Hivelight

Est. 2021 HQ Australia Employees 3 Updated 2026-02-10
#404 / 1,697 rlegaltech 500 · overall
Rank trajectory2024-02 → 2026-05 · 28 months
FELL -91From #313 (2024-02) to #404 today
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How this is computed · one composite score, recomputed across all 28 months, ranked on a 3-month moving average

What it is Overview

Hivelight is a real legaltech product, but the right frame is a legal project-management and matter-visibility layer rather than full practice-management software. The strongest public evidence is better than the old draft implied: Hivelight has live partner listings with Smokeball and Actionstep, repeatedly positions itself around matter tracking, workload visibility, workflow templates, and delegation, and it won the International Institute of Legal Project Management’s 2024 Software Application of the Year award on the IILPM winners page. The product appears aimed at growing law firms and legal-operations-led teams that already use a core PMS such as Smokeball, Clio, or Actionstep and need a clearer operational control layer on top. What remains weak is the buyer diligence surface: I did not find public pricing, a meaningful review-platform footprint, or robust public security documentation in this pass.

Capabilities

Spans 5 product areas: Project Management and Collaboration, Firm Analytics, KPIs and Reporting Tools, Knowledge Management, Case Management, Workflow Automation.

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 8 workflow areas:

  • Firm Operations & Growth — Task Management, Staff Rostering
  • Client & Matter Lifecycle — CRM, Contacts Management, Conflicts Checking, Custom Client Intake (+1 more)
  • Communication & Collaboration — Messaging, Client Portal, Native Email Client
  • Billing, Time & Finance — Billing and Invoicing, Time Tracking, Accounting, Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Document Review & Management — Document Management
  • Document Drafting & Automation — Document Assembly, Templates
  • Filing & Compliance — Calendar Integration, Calendar Management
  • Research & Analysis

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

Company Info

  • Founded: 2021
  • Team size: 1-10 employees
  • HQ: Australia
  • Sector: Practice Management

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Integrations 9 platforms

Platforms Hivelight integrates with. Depth — where curated — reflects how native the connection is. Uncurated entries render without a depth dot.

Deep — bi-directional API Medium — one-way sync / webhook Shallow — middleware / Zapier-class

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