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- Secteur d'activité : Construction
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Essai gratuit
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
Logiciel de comptabilité
Publié le 18/10/2023
Avantages
Je suis très satisfait de CosmoLex puisque nous avons beaucoup plus de facilité à assurer la compatibilité et mieux gérer nos facturations. C'est un logiciel de grande qualité tout simplement.
Inconvénients
Le service client et la qualité prix de ce logiciel est très appréciable. Je n'ai pas de reproche à faire. C'est un logiciel que je recommande également.
- Secteur d'activité : Services financiers
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Essai gratuit
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Simplicité d'utilisation
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Outil gestionnaire des cabinets d'avocats
Publié le 22/11/2023
Avantages
Le Cosmolex, un outil gestionnaire conçu pour les cabinets d'avocats ou juridiques permet de jongler avec des systèmes distincts, la facturation, la comptabilité. Il assure la bonne gestion avec efficacité maximale des cabinets juridiques.
Inconvénients
Aucune preuve d'inconvénients pour l'utilisation de ce logiciel.
- Secteur d'activité : Matériaux de construction
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Essai gratuit
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Logiciel de gestion
Publié le 21/10/2023
Avantages
Ce logiciel agit dans le domaine de cabinet d'avocats. C'est un logiciel qui avantage les avocats basé sur le cloud avec une comptabilité juridique intégré et conforme.
Inconvénients
Aucun inconvénient relevé sur ce logiciel. Il est recommandé aux utilisateurs et surtout les cabinets d'avocats.
- Secteur d'activité : Marketing et publicité
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Essai gratuit
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 8.0 /10
Logiciel de comptabilité
Publié le 30/10/2023
Avantages
Ce logiciel est un très bon logiciel qui me permet de faire des calculs sans me gêner et donner des idées de comptabilité à mes employés.
Inconvénients
C'est un bon logiciel tout coup et qui me favorise en beaucoup de chose dans mes calculs.
- Secteur d'activité : Construction
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Essai gratuit
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Logiciel de gestion judiciaire
Publié le 31/10/2023
Avantages
Ce logiciel nous permet la bonne gestion des cabinet d'avocats et la comptabilité juridique pour une gestion jurassique.
Inconvénients
Ce logiciel n'a aucun inconvénient j'apprécie beaucoup et c'est recommandable aux utilisateurs.
- Secteur d'activité : Ressources humaines
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Essai gratuit
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
Logiciel de facturation
Publié le 01/11/2023
Avantages
Le logiciel cosmolex est très bon pour la facturation car il m'aide et est très efficace en son activité très rapidement et facile.
Inconvénients
Ce cosmolex est un bon logiciel qui est à recommandé par son rapport prix abordable.

- Secteur d'activité : Marketing et publicité
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Essai gratuit
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
logiciel de gestion
Publié le 15/11/2023
il faut une recommandation a ce logiciel.
il faut une recommandation a ce logiciel.
Avantages
le logiciel cosmolex est un bon logiciel avec lequel je fais la gestion de mon entreprise
Inconvénients
le logiciel cosmolex a un prix tres abordable que j'ai pas grand chose a souligner
- Secteur d'activité : Construction
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Essai gratuit
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Logiciel de gestion
Publié le 20/11/2023
Il est a recommander tres fort ce logiciel cosmolex.
Il est a recommander tres fort ce logiciel cosmolex.
Avantages
Le logiciel cosmolex est un tres bon logiciels qui m'aide a mieux gérer mon entreprise.
Inconvénients
Le rapport prix du logiciel cosmolex est acceptable.
- Secteur d'activité : Design graphique
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Essai gratuit
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
Logiciel de facturation
Publié le 03/10/2023
Avantages
Ce logiciel est très pratique , surtout pour la réalisation de mes factures
Inconvénients
Il est génial ce logiciel. Je le recommande à tous
- Secteur d'activité : Marchés boursiers
- Taille de l'entreprise : 11–50 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les mois pendant Essai gratuit
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
Logiciel de management
Publié le 19/09/2023
Avantages
Il est un parfait logiciel très facile à utiliser.
Inconvénients
Aucune difficulté avec l'utilisation de cet logiciel

- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant 1 à 5 mois
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Streamlined Access Anywhere!
Publié le 13/12/2019
It is enjoyable to work with, and has been an easy transition. The staff are friendly and helpful....
It is enjoyable to work with, and has been an easy transition. The staff are friendly and helpful. While I haven't had much in the way of issues, any that I have were quickly resolved.
Avantages
I was previously using PC Law, provided by LexisNexis, and had nothing but problems. I wanted more elegant software that I could access anywhere, with reliable data storage. CosmoLex is exactly that. It is cloud-based, which allows me to access it from court, home, or the office. It manages all of my billing and accounting, and is elegant to use. I am a huge fan!
Inconvénients
I frankly don't have much of anything to offer in the way of complaints!
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Thank you CosmoLex!
Publié le 01/12/2022
Great experience to support our law firm's needs!
Great experience to support our law firm's needs!
Avantages
CosmoLex has provided practice management support for Suresh Law to client our with with their technology, business and real estate law needs.
Inconvénients
Plaid integration fails at times and needs resetting for bank feed.
Alternatives envisagées
SolunoPourquoi choisir CosmoLex
Did not meet trust accounting requirement.Logiciel antérieur
ClioPourquoi passer à CosmoLex
Off the shelf- Secteur d'activité : Services juridiques
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus d'un an
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 0.0 /10
Duped by Cosmolex - Only Cost-Efficient if Solo
Publié le 03/09/2019
I initially recommended CosmoLex because even with the lack of integrations, I found it user...
I initially recommended CosmoLex because even with the lack of integrations, I found it user friendly. And I still would recommend it to solos who know they will never expand because of ease of use.
But if you are a solo who aspires to add staff, a larger or growing law firm, or someone who uses an outside accounting firm, I would say to just use Quickbooks. Transferring after a year because CosmoLex decided to jack up the price considerably is such a hassle, and we want to continue to grow without continuing to worry that we'll outgrow CosmoLex's functionality or that the price will continue to unexpectedly go up. Additionally, our accountant struggled with it, and urged the switch to Quickbooks.
Avantages
I actually liked this software for the most part in my first year of use. There were a lot of bugs. For instance, the email linking doesn't actually do anything, you have to manually sort and link emails. This is disappointing because it was basically sold to me as something that you could customize by adding rules like emails from x email address should be sorted to x client. But I otherwise found it fairly easy to use and I liked the functionality of invoicing, etc.
Inconvénients
I am giving this a poor review for the following reasons: (1) Cosmolex is really only price-efficient if you are a solo attorney. When I added a staff member and tried to add another timekeeper, I was told my price was going to effectively double!! As a result I am now trying to switch programs which is a huge headache, but the added costs made Quickbooks actually cheaper and Quickbooks has way more integrations and a payroll feature. (Plus you can find email archiving for FREE if you are a small business that takes care of that functionality for Cosmolex.) (2) They were not upfront about the pricing issues. I was told that the reason it cost money to add this timekeeper was because my previous timekeeper had been "grandfathered in" and that I should have learned about this pretty drastic change in an "update section." First, why wouldn't I have received this in an email? Changing the price and price structure of a product should require actual notice! Second, when I chatted someone to find this "update" they could not find it or direct me to it. (3) The lack of integrations (and the integrations they are getting) is really problematic. For instance, they now integrate with Net Documents, which is pretty expensive. For a product that must be targeted almost exclusively to solos as a result of the pricing structure, that doesn't make sense. Why not integrate with Box or Dropbox? And to not have a payroll integration or to work with existing payroll companies is difficult.
Réponse de ProfitSolv
Hi Samantha,
We're sorry to hear that your experience with CosmoLex was poor, but we appreciate your feedback. Please let us know if we can be of any help during your transition process. We regret that our support and training teams were unable to show you our long-standing integrations with Box, DropBox, OneDrive, etc. In regard to our pricing, our customer base ranges from solos to 50-lawyer firms. We respect your opinion and will pass your comments for improvements on to our Client Communications department. We wish you the best.
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus d'un an
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- Rapport qualité-prix
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- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
The staff is really helpful and friendly.
Publié le 12/07/2017
Three software packages for billing, client accounting and back-end was TOO MUCH!
Three software packages for billing, client accounting and back-end was TOO MUCH!
Avantages
Everything was in one place. I didn't have to generate bills in one package, enter them in another for tracking income, and then pay them in two places as well. It is also great to be able to write a cost check in a case and have the expense "attached" to the client's accounting file/bill in a seamless matter with just an additional click or two. We were promised an easy migration with all the support we needed, and that is what the team at Cosmolex delivered!
Our accountant was also able to access the system for his end of the year work and add all of his journal entires and such and close out the books quickly and easily. The ability for us to generate P&L reports and other important accounting documents literally on demand is also pretty awesome.
But the best part about Cosmolex, by far, is their incredible support team. They have never been stumped, and I've done my best to do just that! Every time I have a question, I get a prompt and complete answer, generally by phone, from one of their support staff who know me and my firm on a first-name basis. I don't think I could be nearly as effective in a dual-role position without this software!
Inconvénients
I can't think of anything additional at this point; they have added all MY wishlist items! I think the only thing they could add at this point is a "hotline" 24/7!
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : Auto-entrepreneur
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
CosmoLex is a one-stop shop
Publié le 03/02/2023
My overall experience with CosmoLex has been positive. I like that it is one product for Law...
My overall experience with CosmoLex has been positive. I like that it is one product for Law Practice Management and Accounting with one price for all features.
Avantages
The accounting software in CosmoLex helps me reconcile my trust account, operating account, and credit cards. The accounting software also helps me provide proper reports for tax purposes. CosmoLex makes case management easy and integrates well with Microsoft Office 365.
Inconvénients
It takes a bit of effort to create document templates and intake forms. The creation of the intake forms has limitations on the amount of characters you may use as a name for a text box. Also, when creating intake forms, certain blocks on the forms will move to different places and have to be manually adjusted to get them to the right place.
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 8.0 /10
Very great Practice Management software
Publié le 02/08/2023
It has been very easy for me to create a matter, do my billing and invoicing, and the client portal...
It has been very easy for me to create a matter, do my billing and invoicing, and the client portal is a nice touch that makes my clients believe that our office is sophisticated.
Avantages
I love the instant live support chat function. It helps a lot when i have absolutely no idea how to navigate
Inconvénients
The pricing is very high compared to the Canadian counterparts

- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
Overall I am very satisfied.
Publié le 26/04/2019
Avantages
It is Easy to use and has logical organization.
Inconvénients
Certain features are very difficult to correct mistakes in, and the existing videos and articles are not helpful to me in resolving.
- Secteur d'activité : Internet
- Taille de l'entreprise : 51–200 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
CosmoLex review
Publié le 08/02/2023
Avantages
Easy to use accounting software with a smooth and friendly display interface
Inconvénients
Often quirks but over time will be fixed

- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus d'un an
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Cosmolex was an easy choice
Publié le 09/10/2017
Avantages
Cosmolex lets me have the bigger picture in one piece of software. I can easily see how my business is doing from the dashboard.
Inconvénients
I would like to have a report that shows trends and exports to excel so I could create graph charts. It would also be nice to be able to produce an invoice showing the work put into a fixed fee matter.
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : Auto-entrepreneur
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus d'un an
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 8.0 /10
Excellent Cloud Based Software
Publié le 21/12/2018
Avantages
I most like that the accounting software is integrated.
Inconvénients
I least like that I cannot create word documents or any documents within the software.
- Secteur d'activité : Services juridiques
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus d'un an
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 1.0 /10
2 Years Wasted
Publié le 05/01/2022
Cosmolex ended up being a major disappointment. Too many of the supposedly great features turned...
Cosmolex ended up being a major disappointment. Too many of the supposedly great features turned out to be practically useless. Clients can only upload one document at a time and then only if the name is 64 or less characters. Clients can only download one document at a time. The API is closed so automation is much more difficult and expensive. Email communications cannot be shared through the portal. The platform whereby custom invoices are created/modified is archaic and difficult to use.
Avantages
Document Integration with OneDrive and integrated billing
Inconvénients
The most important components of the software were rendered useless due to lack of most obvious features.
- Secteur d'activité : Services juridiques
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant 1 à 5 mois
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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 10.0 /10
Cosmolex Review
Publié le 18/07/2016
I became a Cosmolex customer after being a customer of another practice management system and a...
I became a Cosmolex customer after being a customer of another practice management system and a customer of a widely known accounting software. My law practice incorporates general practice areas ranging from real estate/title agency, personal injury, litigation, family law, to probate and estate planning. With a variety of practice areas such as my firm, the challenges of practice management are complex because each area of the law has its own set of individual policies and procedures. The program I was using didn't capture my time spent on cases, nor created a detailed bill for my clients' review that completely captured all of the work my staff and I performed on their case. Cosmolex produces an invoice for the client that justifies my legal fee, which is essential to client satisfaction, and critical for ethical compliance purposes for cases that are accepted on a retainer or hourly basis. Not only do I earn more money because I'm able to quickly track time and expenses, but I also deliver a better product. Less time is spent telling my client what I did on their case but instead, allows me to focus on the particular legal matter the client hired me to solve. Further, the biggest hurdle to launching a successful law firm (I've only had my own law firm for seven months), is bookkeeping, and I have an in-house, nearly full-time bookkeeper which is also an accountant and is even qualified as an expert in a common accounting software system. However, with all of that knowledge and expertise, so much of my time was spent on accounting, and now it's spent on practicing law and a deeper concentration on my cases. This was not and could not have been possible with other accounting software systems on the market. Trust me, I tried them, and they only created problems. The other systems in the market (even those that are tailored for law firms) simply make the law firm work for the system, and not the system work for the law firm. Cosmolex is comprehensive. It takes care of the daily task delegation, case progress, and time tracking, accounting, employee performance, and reports. My experience has been an eye-opening one. My experience is mostly a relief because without Cosmolex I would still be living in the dark-ages of unproductivity and frustration.
Avantages
Ease of use, the simplicity of timecards, layout/design, price, functionality across multiple practice areas, ethical compliance considerations, cyber security protection, and mobility.
Inconvénients
Lack of knowledge by customer support, inability of 24/7 customer support access, inadequate and burdensome contact importing process, access to library of forms and templates with incorporated merge fields, failure of bank integration for purposes of deposits, no app available, not synced with lexicata or another CRM service, doc mgmt could use some navigational ease of use improvement, no place for employees to insert their time for purposes of payroll, no spell checker, inability to make a matter designated as anything other than inactive or active (nice if had more options, such as closed cases, prospective lead, consultation only, referred out), migration of emails into cosmolex, lack of automatic matching of emails to correct corresponding client file (doesn't exist retroactive to joining Cosmolex at all, and once joined, the automatic email matching is rare but is much more usually manual entry, automatic base fee for commonly used tasks and expenses that would automatically be applied to each type of case's invoice for example, fax $2.50, copy cost 30 cents per page, courier fee $5.00, postage cost of $10.00, generate and open file $15, $10 document retention fee, and legal research $20.00, additional permissions for each user based on more than is listed under "role," label generator, sync with efax and adobe sign and google for work, ability to mark certain case documents as confidential and/or only for internal viewing purposes.
Réponse de ProfitSolv
Hi Ana,
Thank you for taking the time to detail your thoughts, it is constructive feedback like yours which keeps us grounded. You run a multi-dimensional practice and are a tech enthusiastic, full of ideas. While we currently do not offer 24/7 live customer support as you stated, this is planned for the near future. We also agree that data migration from one system to another can often be very cumbersome. Though we have automated this process quite a bit since you became a customer, we understand that this can be perceived as a major hurdle for some firms, which is why we work hard every day to improve this process.
Lastly, we value your comment that "[CosmoLex] is already well beyond its counterparts and is arguably the next big leader in legal tech practice management". We can assure you that we will be relentless in our pursuit of simplifying the practice of law!
Erica Birstler, Manager, Client Services Dept.
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus de deux ans
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 7.0 /10
Overall Review of Product- Our THoughts
Publié le 26/03/2017
Pros: One program for almost everything.
Cons: No document assembly; you can only link one...
Pros: One program for almost everything.
Cons: No document assembly; you can only link one person to the client portal; glitches in program- the program emailed an invoice to the wrong person; can not email through program; glitch- I had to give access to everyone for everything because the limited access features did not work; customer service is not the best; calandar portion has glitches when it interfaces with gmail and office 365.
Avantages
It is a comprehensive software. Its like having Quickbooks and a practice management program in one. This is the best feature.
Inconvénients
Lots of glitches: (a) it emailed an invoice to the wrong person; (b) user restrictions do not work in my office; (c) calendar is not on the main page- usability is difficult for some tasks; (d) you can only have one person assigned to the client portal.
Does not have email capabilities
Does not have document assembly
Does not have automatic assignment of matter numbers.
Limited reporting features- you can not tailor reports (financial)- very limited.
Réponse de ProfitSolv
Hi Michele,
We appreciate your feedback related to your experience with CosmoLex. In regards to the issues you are having, please reach out to our support team directly at 732-595-9015 so that they can see first hand the issues you are experiencing, and assist with resolving. I will be entering the requests you have made as well, so that we can keep you up to date on their progress. As an additional note, we will be releasing Document Assembly within the next few months and are always open to hear your suggestions on improving our current reporting. Thank you again for your feedback, and we look forward to hearing from you.
- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : 2–10 employés
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant plus d'un an
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Provenance de l'avis
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- Rapport qualité-prix
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 9.0 /10
Great for Small Firms
Publié le 19/12/2019
Very satisfied.
Very satisfied.
Avantages
Comprehensive client management, including accounting.
Inconvénients
Sometimes a little hard to use some of the features, but they are always listening to feature requests.
Alternatives envisagées
ClioPourquoi choisir CosmoLex
They did not have all of the features.Logiciel antérieur
ClioPourquoi passer à CosmoLex
PCLaw is not available for Macs.- Secteur d'activité : Cabinet d'avocats
- Taille de l'entreprise : Auto-entrepreneur
- Logiciel utilisé tous les jours pendant 6 à 12 mois
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Provenance de l'avis
Note globale
- Simplicité d'utilisation
- Support client
- Probabilité de recommander le produit 8.0 /10
CosmoLex Review
Publié le 22/10/2019
I'm not sure that it's changed anything, since I started out with cloud based services, but it's...
I'm not sure that it's changed anything, since I started out with cloud based services, but it's better than Clio because it doesn't screw up in a major fashion once a quarter or more.
Avantages
Stability, integrated accounting, and better support staff. I used Clio for a couple years at my last firm, and I have zero intention of switching back.
Inconvénients
The UI is not exactly intuitive. The search functionality, while robust, is also a bit awkward. Certain things that seem like they might be no-brainer search field options aren't present, and certain items that I would expect to be heavily used by most users aren't as quickly and easily accessed as I would like (for example - the calendar, in my opinion, deserves its own direct access sidebar button).