Smokeball
Smokeball is legal practice management software for solo lawyers, small law firms, and growing legal teams.
What Smokeball is
Smokeball is legal practice management software for solo lawyers, small law firms, and growing legal teams. It brings together matter management, automatic time tracking, document automation, billing, trust accounting, and business reporting. Archie AI works within matters to review information, summarize documents, draft correspondence, and answer questions. TemplateLab offers more than 20,000 templates that populate from matter information. Smokeball highlights Microsoft Word and Outlook integration, and its marketplace lists 104 partner tools when opened. Features vary by plan: Boost includes client and matter management, task and calendar management, Microsoft 365 integrations, a client portal, eSignature, and eFiling. Grow adds practice-area templates, document automation, automated forms, email management, and a web app. Bill focuses on invoicing, time and expenses, online payments, trust accounting, and reporting; Prosper+ includes firm insights, lead management, advanced matter intake, custom workflows, and reporting. Pricing is available on request, and there is no free plan. Boost is browser-based and support says it can be accessed from PCs, Macs, iPads, and mobile phones. Grow and Prosper+ require a locally installed 64-bit Windows 11 desktop app; Mac OS is unsupported for those tiers. Smokeball says it provides training and data migration options.
Good
- Combines matter management, billing, and trust accounting.
- Archie AI works with information inside matters.
- TemplateLab offers more than 20,000 templates.
- Boost is browser-based and supports multiple device types.
- Smokeball says it offers training and data migration options.
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request.
- There is no free plan.
- Grow and Prosper+ require 64-bit Windows 11.
- Mac OS is unsupported for Grow and Prosper+.
Who it suits
Smokeball is designed for solo lawyers, small firms, and growing legal teams across a range of practice areas. Firms should consider which plan fits their workflows and desktop requirements.
Verdict
Smokeball covers legal matters, documents, time, billing, and reporting, with different capabilities across Boost, Grow, Bill, and Prosper+. Pricing is on request, and firms considering Grow or Prosper+ should note the Windows 11 desktop requirement.
Plans and prices
From Smokeball's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Bill | Priced on request | Invoicing · time and expense tracking · online payments · trust accounting and reporting · accounting integrations |
| Boost | Priced on request | Includes Bill · browser-based · client and matter management · task and calendar management · Microsoft 365 integrations · client portal · eSignature · eFiling |
| Grow | Priced on request | Includes Boost · practice area templates and calculators · document automation · automated forms · email management · web app |
| Prosper+ | Priced on request | Includes Grow · firm insights · lead management · advanced matter intake · custom workflows · staff activity and profitability reporting · AutoTime, Intake, and Workflows included |
The facts
Each one read from Smokeball's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI
- Archie AI works within matters to review information, summarize documents, draft correspondence, and answer questions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- AI privacy
- Smokeball says it does not provide customer data to third parties for AI model training and limits AI access by firm, matter, and user permissions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- Smokeball says sensitive data is encrypted with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2 or higher in transit, with MFA and role-based access controls.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Desktop requirements
- The Grow and Prosper+ native desktop app must be installed locally and requires 64-bit Windows 11; Mac OS is listed as unsupported for those tiers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Smokeball highlights Microsoft Word and Outlook integration, and its marketplace lists 104 partner tools when opened.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Practice areas
- Smokeball is designed for solo lawyers, small law firms, and growing legal teams across a range of practice areas.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Smokeball is legal practice management software combining matter management, automatic time tracking, document automation, billing, trust accounting, and business reporting.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security certification
- Smokeball says its information security management system is certified to ISO 27001.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support and onboarding
- Smokeball says it provides plan-tailored training through live sessions, guided resources, and Smokeball Academy, with data migration options available.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Templates
- TemplateLab offers more than 20,000 templates that populate from matter information.checked 11 Oct 2026
- User limit
- Smokeball says there is no limit to the number of firm users or clients who can use the software at the same time.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser access
- Smokeball Boost is browser-based and its support page says it can be accessed from PCs, Macs, iPads, and mobile phones.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2013checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Smokeball's terms identify its principal place of business as 200 West Adams, Suite 1450, Chicago, Illinois 60606.checked 11 Oct 2026
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