Smokeball Cloud
Run your best firm with AI-powered legal practice management.
Executive Summary
Smokeball Cloud is an AI-powered legal practice management platform designed for small to mid-sized law firms. It streamlines day-to-day operations including matter management, document creation, billing, and trust accounting within a single cloud environment. Its key differentiator is automatic time tracking and AI tools like Archie, which significantly reduce administrative overhead and improve firm profitability and compliance.
Use Cases
- Comprehensive Matter and Case Management
- Automated Time Tracking and Billing
- Compliant Trust Accounting
- Efficient Document Creation and Automation
- Streamlined Client Intake and Onboarding
- Centralized Email and Calendar Management
Features
Visibility
- Law Firm Insights: Actionable reporting into cases, clients, and opportunities to run a smarter, more organized firm.
- Activity Report: Provides data to drive the firm's future, including matter-type profitability, referral revenue, and staff activities.
- Billing Dashboard: Puts the firm's profitability at the forefront with flexible billing and legal accounting software.
- Staff Activity Reporting: Monitors staff productivity and time spent on various tasks.
Intelligence
- AutoTime Automatic Time Tracking: Automatically captures every billable minute spent working in Smokeball, Microsoft Word, and Outlook.
- Archie AI Matter Assistant: A generative AI tool that provides swift summarization, analysis, question answering, and correspondence drafting for matters.
- AI-Powered Intake: Streamlines client intake and onboarding processes by processing existing forms and automatically generating new, customized versions.
- Document Automation: Utilizes a library of over 20,000 automated legal forms and templates to quickly create and populate documents with matter details.
- Workflows: Allows firms to set up and automate tasks and workflows, ensuring consistency and efficiency in operations.
Support
- Award-Winning Client Support: Provides comprehensive support throughout the client's journey.
- Online Help & Resources: Access to help pages, guides, and online resources for self-service support.
- Implementation Assistance: Guidance and support during the planning, data migration, and training phases of software implementation.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Hybrid Desktop-Cloud solution with cloud-native components
- Deployment
- Cloud/SaaS
- Authentication
- Standard user/password, likely supports SSO and MFA
- API Available
- Yes
- MCP Server
- No
Infrastructure
- AWS
AI/ML Stack
- NLP
- Machine Learning
- Generative AI
- LLM
Integrations
- Microsoft 365 (Outlook/Office)
- Google (Gmail/Calendar) (availability may vary)
- QuickBooks Online (accounting sync) (availability may vary)
- LawPay (payments) (availability may vary)
- E-signature providers (e.g., DocuSign/Dropbox Sign) (availability may vary)
Security & Compliance
Certifications: SOC 2 Type II (implied by AWS hosting and legal industry focus)
Encryption: AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit (standard for AWS)
Pricing
- Model
- Per user/month, tiered subscription
- Starting Price
- Starting at $49/user/month for Smokeball Bill, $89/user/month for Smokeball Boost, Contact sales for Grow and Prosper+ tiers.
- Target Customer
- Solo practitioners, Small to Mid-sized law firms
- Contract Type
- Monthly and Annual options likely, annual discounts common
- Free Trial
- Yes, Not specified (typically 14-30 days) (credit card required)
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.