Clio is a well-regarded international practice suite built around North American practice. Nothing here disputes that. The question for a South African firm is different: does the software know our court days, our trust rules, our VAT and our currency? AttorneyOS was built so the answer is yes on every line.
Statements about international suites describe the category as their public product pages present it in September 2026. Confirm anything that matters to your firm with the vendor.
Every AttorneyOS claim below is verifiable on this site in the next five minutes.
Where an international suite is stronger, notably integrations, this table says so. The right column describes the category as its public product pages present it in September 2026 and is not a statement about any feature a vendor may add.
The dies calculator, the prescription register, court-day checklists and the weekly court roll. Try the free court days calculator.
Client ledgers that cannot go negative, bank-statement matching, section 86 interest and the audit pack.
VAT201 pack, expenses with receipts, bank reconciliation, month-end close and a year-end pack.
Transfer costs from the SARS tables, pro-forma and final accounts, stage tracking and client updates. Try the free transfer cost calculator.
VAT-aware fee notes, fee quotes with the section 35(7) notice, statements, reminders and Paystack payment links.
R999 to R11 999 a month for the whole firm, never per seat, VAT stated, no quote after a sales call.
Clio is an international product and can be bought from South Africa. This page is not about whether it works; it is about what a South African firm needs that an international product does not set out to provide, and what AttorneyOS provides instead. Confirm Clio's current features and pricing on Clio's own website.
AttorneyOS is one flat monthly price per firm in rand, never per seat: R999 for a solo attorney, R3 499 for up to five users, R6 999 for up to fifteen. International suites are usually priced per user in a foreign currency, so a five-person firm pays five subscriptions and carries the exchange rate.
Court days counted per Uniform Rule 1 on the South African public-holiday calendar, a prescription register, Legal Practice Act trust recordkeeping with the section 86 interest schedule and the audit pack, VAT-aware fee notes in rand, a VAT201 pack, transfer duty from the SARS tables, and CCMA and Employment Equity timelines.
Yes. Export clients and matters as CSV, import them with the built-in importer, capture open balances as opening entries on a reconciled month-end and run in parallel for a month. The switching guides describe the steps.
Fewer. AttorneyOS connects to Google, Outlook and Apple calendars, Paystack for card payments, WhatsApp for client messages, and exports to Sage, Xero and Pastel. If your practice depends on a specific North American integration, check it before you switch.
Yes. Seven days, no card, the workspace opens the moment you sign up with a demo matter. Pricing is on the pricing page.
Seven days, no card, no sales call. If AttorneyOS does not earn the switch, your data exports back out.
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