Laurel
Laurel captures work activity and billable time for legal, accounting, and consulting teams, then uses that activity to support timekeeping and billing review.
What Laurel is
Laurel captures work activity and billable time for legal, accounting, and consulting teams, then uses that activity to support timekeeping and billing review. Its AI-generated narratives help users create time entries. Billing tools flag out-of-scope time before entries are written off, and outside counsel guidelines are checked when entries are made so issues can be addressed before billing. Laurel lists Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Webex for activity capture, and connections to Aderant, Elite Enterprise, Elite 3E, Prolaw, and Practice Engine for practice management. Its mobile app lets users speak work into entries, move activities into a timesheet, and run a timer from the lock screen. The locally installed Desktop Assistant supports Windows 10 and 11; Unix and Macintosh users can use Laurel through a supported browser. The API uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials with read-only or read/write permissions. Laurel says it holds SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 42001 certifications, supports GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA compliance, and encrypts data in transit and at rest. Pricing is on request.
Good
- AI narratives help create time entries.
- Flags out-of-scope time before write-off.
- Mobile app supports voice entries and timers.
- Provides read-only and read/write API permissions.
- Offers in-region storage and BYOK encryption keys.
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request.
- Desktop Assistant supports Windows 10 and 11 only.
- Unix and Macintosh users need a supported browser.
Who it suits
Laurel suits legal, accounting, and consulting teams that need activity capture, time entry, and billing review. Mobile users can record work by voice or use a lock-screen timer.
Verdict
Laurel combines activity capture, timekeeping, and billing checks for professional services teams. Pricing requires contacting the company, and desktop assistant support is limited to Windows 10 and 11.
Plans and prices
From Laurel's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Laurel | Priced on request | one price for everything · contact Laurel for a demo |
The facts
Each one read from Laurel's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI isolation
- The home page states that Laurel uses no public LLMs, offers single-tenant AI and supports bring-your-own-key encryption.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI privacy
- Laurel says it does not use public LLMs and provides single-tenant AI.checked 3 Oct 2026
- AI Suggestions
- Suggestions predicts matters and relevant activities for each day and prepares draft entries for confirmation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- Laurel provides API credentials using OAuth 2.0 client credentials, with read-only and read/write permissions.checked 3 Oct 2026
- API documentation
- Public API documentation is hosted at developer.laurel.ai and includes identity, time and ingestion service endpoints.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Automated timekeeping
- The platform captures work at its source and generates compliant billing narratives with AI.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Laurel says it enforces outside counsel guidelines at the point of entry so issues can be fixed before billing.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Compliance claims
- Laurel lists ISO 42001, SOC 2 Type 2, CCPA, GDPR and HIPAA compliance.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance controls
- Administrators can configure billing rules, restricted words, narrative limits and enforcement levels from alert through blocking.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom connectors
- Firms can build connectors for unsupported billing systems by importing clients, matters, users and time data through Laurel APIs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- Laurel says data is encrypted in transit and at rest and offers in-region storage and customer-managed encryption keys through BYOK.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Data residency
- Laurel offers in-region storage and customer-managed encryption keys through BYOK.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Desktop support
- The locally installed Laurel Desktop Assistant supports Windows 10 and 11; Unix and Macintosh users can use Laurel in a supported browser without that assistant.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- Laurel maintains a searchable Help Center, technical implementation guides and in-app support messaging.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding news
- Laurel announced a $100 million Series C led by IVP on June 10, 2025, with participation from GV and 01A.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hardware requirements
- Laurel lists a multicore x64 processor, at least 8 GB RAM and at least 100 GB storage, preferably SSD.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hosting model
- The security page describes Laurel as true SaaS and says customers do not need servers or services in their own data centers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Laurel lists Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Webex for capture, and supports practice management connections including Aderant, Elite Enterprise, Elite 3E, Prolaw, and Practice Engine.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Limit: deployment bugs
- A legaltech commenter said a large-firm pilot was cancelled after extensive bugs and a perception that the client was performing quality assurance.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing
- Its billing tools review bills and flag out-of-scope time before entries are written off.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Laurel as privately held, founded in 2018, headquartered in San Francisco and employing 51–200 people.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2018checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Independent company report
- Fortune reported that Laurel had 59 employees in June 2025 and originated in 2016 as Time by Ping before becoming Laurel.checked 15 Oct 2026
