Law App is 100% Australian-built with full general accounting included, per file pricing just like FilePro, and single year contracts only. And you will be speaking to someone who actually knows your system.
Kelly Mills
15 years as FilePro technician, eastern states agent & state manager
FilePro expertAn honest side-by-side of every alternative FilePro firms are considering right now.
| Feature | ActionStep | LEAP | Smokeball | Recommended Law App |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General accounting built in | ✗ Requires Xero | ✗ Requires Xero | ✗ Requires Xero | ✓ Fully built in — nothing extra |
| Trust accounting | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Full Australian compliance |
| Document management | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Full area plus Australian templates included |
| Australian legal templates supplied | ✗ No | Yes — at extra cost | Yes — at extra cost | ✓ Included — no extra cost |
| Pricing model | Per user per month | Per user per month | Per user per month | ✓ Per file opened — no per user chargesOnly alternative that matches FilePro's pricing model |
| Recover software cost to client | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Added to client disbursements automatically |
| Australian built | ✗ NZ-based, US venture capital backed | ✗ Venture capital backed | ✗ US owned | ✓ 100% Australian built |
| Data location | AWS — region selected at setup | AWS — region varies | AWS — AU, US and UK servers | ✓ Microsoft Azure Australia East — always |
| Australian support team | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Same people every time |
| Contract length | 3 year lock-in | 3 year lock-in | Annual | ✓ Single year contracts only |
| FilePro data migration | Yes | Complex | Complex | ✓ Kelly knows FilePro data personally |
| Modern cloud platform | Yes | Hybrid — desktop and cloud | Hybrid — desktop and cloud | ✓ Yes — built on the latest cloud application technology |
| Venture capital backed | Yes — Serent Capital | Yes | Yes | ✓ No — owner operated |
| Everything FilePro had and more | Partial | Partial | Partial | ✓ Yes — and significantly more |
Information based on publicly available pricing and feature data. Last updated March 2026. FilePro's per file pricing model is matched only by Law App among all current alternatives.
FilePro had general accounting, trust accounting, and document management built in. So does Law App — plus Australian legal templates supplied, per file pricing, automatic cost recovery to the client, and a modern cloud platform that FilePro never was. You are not giving anything up. You are gaining fifteen years of technology advancement.
FilePro charged per file — and so does Law App. Of all the alternatives available to FilePro firms, Law App is the only one that matches the pricing model you are already used to. Law App charges per matter opened — not per user per month. Better still, that per file charge can be added directly to the client's file as a disbursement. For many firms the software effectively pays for itself.
Law App offers single year contracts only. No 3-year lock-ins, no exit traps. Compare that to ActionStep who are asking FilePro firms to commit to long-term contracts under migration pressure with a September deadline. Take your time. Choose right.
We have done this before. Here is what happens from your first call to go-live.
A no-obligation conversation about your firm, your file volumes, and your current FilePro setup. Honest, specific, no sales pitch.
A demonstration built for FilePro firms — we show you exactly where everything you use today lives in Law App. Nothing hidden, no surprises.
Kelly's 15 years of FilePro experience means we understand your data at a level most migration teams simply do not. Your trust records, your templates, your history — we know what matters.
Dedicated onboarding and ongoing local support from day one. You have a direct number. You know who answers it. They understand your system because they helped you migrate to it.
FilePro reaches end of life 31 December 2026. ActionStep's migration windows are filling from September 2026. Now is the time to have the conversation.