What is the best AI time tracking for Clio firms?

Updated October 4, 2026

There is no single best AI time tracker for every Clio firm. The right choice depends on three things: where your billable work actually happens, what you are willing to have leave attorneys' computers, and who should see a draft before it reaches Clio.

For privacy-conscious Clio firms of about 10 to 30 attorneys that want entries drafted from the whole working day, approved by the attorney before release, and no monitoring of anyone, we built LegalTime AI. Here is how we would think through the decision either way.

The options Clio firms usually see

Clio's built-in AI. Clio describes it as capturing Outlook email activity, document work saved in OneDrive, and outbound calls from the Clio mobile app, then drafting entries for review inside Clio.

Passive trackers listed in Clio's App Directory. WiseTime, MIRA Timekeeping AI, Daytimed, and TimeSentry each capture activity in the background and send reviewed entries to Clio matters. They differ in what they capture, from desktop application activity to API connections with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, and in where attorneys review. Our side-by-side of WiseTime, MIRA, Daytimed, TimeSentry, and LegalTime AI sets out what each vendor says it does.

A dedicated AI timekeeper beside Clio. LegalTime AI captures documents, email, calls, and research on the attorney's computer, drafts each entry with the matter, billing code, narrative, and duration filled in, and releases it into Clio Manage only after the attorney approves it. You will also hear Laurel in these conversations.

How to decide

Map where the billable day happens. If almost everything happens in Outlook, OneDrive, and Clio itself, start with Clio's built-in AI. If a lot of the day is desktop documents, research, and calls, you need capture beside Clio.
Decide what may leave the device. Most tools that write narratives with AI send some activity off the computer for processing. Ask each vendor what, when, and to whom, and get it in writing.
Decide who sees drafts. Attorney-only drafts with explicit release are different from a dashboard where admins see activity. Pick the model your attorneys will actually accept.
Test on your own matters. Run a short trial with a few attorneys and judge matter matching and narrative quality on real work.

Our checklist of questions for any Clio time capture add-on turns these steps into questions you can send every vendor.

Where LegalTime AI fits

LegalTime AI sits beside Clio Manage. Clio stays your system of record.

Capture is local-first on the attorney's computer by default.
When an attorney uses Create to draft entries, relevant activity is sent for AI processing under zero data retention agreements. The processors are on subprocessors.
Drafts are visible only to the attorney, and nothing reaches Clio until the attorney releases it. Released entries arrive as ordinary Clio time entries through the firm's own Clio login.
LegalTime AI is a Clio Trusted Platform Developer.
A SOC 2 Type II examination is in progress. We are not SOC 2 certified yet.
Pricing is per attorney, quoted per firm. See pricing.

If that matches how your firm wants to work, book a 15-minute demo and bring a week of matters.