software environments instead.
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    Orion Law Management Systems
    Entering billing time is a breeze. It is also easy to keep up with all billing through the Time Manager screen in conjunction with Fee Entry. It works great as a calendar, with the ability to designate entries as tasks, events and other topics. The calendar program synchs with Outlook, no need to enter deadlines in two separate programs. It is a breeze to run conflict checks and the Smart Timers Management option is very user friendly.
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    Pros
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
    • Provide me with instant list of assignments.
    • Easily record billable hours.
    • Monitor the work of colleagues whom I supervise.
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    Orion Law Management Systems
    • Billing
    • Synchs well with other programs
    • Contains massive contact list
    • Keeps up with client payments by user
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    Cons
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
    • The email integration feature has never consistently worked.
    • I can't toggle easily between viewing all time and just my time, have to use the filters.
    • Pulling reports to capture certain notes/details not perfected yet.
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    Orion Law Management Systems
    • When multiple users utilize the program, it can sometimes slow down
    • Doesn't always synch with other programs
    • Occasionally a little bit difficult to perform a search
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    Alternatives Considered
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
    I didn't have the ultimate decision-making power to choose Zola. Clio was more expensive and may have offered a more robust platform, but with some options we didn't need. Westlaw was good for case management, but we would have likely still needed separate software to patch together something like Zola. Zola support isn't that great, but we rarely need it.
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    Orion Law Management Systems
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    Return on Investment
    CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
    • Collections have been better overall.
    • Verifying staff work has been made much easier, potentially leading to more efficiencies.
    • The software itself is costly.
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    Orion Law Management Systems
    • Provides accurate billing information for submission to clients for payments
    • Ability to run financial reports
    • Contact database is ongoing with new entries and updated information
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