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    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

    Tabs3 Billing

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/ATabs3 in Lincoln offers Tabs3 Billing, a time tracking and expense application for law firms.N/A
    Pricing
    CARET LegalTabs3 Billing
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CARET LegalTabs3 Billing
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    CARET LegalTabs3 Billing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    CARET LegalTabs3 Billing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Tabs3 Software
    This would be great software for a small office with a handful of files. For a modern law firm, not so much.
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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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    Tabs3 Software
    • The software usually boots without freezing.
    • Because editing after submitting an entry is impossible, we are required to be exact and precise.
    • Total hours per month entered are probably visible to someone.
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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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    Tabs3 Software
    • No way to edit an entry after saving.
    • Freezes often after booting.
    • There is no way to see total hours monthly.
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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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    Tabs3 Software
    Slow, hard to use, feels straight out of the 1980’s.
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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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    Tabs3 Software
    • Having to be so precise and unable to delete entries is very difficult on morale.
    • A graphical user interface would make it easier,
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