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Meet LegalMate in Boston
Heading to ClioCon Oct 26-27?
Meet LegalMate in Boston
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Meet LegalMate in Boston
Ajax vs LegalMate for Clio and Filevine firms
Ajax vs LegalMate: Which is better for a firm with 4+ attorneys?
Ajax is an AI timekeeper. It reads each attorney’s screen and turns the day into time entries, so a client call becomes an entry drafted from what was on screen; the audio is never captured. LegalMate turns every call and text on RingCentral, Dialpad, Zoom Phone or Quo into a transcript, summary, matched matter, detailed time entry and follow-up task in Clio or Filevine. Nothing to install.
20 minutes. We walk through the unbilled-time math for your firm.
Integrates with
& more
Integrates with
& more
Why LegalMate
Why call-heavy firms choose LegalMate.
Ajax is a timekeeper that watches the desktop. LegalMate is communication intelligence for the phone system you already use, into Clio and Filevine. If your unbilled time is on the phone, this is where it is recovered.
A call is more than a duration.
Ajax never captures the call audio. It drafts a time entry from what is on screen around the call plus duration and contact from the phone system’s API; a transcript only exists where your phone system’s own AI wrote one. LegalMate records the call, writes the summary and the file note, matches it to the matter and files the transcript in Clio or Filevine, so anyone at the firm can see what was actually said.
Texts and intake only count if they cross a timekeeper’s screen.
Ajax sees a text thread only when it is read on a machine running Ajax, and it bills the time rather than filing the thread. Calls your intake team takes on seats without Ajax are not captured. LegalMate logs every call and text at the phone-system level, bills each daily text thread, and turns “I’ll send that Friday” into a Clio task.
Nothing to install. Nothing to watch.
Ajax runs as a desktop app on every timekeeper’s computer and reads the screen all day. LegalMate connects to your phone system once, for the whole firm, and your email is searched and surfaced by the LegalMate agent. Ask Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot about any client’s calls through the LegalMate MCP connector. Ajax captures what happens on the screen.
Why LegalMate
Why call-heavy firms choose LegalMate.
Ajax is a timekeeper that watches the desktop. LegalMate is communication intelligence for the phone system you already use, into Clio and Filevine. If your unbilled time is on the phone, this is where it is recovered.
A call is more than a duration.
Ajax never captures the call audio. It drafts a time entry from what is on screen around the call plus duration and contact from the phone system’s API; a transcript only exists where your phone system’s own AI wrote one. LegalMate records the call, writes the summary and the file note, matches it to the matter and files the transcript in Clio or Filevine, so anyone at the firm can see what was actually said.
Texts and intake only count if they cross a timekeeper’s screen.
Ajax sees a text thread only when it is read on a machine running Ajax, and it bills the time rather than filing the thread. Calls your intake team takes on seats without Ajax are not captured. LegalMate logs every call and text at the phone-system level, bills each daily text thread, and turns “I’ll send that Friday” into a Clio task.
Nothing to install. Nothing to watch.
Ajax runs as a desktop app on every timekeeper’s computer and reads the screen all day. LegalMate connects to your phone system once, for the whole firm, and your email is searched and surfaced by the LegalMate agent. Ask Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot about any client’s calls through the LegalMate MCP connector. Ajax captures what happens on the screen.
Join the law firms billing more calls with AI:
Join the law firms billing more calls with AI:
Join the law firms billing more calls with AI:
Why LegalMate
Why call-heavy firms choose LegalMate.
Ajax is a timekeeper that watches the desktop. LegalMate is communication intelligence for the phone system you already use, into Clio and Filevine. If your unbilled time is on the phone, this is where it is recovered.
A call is more than a duration.
Ajax never captures the call audio. It drafts a time entry from what is on screen around the call plus duration and contact from the phone system’s API; a transcript only exists where your phone system’s own AI wrote one. LegalMate records the call, writes the summary and the file note, matches it to the matter and files the transcript in Clio or Filevine, so anyone at the firm can see what was actually said.
Texts and intake only count if they cross a timekeeper’s screen.
Ajax sees a text thread only when it is read on a machine running Ajax, and it bills the time rather than filing the thread. Calls your intake team takes on seats without Ajax are not captured. LegalMate logs every call and text at the phone-system level, bills each daily text thread, and turns “I’ll send that Friday” into a Clio task.
Nothing to install. Nothing to watch.
Ajax runs as a desktop app on every timekeeper’s computer and reads the screen all day. LegalMate connects to your phone system once, for the whole firm, and your email is searched and surfaced by the LegalMate agent. Ask Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot about any client’s calls through the LegalMate MCP connector. Ajax captures what happens on the screen.
Ajax vs LegalMate
What’s the difference?
Ajax is built around the desktop: drafting, review, email and the calls taken alongside them. LegalMate is built for family, PI, immigration and criminal defense practices where the file moves by phone. Every client call, opposing counsel call and text becomes a matter note, a billable entry at the timekeeper’s rate, and a follow-up task, through the LegalMate Clio integration or Filevine integration.
Feature
Ajax
Ajax
LegalMate
LegalMate
What it captures
On-screen work: documents, email, browser, calendar, meetings and VoIP calls, plus call metadata from the phone system’s API
On-screen work: documents, email, browser, calendar, meetings and VoIP calls, plus call metadata from the phone system’s API
Every call and text on RingCentral, Dialpad, Zoom Phone or Quo
Every call and text on RingCentral, Dialpad, Zoom Phone or Quo
Installs on attorney computers
Desktop app (Mac and Windows) on every timekeeper’s machine
Desktop app (Mac and Windows) on every timekeeper’s machine
Nothing to install; connects at the phone-system level in one session
Nothing to install; connects at the phone-system level in one session
Phone call content
No audio captured; a time entry drafted from the on-screen call window and API call metadata
No audio captured; a time entry drafted from the on-screen call window and API call metadata
Full transcript and AI summary filed on the matter
Full transcript and AI summary filed on the matter
Call logging and matter matching
Matched from on-screen context, reviewed before release
Matched from on-screen context, reviewed before release
Every call auto-matched and logged to the matter
Every call auto-matched and logged to the matter
AI call summaries
Time-entry narratives; can file the phone system’s own AI summary to the matter
Time-entry narratives; can file the phone system’s own AI summary to the matter
Call communication, detailed notes and phone activity, prompted to your practice area and merged with Clio context
Call communication, detailed notes and phone activity, prompted to your practice area and merged with Clio context
Time entries
Narrative written from screen activity, in the attorney’s voice
Narrative written from screen activity, in the attorney’s voice
Detailed entry written from the transcript, in your firm’s billing style
Detailed entry written from the transcript, in your firm’s billing style
Transcripts
None of its own; reads and can file the phone system’s AI transcript where one exists
None of its own; reads and can file the phone system’s AI transcript where one exists
Full searchable transcript in Clio and LegalMate. Ask the LegalMate agent to catch you up on a client and it retrieves every file note: client calls, opposing counsel, the court
Full searchable transcript in Clio and LegalMate. Ask the LegalMate agent to catch you up on a client and it retrieves every file note: client calls, opposing counsel, the court
SMS sync thread
Reads SMS threads on screen for time; no thread filed to the matter documented
Reads SMS threads on screen for time; no thread filed to the matter documented
Daily text threads on the matter, each one billable
Daily text threads on the matter, each one billable
Email time captured on screen; email filing add-on
Email time captured on screen; email filing add-on
Searched and surfaced by the LegalMate agent
Searched and surfaced by the LegalMate agent
Call-to-task
Not documented
Not documented
Follow-ups become Clio tasks, and the Waiting-on-us list flags replies that are late or at risk
Follow-ups become Clio tasks, and the Waiting-on-us list flags replies that are late or at risk
Ask your AI assistant
Not documented
Not documented
Read-only MCP connector for Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot
Read-only MCP connector for Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot
Where your call data lives
SOC 2 Type II; raw activity data purged on a rolling cycle
SOC 2 Type II; raw activity data purged on a rolling cycle
US-based servers; EU, Canada and Australia supported
US-based servers; EU, Canada and Australia supported
Ajax is a strong product for desktop-heavy work, and some firms run both. The comparison is about where your unbilled time actually is.
Honest fit
Is Ajax or LegalMate better for a 4+ team?
We would rather tell you now than after onboarding. If you are in the middle column, we are not the right fit yet.
LegalMate fits if
Client contact is mostly phone and text, and it is under-billed
You want the substance of the call on the matter, not just the minutes
You are on Clio or Filevine with RingCentral, Dialpad, Zoom Phone or Quo and want capture live this month, with nothing installed on attorney machines
LegalMate is not for you if
You are a solo practice or under four team members
The firm takes fewer than ~150 client calls a month
Your phones are not on RingCentral, Dialpad, Zoom Phone or Quo
You are not on Clio Manage or Filevine
Ajax fits if
Most billable work is drafting, review and email on the desktop
Your timekeepers want narratives written in their own voice for outside counsel guideline review
A larger firm that wants one desktop timekeeper across every application, and phone volume is already billed well
A system that works
Using Ajax already? Keep it. Add the phone.
Using Ajax already? Keep it. Add the phone.
LegalMate runs at the phone-system level, not on the desktop, so it does not compete with a screen-based timekeeper. Firms that run both get desktop time from Ajax and call, text and email intelligence from LegalMate. We configure it so nothing is logged twice.
LegalMate runs at the phone-system level, not on the desktop, so it does not compete with a screen-based timekeeper. Firms that run both get desktop time from Ajax and call, text and email intelligence from LegalMate. We configure it so nothing is logged twice.
$100k+
average additional billing per firm per year
$100k+
average additional billing per firm per year
~70%
reduction in follow-up work
~70%
reduction in follow-up work
0
dashboards for attorneys to check
0
dashboards for attorneys to check
1
clear price, full functionality included
1
clear price, full functionality included
FAQ
Your questions answered.
Still have questions? Book a free call and we will walk you through it on your own call logs.
Does Ajax transcribe phone calls?
No. Ajax says it never captures the call audio. It drafts a time entry from what is on screen around the call (the call window, notes you type, and the transcript or AI summary your phone system generates on tiers that have one) plus duration and contact from the phone system’s API, and it can file that phone-system summary to the matter. LegalMate records the call itself, writes the summary and the time entry, and files them with the transcript on the matter in Clio or Filevine.
Is LegalMate a time tracker like Ajax?
No. LegalMate is communication intelligence for law firms: it captures every client call and text on your phone system, writes the note and the time entry, matches the matter, creates the follow-up task and keeps the whole history searchable. Time entries are one output, not the product. Ajax is a timekeeper that reads the desktop.
Can I use Ajax and LegalMate together?
Yes. Ajax captures desktop work; LegalMate captures calls and texts at the phone-system level and surfaces email through the LegalMate agent. Firms that run both keep Ajax for drafting and review time and use LegalMate for everything that happens on the phone. We configure it so nothing is logged twice.
Does Ajax work with RingCentral, Dialpad or Zoom Phone?
Yes. Ajax publishes integration guides for RingCentral, Dialpad, Zoom Phone, VXT, Microsoft Teams Phone, GoTo Connect and Intermedia Unite. It reads the call window on screen and, for RingCentral, Dialpad and Zoom Phone, pulls call duration and contact from the API so mobile calls are not lost; it does not capture audio, and Quo is not among the systems it lists. LegalMate integrates directly with RingCentral, Dialpad, Zoom Phone and Quo, so every call and text is recorded, summarized and logged whether it was taken on a desk phone, in the app or on a mobile.
Does Ajax need software on every attorney’s computer?
Yes. Ajax is a desktop app for Mac and Windows, installed per timekeeper, that reads the screen in real time. LegalMate installs nothing on attorney machines: it connects to the firm’s phone system and to Clio or Filevine once, and every call and text is logged in the background.
Does Ajax integrate with Clio and Filevine?
Yes. Ajax is listed in the Clio App Directory and names Filevine, MyCase, PracticePanther, SurePoint, Centerbase, Actionstep, Soluno and Orion among its billing systems. It syncs matters, activity codes and rates and pushes approved time entries back as native entries. LegalMate integrates with Clio and Filevine and writes the call note, transcript, time entry and task to the matter.
Does LegalMate replace my phone system?
No. LegalMate connects to the phone system you already run (RingCentral, Dialpad, Zoom Phone or Quo) and to Clio or Filevine. Your numbers, plans, desk phones and devices stay exactly as they are.
What does LegalMate log for each call or text?
A searchable transcript, an AI summary prompted to your practice area, the call communication and phone activity on the matter it was auto-matched to, a detailed billable time entry written from the transcript, and any follow-up tasks. Texts sync as daily threads on the matter, so each day can be billed.
Do attorneys have to change how they work?
No. There is no dashboard to check and no per-user sign-up. After the one-time connection, every call and text is logged to the matter in the background. Entries arrive as drafts the attorney can approve or edit.
What does LegalMate cost?
Ajax is priced per seat on annual contracts and quoted after a pilot. LegalMate is one clear price with full functionality included; nothing is held back for a higher tier. Book a free call and we will quote it for your timekeeper count and walk through the unbilled-time math per attorney: calls per month, minutes per call, blended rate.
Where does my call data go?
Ajax reports SOC 2 Type II, encryption in transit and at rest, and a rolling purge of raw activity data. All LegalMate servers are US-based, and we support firms in the EU, Canada and Australia. LegalMate also runs a zero data retention policy: your call data is processed for your Clio or Filevine records, not kept.
Can I ask Claude or ChatGPT about my calls?
Yes. The LegalMate MCP connector gives Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot read-only access to your firm’s call summaries, notes and transcripts, with every answer linked back to the call in LegalMate. It needs a LegalMate account, and the 7-day free trial includes it. Ajax does not document an equivalent.
FAQ
Your questions answered.
Everything you need to know about working with us. Still have questions? Book a free call and we'll walk you through it.
Does Ajax transcribe phone calls?
No. Ajax says it never captures the call audio. It drafts a time entry from what is on screen around the call (the call window, notes you type, and the transcript or AI summary your phone system generates on tiers that have one) plus duration and contact from the phone system’s API, and it can file that phone-system summary to the matter. LegalMate records the call itself, writes the summary and the time entry, and files them with the transcript on the matter in Clio or Filevine.
Is LegalMate a time tracker like Ajax?
No. LegalMate is communication intelligence for law firms: it captures every client call and text on your phone system, writes the note and the time entry, matches the matter, creates the follow-up task and keeps the whole history searchable. Time entries are one output, not the product. Ajax is a timekeeper that reads the desktop.
Can I use Ajax and LegalMate together?
Yes. Ajax captures desktop work; LegalMate captures calls and texts at the phone-system level and surfaces email through the LegalMate agent. Firms that run both keep Ajax for drafting and review time and use LegalMate for everything that happens on the phone. We configure it so nothing is logged twice.
Does Ajax work with RingCentral, Dialpad or Zoom Phone?
Yes. Ajax publishes integration guides for RingCentral, Dialpad, Zoom Phone, VXT, Microsoft Teams Phone, GoTo Connect and Intermedia Unite. It reads the call window on screen and, for RingCentral, Dialpad and Zoom Phone, pulls call duration and contact from the API so mobile calls are not lost; it does not capture audio, and Quo is not among the systems it lists. LegalMate integrates directly with RingCentral, Dialpad, Zoom Phone and Quo, so every call and text is recorded, summarized and logged whether it was taken on a desk phone, in the app or on a mobile.
Does Ajax need software on every attorney’s computer?
Yes. Ajax is a desktop app for Mac and Windows, installed per timekeeper, that reads the screen in real time. LegalMate installs nothing on attorney machines: it connects to the firm’s phone system and to Clio or Filevine once, and every call and text is logged in the background.
Does Ajax integrate with Clio and Filevine?
Yes. Ajax is listed in the Clio App Directory and names Filevine, MyCase, PracticePanther, SurePoint, Centerbase, Actionstep, Soluno and Orion among its billing systems. It syncs matters, activity codes and rates and pushes approved time entries back as native entries. LegalMate integrates with Clio and Filevine and writes the call note, transcript, time entry and task to the matter.
Does LegalMate replace my phone system?
No. LegalMate connects to the phone system you already run (RingCentral, Dialpad, Zoom Phone or Quo) and to Clio or Filevine. Your numbers, plans, desk phones and devices stay exactly as they are.
What does LegalMate log for each call or text?
A searchable transcript, an AI summary prompted to your practice area, the call communication and phone activity on the matter it was auto-matched to, a detailed billable time entry written from the transcript, and any follow-up tasks. Texts sync as daily threads on the matter, so each day can be billed.
Do attorneys have to change how they work?
No. There is no dashboard to check and no per-user sign-up. After the one-time connection, every call and text is logged to the matter in the background. Entries arrive as drafts the attorney can approve or edit.
What does LegalMate cost?
Ajax is priced per seat on annual contracts and quoted after a pilot. LegalMate is one clear price with full functionality included; nothing is held back for a higher tier. Book a free call and we will quote it for your timekeeper count and walk through the unbilled-time math per attorney: calls per month, minutes per call, blended rate.
Where does my call data go?
Ajax reports SOC 2 Type II, encryption in transit and at rest, and a rolling purge of raw activity data. All LegalMate servers are US-based, and we support firms in the EU, Canada and Australia. LegalMate also runs a zero data retention policy: your call data is processed for your Clio or Filevine records, not kept.
Can I ask Claude or ChatGPT about my calls?
Yes. The LegalMate MCP connector gives Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot read-only access to your firm’s call summaries, notes and transcripts, with every answer linked back to the call in LegalMate. It needs a LegalMate account, and the 7-day free trial includes it. Ajax does not document an equivalent.
Time is your inventory
The other half of your billable day is on the phone.
Book a 20-minute call. We walk through your call and text volume and the unbilled-time math per attorney.