FilePro

"Donation of FilePro software to Law Access has already made a big difference to our effectiveness"

Overall: As a charity with limited resources, part time staff and many volunteers, we have to work as efficiently as possible. We adopted FilePro software for our casework on 1 July 2018 and have already found it has already greatly improved our efficiency in terms of file management.This means that we can assess pro bono applications and provide assistance to people as quickly and efficiently as possible. It is not only an invaluable tool for us, but helps us provide invaluable outcomes to vulnerable people. Thank you FilePro for donating your software and support to Law Access!

Pros: Our employees, volunteers and secondees have found FilePro very intuitive to use. With FilePro, we can keep all the information about a matter, including correspondence, file notes, relevant documents, contact information, limitation dates and file review reminders in the one, easily accessible place. At a glance, we can see what the matter is about, where it is at and what needs to be done. Staff and volunteers can also easily access the special templates we have developed as they are automatically attached to new files according to matter type.

Cons: We are always very busy and we had to allocate some of our limited staffing resources to prepare for implementation. This investment more than paid off. The customer service team at FilePro helped make the transfer from our 4 previous databases to the new system as easy and painless as possible. They responded to our queries quickly and helped us to apply the FilePro system to meet the special needs of our service. This included developing a tailored reporting template for us.

"Unilaterally terminated agreement after $100,000 plus invested "

Overall: They’ve virtually destroyed my business. All staff had to be made redundant. I brought in a top notch staff member specifically to implement FilePro and set up templates. Money flushed down the drain. My only joy is that I will now have time to speak far and wide at legal practice management conferences and lawtech conferences to destroy this business. An angry litigation lawyer with time on her hands is a dangerous thing, FilePro.

Pros: How can anything be positive when a provider terminates a contract within a year - when I haven’t breached it? They don’t suggest that I did. They’re simply not happy that I’m not happy so they say that concludes the contract and they are refusing to deal with us. No refund. No apology. Not even a phone call to discuss. Letter denies liability and says no further correspondence will be entered into. Next email is blocked. This is a TINY company with a suite in a building in WA. Don’t fall for the fake testimonials or sales hype.

Cons: Well first, it’s been cancelled!! After I paid for it. Secondly, customer support is a tiny team in a different time zone. Software is not cloud based and has zero mobile functionality. Sales guy misrepresents features of the product. No integration with the bank feed of any bank. We actually switched to Macquarie because sales guy told us we could then have a ‘direct synch’ with Macquarie bank feed. That was a lie. So many misrepresentations. Great intentions. Friendly people. Until you’re out of love with them and then they cut you off.

"FilePro, the easiest Data Base Program "

Overall: Been using for over 40 years, some distribution

Pros: Solid design, easily customizable, size is excellent, memory usage is great.

Cons: Narrow market, price is too high, used to be free when introduced