Smokeball Bill
Bill clients, manage trust accounting, and get paid faster for solo and small law firms.
Executive Summary
Smokeball Bill is a web-based software solution specifically designed for solo and small legal practitioners, offering comprehensive trust accounting and billing functionalities. It streamlines financial management by enabling accurate time tracking, efficient expense entry, and compliant client invoicing. The platform aims to enhance firm productivity and accelerate payment collection. Beyond its core features, Smokeball Bill is notable for its accessibility, often provided free to members of various State Bar Associations through strategic partnerships. While focused on essential billing and trust accounting, it serves as an entry point to the broader Smokeball ecosystem, with options to upgrade to more advanced practice management platforms like Smokeball Grow or Prosper for additional features such as document automation.
Use Cases
- Ensure compliance with legal trust accounting regulations
- Accurately track billable time and expenses for client matters
- Generate and manage client invoices efficiently
- Streamline payment collection and improve cash flow
- Perform basic matter creation and management
Features
Visibility
- Billing Overview: Centralized view of invoices, payments, and outstanding balances for easy financial management.
- Matter Management: Basic tools for creating, navigating, and editing client matters, linking them to billing activities.
Intelligence
- Automatic Time Tracking: Automatically tracks time spent on tasks and activities, ensuring all billable hours are captured accurately.
- Productivity Insights: Provides data-driven insights into billing efficiency and firm productivity based on tracked time and financial performance.
Support
- Help Center & Documentation: Access to a comprehensive knowledge base with articles and guides for navigating Smokeball Bill features.
- API Support: Assistance available for firms looking to build custom integrations using the Smokeball API.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Web application with API for integration.
- Deployment
- SaaS
- API Available
- Yes
Infrastructure
- AWS
Integrations
- InfoTrack
- Novo AI
- Microsoft Integrations
Security & Compliance
Certifications: ISO 27001, SOC 1, SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR alignment
Encryption: Data encryption at rest and in transit.
Pricing
- Model
- Per User Per Month
- Starting Price
- $49.00
- Target Customer
- SMB
- Contract Type
- Monthly
- Free Trial
- Yes
Ratings & Reviews
G2: 4.7/5/5
About Smokeball
Smokeball is a cloud-based legal practice management software for small to mid-sized law firms, offering AI-powered tools for matter management, document automation, automatic time tracking, billing, trust accounting, and client intake. The platform aims to streamline legal workflows, boost productivity, and help firms manage and grow their business in the U.S. and Australia.