PointOne
PointOne Technologies · Other
PointOne is AI timekeeping software for law firms. It captures work across apps as it happens, drafts billable entries for review, and checks each one against client billing rules.
About PointOne
What Is PointOne
PointOne is legal AI software built around one problem: lawyers lose billable hours because nobody remembers what they did at 4:30 on a Tuesday. The software runs quietly on a work machine, watches the documents, emails, calls, and browser tabs that make up a lawyer's day, and turns that activity into draft time entries with real narrative text.
Most firms find it while shopping for legal billing software, and they keep it as AI time capture that feeds whatever system already cuts their invoices. The company is PointOne Technologies, based in New York and backed by Y Combinator, Bessemer, and General Catalyst. It raised a $16 million Series A in 2026 and says more than 250 firms use the product, from boutiques to Am Law 20 shops and government legal departments.
The limit is scope. PointOne is timekeeping and bill review for legal work, not a document drafting assistant and not a full practice management system. It sits on top of the billing software a firm already runs, which means setup depends on which system you use and how messy your matter codes are.
Getting Started
- Book a demo on the PointOne site. Pricing is quote based, so a sales call comes before any account exists.
- Install the desktop capture agent on each attorney's Windows or Mac machine, and add the mobile app for work done away from a desk.
- Connect the billing system, whether that's Clio, Aderant, Elite 3E, Filevine, MyCase, Actionstep, LeanLaw, SurePoint, or QuickBooks.
- Load outside counsel guidelines into PointOne Rules so entries get checked against client rules before a pre-bill goes out.
- Review the first week of draft entries with your billing team and adjust matter mapping, activity codes, and narrative style.
Product Information
A quick look at PointOne's pricing, supported platforms, and performance.
Best for
The users, tasks, and scenarios where this tool fits best.
Users
- Associates and partners who bill hourly
- Billing and accounting managers
- Managing partners and firm administrators
Tasks
- Rebuilding a lost day of time
- Writing compliant narratives
- Reviewing pre-bills before they go out
- Spotting how AI tools change matter economics
Scenarios
- A midsize firm with 20 to 80 attorneys that loses 10 percent of billable time to poor record keeping
- A firm handling matters under strict outside counsel guidelines
- A legal department or government agency tracking time across programs
Key features
Passive Capture Across Every App
PointOne runs in the background and records activity in documents, email, calendar, calls, and web apps, then groups it by matter. Nobody has to start a timer. That separates it from law firm time tracking tools built around a stopwatch, where the lawyer has to remember to press start. The work of deciding what counts as billable still belongs to the attorney, but the raw material is already there.
Retroactive Time Reconstruction
Most timekeeping tools only capture from the moment you install them forward. PointOne can rebuild entries from earlier in the day, which matters when a lawyer forgets to log four hours of document review. The result is a full timesheet rather than a partial one.
Review-Ready Time Entries
The AI writes the narrative, not just the duration. Entries come out in the phrasing firms bill with, tied to the right matter and activity code, and an attorney approves or edits each one. That approval step keeps a human on the record for anything sent to a client.
Outside Counsel Guideline Enforcement
PointOne Rules converts client billing guidelines into structured rules and applies them before an entry reaches a bill. Blocked task codes, vague narratives, and prohibited staffing patterns get flagged at entry time. Firms report 100 percent guideline compliance on released entries, which is a company claim rather than an independent audit.
AI Pre-Bill Review
PointOne Review marks up pre-bills, flags entries that break firm policy or client rules, and routes them to the right reviewer. The practical gain is a shorter pre-bill cycle, since partners review a filtered list instead of a full draft.
Billing System and Firm Intelligence
PointOne syncs clean entries into Aderant, Clio, Elite 3E, Filevine, MyCase, Actionstep, LeanLaw, SurePoint, QuickBooks, and similar systems, so nobody rekeys time into two tools. That sync is what makes billable hours software useful rather than another dashboard. The intelligence layer then shows realization, staffing, and cost per matter from the same data.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Passive capture works across devices and apps, which covers the hours that usually vanish from a timesheet.
- Guideline enforcement happens at entry time, so problems get caught before a client sees the bill.
- Syncs with most billing and practice management systems, including Clio, Aderant, and Elite 3E.
- Security posture is strong for legal work: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and no model training on firm data.
- Mobile app and retroactive capture cover the days that don't happen at a desk.
Cons
- No public pricing. Every engagement starts with a demo and a quote, so you can't compare costs without talking to sales.
- No documented public API, which limits custom reporting and integration work for firms with in-house data teams.
- Desktop capture has to be installed and explained to every attorney, and some lawyers resist monitoring software on principle.
- It fixes timekeeping and billing, not document drafting or research, so firms still need separate tools for the actual legal work.
Frequently asked questions
It records billable activity on a lawyer's computer and phone, turns that activity into draft time entries, and checks each entry against client billing guidelines before it goes onto a pre-bill.
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