Clio Subscription vs Clio for Co-Counsel / Clio Connect Collaboration – Help Center

Let's looks at some of the differences between Clio and Clio for Co-Counsel / Clio Connect.

Clio

Clio subscriptions are part of a firm account for the purpose of practice management and billing. Users are able to create new tasks, calendar events, notes, documents, bills, as well as generate reports, add time entries, and view ALL resources that they have permissions to access in addition to the core data and matter management features.

Clio for Co-Counsel / Clio Connect

Firms who want to work more closely with their clients, contacts (witness, judge, etc), and co-counsels, can do so by sharing resources via Clio for Co-Counsel / Clio Connect. When sharing a resource such as a document, bill, or matter, the firm is in complete control of that resource and can remove sharing permissions at any time. Actions on these shared resources are limited, and can be compared to those actions available via a Clio account below.

This chart demonstrates what a Clio user* and Clio for Co-Counsel / Clio Connect user can do in Clio;

Resource	Clio Users	Clio for Co-Counsel / Clio Connect Users
Calendar Events	Add, edit, delete calendar entries View all shared calendars across the firm account Add time entries to calendar events	View only shared calendar events
Tasks	Add, edit, delete tasks View all public tasks Add time entries to tasks	View and Complete an assigned Task Add time entries to tasks
Documents	Add, edit, delete folders, files and file versions Create documents via Document Automation Access to document integrations (Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, NetDocs) Add time entries to documents	View and download only shared Clio documents and files Upload new files and new versions of files Add time entries to documents
Bills	Generate, edit, delete, and view bills across the firm account	View only shared bills Pay bills online if set up by the Clio user
Secure Messages	Send, edit, delete, and view secure messages in matters Add time entries to secure messages	View and respond to secure messages sent to Clio for Co-Counsel / Clio Connect user Send new messages
Matters	Add, edit, delete, view: matter clients matter contacts matter transactions matter notes (can also add time entries) matter time and expense entries matter documents (can also add time entries) matter communications (can also add time entries)	View only shared matters View shared matter client and contact information View shared matter notes, add time to notes Add, edit, delete, and add time to own matter notes Add, edit, delete own time entries (no rate information) Add and edit own Communications Add time to other Communications

*Clio users must have the necessary permissions in order to perform the actions outlined above. To learn more about permissions in Clio, please click here.

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Clio Users

Clio for Co-Counsel / Clio Connect Users