A Legal Billing Veteran in the Cloud
Most time and attendance platforms try to serve everyone. TimeSolv took a different path. Since 1999, the company has focused almost exclusively on legal professionals, building a cloud-based time tracking and billing tool shaped by the specific demands of law firm operations. We score TimeSolv 7.8 out of 10 in the time and attendance software category, reflecting a product that excels in its niche while carrying some of the constraints that come with specialization.
TimeSolv Corporation was founded in 1999 and is now headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, operating as part of ProfitSolv, a portfolio of professional services software brands backed by Lightyear Capital and FTV Capital. The company reports more than $5.2 billion billed through its platform over its 25-plus-year history. With roughly 24 employees and a targeted product focus, TimeSolv operates with a smaller footprint than many competitors in the broader time and attendance market, but that concentration has produced a tool with real depth for legal workflows.
How TimeSolv Handles Time Tracking for Legal Work
The core of TimeSolv is its matter-based time entry system. Every hour logged ties back to a specific client matter, and attorneys can run multiple timers simultaneously to capture work across different cases throughout the day. The interface presents a calendar-style view where timekeepers can see daily, weekly, and monthly totals at a glance. Custom abbreviations let frequent users speed up entry by auto-filling common activity descriptions, which matters more than it sounds when you’re logging 15 to 20 entries per day.
TimeSolv distinguishes between billable, non-billable, and no-charge entries at the individual time record level, and individual timekeepers can set entry types without needing access to billing rates. This granularity gives firm administrators a clearer view of how attorneys are spending their time across both revenue-generating and administrative work. The platform also includes budget tracking by matter, so firms can set hourly caps and receive alerts before a project exceeds its scope. Budget-versus-actual reports tie directly into these limits, giving both attorneys and billing managers a running view of where each engagement stands financially.
The timekeeper dashboard deserves specific mention. Each attorney sees a personal KPI panel at login showing target billable hours versus actual hours billed, broken down by day, week, and month. Partners and firm administrators can define annual hour targets per timekeeper and track progress across the entire firm. It’s a small feature, but firms that struggle with underrecording find it changes attorney behavior simply by making the numbers visible.
A desktop app called TimeSync lets users track time without keeping a browser open, and it supports offline entry. The iOS and Android mobile apps cover basic time and expense entry, though users managing field work or traveling between courthouses should know that several features available on desktop don’t carry over to mobile. Receipt capture via the mobile app is one area that works well, letting attorneys photograph and attach expense documentation directly to matter records.
Billing and Invoicing That Speaks Legal
Where TimeSolv pulls ahead of general-purpose time trackers is in its billing compliance features. The platform supports LEDES (Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard) billing, which many corporate legal departments and insurance companies require for outside counsel invoices. If your firm handles insurance defense work or corporate matters for large clients, LEDES compliance isn’t optional, and TimeSolv generates the properly formatted files without requiring manual XML manipulation or third-party conversion tools. It also supports UTBMS (Uniform Task-Based Management System) task codes, giving firms the ability to categorize time entries using standardized activity and expense codes that map to industry-accepted billing guidelines.
Batch invoicing is available for firms managing dozens or hundreds of active matters. Rather than building invoices one at a time, billing administrators can generate, review, and send invoices in bulk. The system offers flexible billing rate structures, including hourly rates, flat fees, and blended rates, with the ability to set different rates by timekeeper, client, or matter type. A mid-2025 update expanded the statement template options, giving firms more control over how account balances and payment histories appear on client-facing documents. You can now reprint historical invoices with balance information locked to the original date rather than pulling in current figures.
Trust accounting is built directly into the platform. Firms can manage client trust funds, process automatic transfers between trust and operating accounts, and generate reports that satisfy bar association compliance requirements. A recent enhancement added an "allocate" link within trust account views, letting administrators transfer funds to outstanding invoices in fewer steps than the previous workflow required.
What TimeSolv Costs in Practice
TimeSolv structures its offering across two primary plans: Pro (designed for general professional services) and Legal (built for law firms with compliance-specific features like trust accounting and LEDES billing). The company’s landing page advertises rates starting at $35.96 per month for solo attorneys, with volume discounts available for firms adding multiple users.
For a solo practitioner on the Legal plan, that translates to roughly $432 per year. A five-attorney firm paying the same base rate would spend approximately $2,158 annually before any volume discounts, though per-user costs decrease as firm size increases. There are no setup fees, no long-term contracts, and billing runs on a pay-as-you-go monthly subscription. Annual billing with ACH payment is also available for firms that prefer locking in a commitment.
One thing to watch: every active user requires a paid seat. Some firms have expressed frustration that administrative staff who only review or process invoices still require individual licenses. For a three-attorney firm with two support staff, that’s five seats, not three.
TimeSolv also offers paid add-on modules. A CRM and client intake tool runs $147 per month billed annually (covering up to three users), and a managed website service costs $149 per month on annual billing. These sit outside the core time and billing subscription.
Is TimeSolv Right for Your Firm?
Consider a solo insurance defense attorney who bills 40 hours per week across 15 active matters, each with its own LEDES billing requirements. This attorney needs to track every six-minute increment, apply the correct UTBMS task codes, and submit invoices through platforms like Counsel Link or Legal Tracker. TimeSolv was built for exactly this workflow, and the attorney can set up matter-specific rate structures, generate LEDES-formatted invoices, and track outstanding balances from a single dashboard.
Now consider a small litigation firm with four attorneys and three staff members. The managing partner needs trust accounting that satisfies state bar requirements, batch billing to close out dozens of matters at month-end, and reporting that shows each attorney’s billable hours against annual targets. TimeSolv’s timekeeper dashboard provides exactly that kind of visibility, with KPIs displayed at login showing billed versus target hours by day, week, and month.
Where TimeSolv fits less comfortably is in firms that need deep integrations with a wide ecosystem of tools. The platform connects with QuickBooks (two-way sync), Xero, Dropbox, NetDocuments, Microsoft 365, and LawPay, but firms using Salesforce, Slack, or custom API-driven workflows will find the integration library limiting. Firms with more than 50 attorneys may also want to evaluate whether the platform’s reporting and user management scale to their needs before committing.
The UX Details That Matter
TimeSolv’s web interface is clean and organized around a left-side navigation panel. Time entry is the default landing page, which is the right call for a product designed around daily billable hour capture. The process of starting a timer, selecting a matter, and entering a description is fast enough that it doesn’t interrupt the flow of actual legal work. Custom abbreviations accelerate this further by auto-expanding shorthand into full descriptions.
There are a few areas where the interface shows its age. The invoice template editor, while functional, offers less layout flexibility than some users expect from a modern web application. Adjusting column widths, reordering sections, or adding firm-specific branding elements requires working within predefined options rather than a drag-and-drop builder. The label "Flexible Templates" in the settings menu is somewhat misleading, as the flexibility applies to what data sections appear on invoices rather than the visual layout itself. Users who work heavily with customized invoice formats have flagged this as a recurring limitation.
One browser-specific issue that surfaces in user feedback involves occasional screen freezing when multiple timers are running simultaneously. The page may display the wrong active timer until manually refreshed. It doesn’t happen frequently enough to be a dealbreaker, but attorneys who routinely toggle between four or five running timers throughout the day should be aware of it.
The reporting suite includes over 30 built-in reports covering billable hours, accounts receivable, productivity, and trust activity. For most small to mid-size firms, this covers the essentials. Firms needing custom calculated fields, cross-tabulated data views, or exportable dashboards will find the reporting tools adequate but not exceptional. Reports export to Word, Excel, and PDF, which provides flexibility for internal analysis.
Backing and Recent Development
TimeSolv’s parent company, ProfitSolv, secured a significant strategic investment co-led by FTV Capital and Lightyear Capital in June 2025. ProfitSolv also owns Rocket Matter, CosmoLex, Tabs3, and several other legal technology brands, which signals continued investment in the legal software ecosystem. For TimeSolv users, this backing reduces the risk of the product being abandoned or underfunded, a real concern with smaller SaaS vendors.
On the product side, TimeSolv introduced a CRM module with client intake forms, automated workflows, and email drip campaigns, priced as a separate add-on. The CRM ties directly into the billing system, so new client data flows from intake forms into matter creation without duplicate entry. The platform also added PayPal as a payment option through TimeSolvPay, joining existing credit card and ACH processing. On the billing side, expanded trust accounting controls now include a one-click "allocate" option for transferring trust funds to outstanding invoices, and statement templates gained granular section-by-section visibility controls so firms can tailor exactly what appears on client-facing documents.
Our Verdict on TimeSolv
TimeSolv does one thing and does it with the kind of depth that only comes from 25 years of focused development. Legal time tracking, billing compliance, and trust accounting are handled with a precision that general-purpose time and attendance tools simply don’t match. The customer support experience stands out as genuinely excellent. Users report live phone access, screen-sharing troubleshooting sessions, and dedicated account managers who know the legal billing domain inside and out. That level of service matters when you’re trying to close out month-end billing at 11 PM on a Friday.
The tradeoffs center on breadth. Firms that need advanced analytics, a wide integration network, or enterprise-scale user management will feel the boundaries of what TimeSolv offers. The mobile app covers basics but doesn’t replicate the full desktop experience. Invoice customization could use a modernization pass. But for solo practitioners and small to mid-size firms whose primary need is capturing every billable minute and turning it into a compliant, professional invoice, TimeSolv earns its place on the shortlist.