Elite 3E Review - why 4.7 stars?

Elite 3E is a cloud-based enterprise business management solution that connects critical business processes within law firms. The software comes with features such as:

• Matter Management: Elite 3E enables lawyers in the effective management of matters. This feature includes sub-features that can provide client and matter management, document management and assembly, workflow and collaboration tools, and price planning.
• Financial Management: Lawyers can manage their business and increase their operational efficiency. This feature includes sub-features such as general ledger, purchasing, accounts payable, collections, e-billing, trust accounting, and time tracking.
• Business Development: This feature comes with enablement towards a streamlined process. End-users can simplify and boost firm-wide compliance, broaden strategic visibility over their clients, data, and business operations.
• Risk Management: Elite 3E ensures the connection of critical data with processes that mitigate their client risk, which is essential to keep their business on the path to success. This feature lets end-users manage conflicts, records, compliance and security management, and new business intake.
• Technology: This feature provides the avenue for lawyers to improve efficiency and compliance, broaden strategic visibility, unlock opportunities, and adapt to market and business changes. It comes with sub-features like development and integration framework, design templates and workflows, and workflow management.

Elite 3E is a professional services automation software that started in 2008. The company is headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, United States. The company has a workforce of up to 1000 employees.

The rating of Elite 3E is 4.7 stars out of 5 and the total score is 92 out of 100. The ratings are based on our unbiased experts. Learn more in our rating methodology page

The typical customers include the following business size: Small, medium and large size businesses.

Elite 3E is ranked 1 out of 108 software in their category (Professional Services Automation systems).

Elite 3E competes with other professional services automation systems like Clio, Aderant Expert, and Smokeball. We will compare these professional services automation systems in some specific aspects below.

• Functionality: Elite 3E offers features like Matter Management, Financial Management, Business Development, Risk Management, Technology, Lawyer experience, etc. When compared to its alternatives, Clio offers features like Streamline Client Review, Retain Clients Remotely, Case Management, Billing and Payments (available in Elite 3E), Security, Integrations (available in Elite 3E), etc. Aderant Expert offers features like Practice Management (available in Elite 3E and Clio), Knowledge Management, Calendaring & Docketing, Time Entry & Compliance, Analytics, Aderant, Intelligence, eBilling (available in Clio), Case Management (available in Clio), etc. Smokeball offers features like Automated Lawyer Time Tracking, Legal Document Automation & Management, Client Portal, Legal Tasks & Workflows, E-Filing & Electronic Signatures, Mobile App for Lawyers, Automated Legal Forms Library, Legal Case Management (available in Aderant Expert and Clio), Email Management, Legal Calendaring (available in Aderant Expert), Law Firm Insights, etc.
• Customers/Industries: Clio targets legal professional practitioners in Business, Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense, Employment, Education, Energy, Environmental, Family, Intellectual Property, Non-profit, Real Estate, Tax, etc. Clio has customers like King Law, Gonzales & Gonzales, Ceiba Fôrte Law Firm, Weisinger Law Firm, Spring Law, Harrelson & Harrelson LLP, etc. Aderant Expert has customers like Orrick, RCP, Hunton & Williams, Akin Gump, Bird & Bird, King Spalding, Walker Morris, etc. Smokeball targets legal professional practitioners in Family Law, Personal Injury, General Practice, Estate Planning, Business Law, Criminal Law, Guardianship Law, Probate Law, Real Estate Law, Workers Compensation, Civil Litigation, etc.
• Cost: The license cost information for Elite 3E is unavailable on its official website. According to ITQlick expert cost research, Elite 3E is cost-rated at 2.4/5. This means it is a low-cost professional services automation software. The rating system considers this software rated 1-2 as low-cost and 4-5 as high cost. Clio starts at $39 per user, per month on annual billing, and $49 monthly. The license cost information for Aderant Expert and Smokeball is unavailable on their official websites.
• Cloud-based/On-premise: Elite 3E and all its alternatives are cloud-based. Elite 3E offers On-Premise for Windows.
• Scalability: Clio can accommodate Legal practitioners who are solo or those with small and large firms. Aderant Expert offers its solution for mid to large-sized law firms across the globe.
• Support: Elite 3E only offers the Knowledge Base support channel. Compared to its alternatives, Clio offers Knowledge Base, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live Rep), and Chat. Aderant Expert is lacking in Knowledge Base. It offers Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live Rep), and Chat. Smokeball offers Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, and Chat.

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