Is PlaintiffStack cheaper than Filevine?

It depends on how many cases you open and how many people work them. Filevine quotes per user, and third-party estimates put seats at about $65 to $100 per user per month plus implementation fees and AI add-ons. PlaintiffStack is $250 per case with every app included and no monthly fee, plus AI usage billed separately. Run your own numbers in the case management cost calculator.

Does Filevine handle California workers' comp?

Filevine can be configured for comp, and Gemini Legal, a California comp provider, integrates with it for EAMS JET filing. PlaintiffStack ships workers' comp with California phases, a benefits audit, QME and WCAB pages and morning checks, but it does not e-file to EAMS; it tracks the ADJ number.

Which has the better AI for demands and chronologies?

Filevine's suite is broader: case Q&A, agents across matters, LOIS for Word and MedChron. PlaintiffStack's tools are narrower and built per practice, with every fact cited to its page and a cost estimate before each run. PlaintiffStack doesn't read scanned records yet, so firms with mostly faxed records should weigh that.

Does Filevine have a SOC 2 report? Does PlaintiffStack?

Filevine completes an annual SOC 2 Type II audit and shares reports under NDA. PlaintiffStack's SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 work is in progress, with no report yet. We sign a BAA with every firm before client data arrives and answer security questionnaires in writing.

Can we move from Filevine to PlaintiffStack?

Yes. We move your cases, contacts and documents from Filevine and check the result with you before you switch. Check your Filevine contract's term and export terms first, and plan around any AI add-on agreements.

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Case managementReviewed October 21, 2026

PlaintiffStack vs Filevine

PlaintiffStack vs Filevine: configurable case management with LOIS AI add-ons, or one California plaintiff record at $250 per case.

The short answer

Filevine is a mature, deeply configurable platform with a large partner network, a SOC 2 Type II audit and a fast-growing AI suite. PlaintiffStack is younger and narrower: California PI, workers' comp and employment on one record, page-cited AI and a published per-case price. Choose Filevine for configurability and multi-state reach; choose PlaintiffStack for California depth and a simpler price.

Configurable case management with the LOIS AI suite

Filevine

Law firms of many sizes and practice types, legal teams and agencies, with personal injury among its core markets

Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah
Funding: $400M in two equity rounds, announced September 2025 (Insight Partners; Accel and Halo Fund co-led the second)
Customers: 6,000+ firms, per Filevine (June 2026)
AI: LOIS, LOIS Console agents (June 2026), LOIS for Word (from the Pincites acquisition), MedChron
Pricing: Quoted per firm; not published

Case management and AI on one record

PlaintiffStack

High-volume plaintiff firms in California: personal injury, workers' comp and employment

Price: $250 per case, every app included, no monthly fee. AI usage is billed separately, with an estimate shown before each run.
Practices: PI, workers' comp and employment, on California rules
Security: A BAA with every firm; one US AWS account, models included. SOC 2 in progress

Side by side

PlaintiffStack and Filevine compared
What	Filevine	PlaintiffStack
What it is	Cloud case management with configurable project types, fields, workflows and templates, plus the LOIS AI suite.	Case management and AI on one record: intake, case work, records, drafting, the client portal and automation.
Built for	Firms of many sizes and practice types, legal departments and agencies. Buyer guides say it fits best with a dedicated system admin.	High-volume plaintiff firms in California.
Practice areas	Personal injury, immigration, estate planning and many others, through configurable project types. Used nationwide.	Personal injury, workers' comp and employment built in. Firms can add other practice areas in Customize, on California rules.
California workers' comp and employment	Workers' comp through configuration and partners: Gemini Legal, a California comp provider, integrates for EAMS JET filing. No California employment checks described publicly.	Built in. Comp: benefits audit, QME cover letter and records index, WCAB petitions, IMR deadline checks. Employment: legal chronology, wage and penalty audit, right-to-sue deadline checks. No PD rating calculator or EAMS e-filing.
AI features and how they're priced	LOIS case Q&A and drafting, LOIS Console agents that write back to the record, LOIS for Word, MedChron, deposition tools. Prices not published; add-ons quoted separately.	Agents propose facts, deadlines and tasks; a person accepts each one, and drafts cite the page. Each run shows an estimated cost first (typically cents); usage is billed separately as part of your quote.
Medical records and OCR	MedChron for medical chronologies; record retrieval through partners such as Arctrieval and Codes Health. OCR details not published.	Reads searchable PDFs, Word and text files, and cites the page. No OCR yet: scans and faxes aren't read.
Client portal, texting and intake	Client portal, texting and email from the case, and intake and lead tracking (Lead Docket, bought in 2020, and Leads AI).	Client portal from a link in any phone browser; texts logged to the case. Intake tracks every lead to a next step, with no automatic capture from web forms yet.
Pricing	Per-user subscription quoted by headcount and modules. Third-party estimates: about $65 to $100 per user per month.	$250 per case, every app included, no monthly fee. AI usage billed separately.
Contract and implementation	Set up through Certified Implementation Partners; third-party estimates of $5,000 to $20,000 in fees. Contract terms not published.	No long lock-in contract. After the demo, a switching plan with dates.
Migration	Run by Filevine's implementation partners. Reviewers have described go-live dates slipping.	We move your cases, contacts and documents and check the result with you before you switch.
Security	Annual SOC 2 Type II audit that includes HIPAA safeguard testing; first ISO 27001 audit completed, certificate pending; CJIS compliance. Reports under NDA.	BAA with every firm; one US AWS account, models included (Bedrock); no training on firm data; audit log. SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 in progress, no report yet.
Integrations and accounting	Large partner network: records retrieval, phones, mail, Workato and more. Accounting through integrations.	Microsoft Word and Dropbox live; RingCentral in early access; Outlook, Gmail, Google Drive and QuickBooks coming. No trust accounting.

Choose Filevine if

You want to configure project types, fields and workflows yourself across many practice areas, and you have an admin to run it.
You practice in several states and want one platform for all of them.
You need a SOC 2 Type II report in hand before you sign, or CJIS compliance.
You want a wide partner network, including EAMS JET filing through Gemini Legal for California comp.
You want deposition tools and AI drafting inside Word from the same vendor.

Choose PlaintiffStack if

Your firm practices California PI, workers' comp or employment and wants those phases, case tools and morning checks built in rather than configured.
You want one published price, $250 per case with every app included, instead of seats plus quoted add-ons.
You want every AI-proposed fact to cite the page it came from, and nothing to land in a case until a person accepts it.
You don't want a long lock-in contract, and you want your migration checked with you before you switch.

Two different bets

Filevine started as configurable case management and has become one of the best-funded companies in legal software. In September 2025 it announced $400 million raised across two equity rounds, the first led by Insight Partners and the second co-led by Accel and Halo Fund. It says more than 6,000 firms use it. Its pitch is breadth: project types a firm shapes to any practice, a partner network for the work around the case, and an AI suite called LOIS that now covers drafting, research and agents.

PlaintiffStack makes a narrower bet. It is one record for high-volume plaintiff firms in California, with personal injury, workers' comp and employment built in. The case, its documents, its drafts and the client portal share that record, and the AI works from it. See how the product fits together.

What Filevine does well

Configurability. Firms build their own project types, fields and workflows. Buyer guides call the template engine a core strength, with the caveat that it rewards firms that have a system admin.
AI breadth. LOIS answers questions about a matter and drafts from it. LOIS Console, launched June 2, 2026, runs agents across matters and writes results back to the record: tasks, deadlines, calendars, documents and reports. Filevine bought Pincites and turned it into LOIS for Word (announced January 2026), and sells MedChron for medical chronologies. A free tier, LOIS Explore, followed in July 2026.
Ecosystem. Partners cover records retrieval, phones, mail and automation. For California comp, Gemini Legal integrates for EAMS JET filing.
Security paperwork. Filevine completes an annual SOC 2 Type II audit that includes HIPAA safeguard testing, and says it has finished its first ISO 27001 audit.

If you need one platform for several states and practice types, or a SOC 2 report before you sign, Filevine is the stronger choice today.

Where PlaintiffStack differs

California is built in. A workers' comp case opens with phases from intake through QME and WCAB, a benefits audit of TD periods, rates and late payments, a QME cover letter and records index, and morning checks for certified disability with no payment and IMR deadlines after a UR denial. Employment cases get a legal chronology, a wage and penalty audit and right-to-sue filing deadline checks. PI cases get a missing records report, a treatment chronology and a policy-limits demand. On Filevine you would configure most of this yourself or add partners. See the workers' comp and employment pages.

AI that shows its work. Agents propose facts, deadlines and tasks, and a person accepts each one. Drafts cite the document and page every fact came from, and nothing goes to a client, carrier or court until a person sends it. Each tool shows an estimated cost before it runs, typically cents, and usage is billed separately as part of your quote.

What we don't do yet. PlaintiffStack doesn't read scanned records or faxes (no OCR yet). It has no trust accounting, no EAMS e-filing and no PD rating calculator, and it follows California rules only. Integrations are fewer: Microsoft Word and Dropbox are live, RingCentral is in early access, and Outlook and Gmail are coming. See integrations and security.

Price and contract

Filevine doesn't publish prices. It quotes by headcount, practice area and modules. Third-party estimates put seats at roughly $65 to $100 per user per month and implementation at $5,000 to $20,000, and comparisons say AI tools such as MedChron are sold as separate add-ons. Treat those figures as estimates, and ask for the AI line items in writing.

PlaintiffStack charges $250 per case with every app included, no monthly fee and no long lock-in contract. AI usage is billed separately. The difference is the unit: seats grow with staff, case fees grow with intake. The per-case vs per-seat guide and the case management cost calculator walk through the math for your firm.

Switching

Filevine implementations run through Certified Implementation Partners, and some reviewers describe go-live dates that slipped and costs that were hard to pin down. PlaintiffStack moves your cases, contacts and documents and checks the result with you before you switch; after the demo we send a plan with dates. The switching guide lists what to ask any vendor. For the incumbents head to head, see Filevine vs Litify, Filevine vs SmartAdvocate and Filevine vs CasePeer.

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