CasePeer vs Filevine

CasePeer and Filevine are the two most frequently compared platforms among personal injury law firms, and the comparison reveals a fundamental trade-off between ready-to-use specialization and configurable power.

CasePeer, part of the AffiniPay family, delivers PI-specific tools that work immediately out of the box with minimal configuration. Medical provider tracking with treatment timeline visualization, lien management with automatic balance calculations, settlement demand generation with multiplier analysis, statute of limitations alerts, and case pipeline reporting by phase are all built into the platform from day one. A new PI firm can sign up for CasePeer and be managing cases productively within a few days, with very little training required for staff who understand PI workflows. CasePeer's interface is clean and intuitive, designed specifically around how PI attorneys and paralegals work — the platform doesn't try to be everything to everyone, and this focus translates into a streamlined user experience. For small to mid-size PI firms (5 to 30 users) that want a platform that speaks their language immediately, CasePeer is the fastest path to productive case management.

Filevine takes the opposite approach: instead of providing pre-built PI tools, it gives firms a highly customizable framework for designing their own case management workflows from scratch. A PI firm on Filevine can create custom phases (pre-litigation, records gathering, demand, negotiation, litigation, mediation, trial, settlement), define unique fields for each phase, build multi-step automations that trigger based on case progression, generate custom dashboards showing pipeline value by phase, and create automated task sequences that ensure nothing falls through the cracks across hundreds of active cases. Filevine's reporting and analytics capabilities are enterprise-grade: firm leadership can see real-time data on case pipeline value, average time-to-settlement, team productivity metrics, and bottleneck identification. The platform's Outlaw document automation engine generates demand letters, medical summaries, and settlement documents from case data. However, achieving this level of functionality requires significant upfront investment: professional configuration (typically $10,000-25,000+), multi-week implementation timelines, and ongoing optimization as the firm refines its workflows.

The decision framework is straightforward: small to mid-size PI firms that want to be operational quickly should choose CasePeer. Larger PI firms with high case volumes, established processes they want to codify, and the resources to invest in implementation should choose Filevine. The crossover point is typically around 20-30 users, where Filevine's customization advantages begin to outweigh CasePeer's speed-to-value.