Clio Pricing (2026): Every Plan, the AI Add-Ons, and What Clio Stopped Publishing
Sometime before July 2026, Clio quietly did something almost no practice management vendor had dared to do: it pulled its prices off the internet. Visit clio.com today and the pricing page shows exactly one number, “Starting at $49/user” for the EasyStart plan. Everything above that, Essentials, Advanced, and the tier formerly known as Complete (now renamed Expand), sits behind a Get Pricing lead form.
That makes budgeting for Clio harder than it has been in a decade, and it is exactly the situation this page exists for. We are doing fee math only here: what is still official, what the last published numbers were, what the AI add-ons cost, and what a real firm actually pays. For the feature verdict and whether Clio is worth it at all, read our full Clio review first. If you are cross-shopping, the Clio vs MyCase head-to-head covers the closest rival.
The 2026 Clio price table: official vs reported
Here is every Clio plan and add-on, with an honest label on each figure. Only one number on this table comes from Clio itself.
| Plan / Add-on | Price (per user/mo, annual) | Status of figure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| EasyStart | Starting at $49 | Official (clio.com/pricing, verified 2026-07-15) | The only publicly listed price |
| Essentials | $89 | Reported, no longer published by Clio | Last publicly listed price; now behind a Get Pricing form |
| Advanced | $109 | Reported, no longer published by Clio | Last publicly listed price; now quote-gated |
| Expand (formerly Complete) | $149 | Reported, no longer published by Clio | Renamed in 2026; Clio Grow included; “Save over 16%” badge |
| Manage AI (Duo successor) | $39 to $59 (conflicting reports) | Reported, quote-based, unverified | Replaced Clio Duo on the pricing page |
| Clio Work (Vincent AI) | Not published | Demo-only (clio.com/work/pricing verified 2026-07-15) | From the $1B vLex acquisition |
| Clio Payments | 2.95% + $0.20 per card transaction | Reported, unverified on an official page | Confirm on your quote |
| Monthly billing premium | Roughly 10 to 15% above annual | Reported, based on last published rates | 7-day free trial available |
One table row deserves a highlight: the fourth tier is no longer called Complete. If a comparison article you are reading still says “Clio Complete,” it predates the 2026 lineup of EasyStart, Essentials, Advanced, and Expand.
What Clio charges in 2026, plan by plan
EasyStart, starting at $49 per user per month. This is the one price Clio still stands behind publicly, and note the wording: “starting at.” It is the entry tier for solos and very small firms that need core matter management, time tracking, and billing without the workflow depth. If your practice is simple and your budget is fixed, this is the plan you can actually price without talking to sales.
Essentials, last reported at $89. Historically the volume seller: adds the client portal, e-signatures, and the integrations most small firms actually use. Clio no longer publishes this price, so the $89 figure is the last publicly listed rate and should be treated as a negotiation anchor, not a guarantee. Quotes may land above or below it.
Advanced, last reported at $109. The tier for firms that live in tasks, workflows, and reporting. Same caveat: $109 per user per month annual is a reported legacy figure, no longer on clio.com.
Expand, last reported at $149 as Complete. The renamed top tier now bundles Clio Grow, the client intake and CRM product, and carries a “Save over 16%” badge on the official page. The $149 figure was published when the tier was still called Complete, so the rename may also have come with a reprice. If any tier’s quote diverges from legacy numbers, expect it to be this one.
Every plan comes with a 7-day free trial, which remains the cheapest way to pressure-test whether the tier you are quoted actually fits.
The AI line items: Manage AI and Clio Work
Clio’s AI story changed twice in twelve months, and both changes affect your invoice.
Manage AI (the add-on formerly known as Clio Duo)
Clio Duo does not appear on the pricing page anymore. Its slot in the add-on lineup now belongs to Manage AI, which handles plans, schedules, drafts, and bills inside Clio Manage. Third-party coverage confirms Manage AI is the Duo successor, but here is the honest state of its price: it is quote-based, and third-party reports conflict, with some citing $39 per user per month and others $49 to $59. We are not going to pick one. Budget the range, ask for the number in writing, and treat anything you read elsewhere as unverified.
Manage AI sits alongside the rest of Clio’s add-on shelf: Clio Draft, Clio Grow (if you are not on Expand, where it is bundled), Clio Accounting, Clio for Personal Injury, and HIPAA/BAA compliance add-ons. Each is a separate line item, which is exactly how a $49 headline plan becomes a three-figure per-seat reality.
Clio Work: the $1 billion question mark
The bigger strategic line item is Clio Work. Clio signed a definitive agreement to acquire vLex on June 30, 2025 for US$1 billion in cash and stock, picking up Vincent AI and a library of over 1 billion legal documents. The deal completed on November 10, 2025, alongside a $500 million Series G that valued Clio at $5 billion.
In 2026, Vincent ships inside Clio as Clio Work: Legal AI plus the Clio Library, spanning 1 billion+ documents across 100+ jurisdictions with the Cert citator, and it works with or without Clio Manage. It carries SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 credentials. What it does not carry is a price. The Clio Work pricing page is demo-only, verified July 15, 2026, with nothing published.
The roadmap is moving fast, which matters for budget timing: Vincent Studio, a no-code workflow builder, reached Enterprise customers in January 2026, and April 2026 brought agents for Work and Vincent, DMS integrations with iManage, NetDocuments, SharePoint, and Google Drive, plus Legal Pad and a mobile app. If you are quoted for Clio Work today, ask which of those capabilities your tier actually includes, because the product is being assembled in public while the price stays private.
Clio Payments and the transaction math
Clio Payments is reported at 2.95% plus $0.20 per card transaction. We could not verify that rate on a current official Clio page, so label it what it is: reported. On $30,000 per month of card-paid invoices, that reported rate works out to roughly $885 plus per-transaction fees, which for many small firms quietly exceeds the software subscription itself. eCheck and alternative rails typically run cheaper, so ask for the full rate card, in writing, during the sales call.
Annual vs monthly, and what a real firm pays
The last published Clio prices were annual rates, and monthly billing historically ran about 10 to 15 percent higher. Clio’s own “Save over 16%” badge on Expand tells you the annual discount structure survived the price-gating.
Here is worked math for a 5-lawyer firm on the reported legacy Advanced rate, clearly labeled as an estimate built on numbers Clio no longer publishes:
- Advanced, 5 users at a reported $109: about $545 per month, or roughly $6,540 per year on annual billing
- Add Manage AI at the reported $39 to $59 range: an extra $195 to $295 per month, so $2,340 to $3,540 per year
- Estimated total: roughly $8,900 to $10,100 per year before payments fees, migration, and any Clio Work quote
For a solo on EasyStart at the official $49, the floor is about $588 per year, but the moment you want the client portal, e-signatures, or AI, you are in quote territory.
Do not forget the costs that never appear on a pricing page: data migration from your previous system (third-party migration services commonly bill four figures for a firm with years of matter history), staff onboarding time, and accounting integration work if you sync with QuickBooks. None of these are Clio fees, but all of them land in the same budget line.
Which plan fits which firm
Solo, price-sensitive, simple practice: EasyStart. It is the only tier you can budget without a sales call, and you can grow out of it later.
2 to 10 lawyers, standard client-facing practice: Essentials is the historical sweet spot. Anchor your negotiation on the reported $89 legacy rate and ask directly whether current pricing has moved.
Workflow-heavy firms, 10 to 50 seats: Advanced, plus a hard look at whether Manage AI earns its reported $39 to $59. If your team drafts and bills heavily inside Clio, it is the add-on most likely to pay for itself.
Growth-mode firms running intake pipelines: Expand, since Clio Grow is bundled. Compare the bundle quote against Advanced plus standalone Grow pricing before assuming the bundle wins.
If gated pricing itself is the dealbreaker, you have options: MyCase, PracticePanther, and CARET Legal all still publish real per-seat prices, and we compare them in our Clio alternatives guide. For the full category map beyond the Clio orbit, see the best legal practice management software roundup, and small firms budgeting an entire AI stack should start with our AI tools for small law firms cost table.
What to negotiate before you sign
- The actual tier price, in writing. The legacy numbers ($89, $109, $149) are your anchors. If the quote lands meaningfully above them, ask what changed.
- Manage AI bundled or discounted. With reports conflicting between $39 and $59, there is clearly room in the number.
- The payments rate card. The reported 2.95% + $0.20 is a starting point, not a law of nature, especially at volume.
- A Clio Work pilot. Pricing is demo-only, which usually means early-adopter flexibility. Ask for a defined pilot with an exit ramp.
- Migration support. If Clio wants you off a competitor, migration assistance is a standard ask.
Verdict: the math in one paragraph
Clio in 2026 is a “starting at $49” product that realistically costs a mid-sized small firm $90 to $150 or more per user per month once you land on the tier you actually need, plus a reported $39 to $59 for Manage AI, plus payment processing, with Clio Work still an unpriced wildcard from the vLex deal. The frustrating part is not the price, it is that only one of those numbers is official anymore. Anchor on the legacy rates, get every line item on a single quote, and use the 7-day trial to validate before annual billing locks in. Whether the product justifies the total is a different question, and that one is answered in our Clio review.
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