COMPARISON
Tembo vs. Filevine
Filevine offers strong case management with customizable workflows, especially for high-volume litigation firms. Tembo adds AI-native intelligence, institutional-grade trust accounting, and a unified workspace without the add-on sprawl.
Trust Accounting Built In
Filevine does not include trust accounting — firms need separate software for IOLTA compliance. Tembo has automated three-way reconciliation and overdraft prevention built into the core platform.
AI-Native Intelligence
Tembo's AI drafts documents, extracts entities, verifies citations, and monitors dockets — all with full attorney oversight. Filevine has no native AI capabilities.
No Add-On Tax
Filevine charges separately for Leads, TextRing, and other modules. Tembo includes lead management, communications, and every feature in one subscription.
FEATURE COMPARISON
Why Firms Choose Tembo Over Filevine
Firms switching from Filevine to Tembo cite three primary reasons: the lack of trust accounting in Filevine forces them to maintain separate accounting software, the absence of AI capabilities means manual document drafting and research, and Filevine's add-on pricing model makes the total cost harder to predict.
Tembo offers assisted migration from Filevine with full data portability for matters, contacts, documents, and billing history.