These two do different jobs, and some firms could use both. Filevine is a US-oriented legal platform that describes itself as legal AI that runs the firm: it runs the work. Briefi is the client side around it, built and supported for Australian firms: the meeting, instructions and forms signed online, document requests and the client portal. If you want a platform to run cases with AI agents, that is Filevine. If your gap is what happens with the client before and after, look at Briefi.
What each does today. Every line about Filevine links to the page it came from.
| Briefi AdvisorPlans from A$89 a month | Filevine | |
|---|---|---|
| Clients | ||
| Client portal | Briefi AdvisorAdvisor plansOff by default for each workspace; switch it on where you want it | FilevineAdd-onTheir pricing page lists the client portal as an add-on2 |
| Online signing | Briefi AdvisorYesDrawn or typed signature, templates, Word or PDF import, a certificate page on the signed PDF | FilevineYesText-message prompts, a payment request attached, bulk send, and signed copies synced to the case file3 |
| Data | ||
| Where your data is held | Briefi AdvisorStored in SydneySome processing uses providers overseas. The Security page lists them. | FilevineRegions not named on the page we readIt describes contracted instances on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, and Australia is not mentioned4 |
Filevine runs the work. Briefi runs the client conversation. The Filevine pages we read describe no meeting notes or transcription, but they may exist, so meetings are not scored. We did not confirm that Filevine is sold in Australia. A row appears only where Filevine’s own pages say something we could check.
If any of these decides it for you, Filevine is likely the better fit today.
Filevine describes legal AI that runs the firm, for law firms from solo to large, government and in-house teams, with agents, AI drafting, legal research and deposition tools. Briefi is not practice management software.1
Filevine’s e-signature sends text-message prompts, attaches a payment request, sends in bulk and syncs to the case file. Briefi does not take payments from your clients.3
Filevine’s security page lists SOC 2 Type I and II among its compliance programme.4
Filevine names a free tier, LOIS Explore, on its pricing page.2
Briefi covers the client side of the practice. It does not replace your practice management system.
A brief before you meet, a recap after with decisions and actions that have an owner, and a follow-up drafted for you to check and send from your own mailbox.
Each person signs on their own link, or together on one device, and a named member of your firm can countersign. The signed PDF carries a certificate page with a SHA-256 digest.
Ask a client, or a third party by upload link, for the files you need. A person on your team accepts or waives each one.
Briefi does not do trust accounting, time recording, billing or matter management, and it has no matter register or diary. It has no connection to Filevine. It does not take payments from your clients, and identity checks are not available yet.
Briefi is priced per plan, not per user. Filevine does not publish plan prices.
Briefi prices are in AUD and are read from the same price list as the pricing page, so they change when it does.
No, and it is not meant to. Filevine runs your matters. Briefi handles the client meeting, forms, signing, document requests and portal around them. It does no trust accounting, time recording or billing.
Yes. Briefi has no connection to Filevine, so a person on your team keeps the two records in step.
Briefi makes no claim about privilege. Whether a record is privileged, and whether sending client content to outside processors affects that, is for you to decide. The sub-processors page lists every service that receives content.
In Briefi, stored in Sydney. Some processing uses providers overseas. The Security page lists them.
Not yet. Today you can ask for ID documents in a document request, and a person on your team accepts each one.
Last reviewed 15 October 2026. Facts about Filevine come from its own published pages on the dates shown. Each product named here is a trademark of its owner, and Briefi is not affiliated with them.
Seen something out of date? Write to support@briefi.sh and we will check it.
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