Facts checked November 5, 2026. This compares what each company publishes on its own website. It is not a hands-on test. Timekeepr is our product, so we have described the other two companies the way they describe themselves and linked every source. Prices and features change, so confirm anything important with the vendor.
All three tools do the same basic job. They notice the work you do during the day and draft time entries, so you are not rebuilding your day from memory at the end of the month. They differ in who they are built for, how they price, which billing systems they connect to and how they handle client data.
The short answer
- Laurel is aimed at larger firms in law, accounting and consulting. Its site names customers such as EY, Husch Blackwell and Cozen O'Connor, lists SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 42001, and sells through a demo without a published price.
- Billables AI is aimed at law firms and other professional services. It names the most practice management integrations of the three and publishes a price range of $59 to $199 per user per month.
- Timekeepr is aimed at solo and small firms. It has one published price of $47 per user per month, month-to-month with no seat minimum, and runs on each person's computer so the firm's data does not reach A&C Labs.
At a glance
| Laurel | Billables AI | Timekeepr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Law, accounting and consulting firms, including enterprise | Lawyers, consultants and professional services | Law firms today; accounting, consulting and engineering in early access |
| Published price | None; pricing comes through a demo | $59 to $199 per user per month, depending on features, seats and contract term | $47 per user per month with every feature; month-to-month; no seat minimum |
| Trial | Not stated on the pages we checked | Not stated on the pages we checked | Guided two-week trial, no credit card |
| What it captures | Outlook email, Zoom calls, calendar events, time in Word, Excel and PDFs, and more than 100 allowlisted websites; flags gaps as possible offline work | Activity across Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Zoom, Adobe, RingCentral and practice management systems, across devices including phones; says it relies mainly on metadata or limited app capture | On-screen text and call details (who, when and how long; no audio) on each person's Mac or Windows computer |
| Billing integrations named | None on its timekeeping page; a billing product is listed as coming soon | Centerbase, Litify, SurePoint, Clio, MyCase, LeanLaw, Filevine, Orion and Actionstep, plus time sync with Juris, Salesforce, Tabs3, TimeSolv, CARET and others | Clio, MyCase, Smokeball, PracticePanther, CosmoLex, Rocket Matter, Filevine, Bill4Time, Amicus Attorney and CARET Legal; setup included |
| Security claims | SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 42001, bring your own key, in-region storage, SSO and SCIM; GDPR, CCPA and HIPAA | HIPAA, GDPR and SOC 2 Type 2; encryption in transit and at rest; a public Trust Center | Activity text goes only to Anthropic's Claude API to draft entries; A&C Labs receives none of it; no certifications listed |
| Review before billing | Drafted narratives, checked against client billing guidelines before you submit | Draft entries with narratives that you review, edit and submit | Every entry stays a draft until you approve it |
Laurel
Laurel calls itself a work intelligence platform, with timekeeping as the starting point. Next to automated timekeeping it lists Compliance, which checks entries against client billing guidelines as they are written; Signal, for project profitability and the return on AI spending; Work Studio, for splitting work between people and AI; and a Billing product marked as coming soon.
Its timekeeping page says it captures Outlook email, Zoom calls with attendees and calendar events, measures time in Word, Excel and PDFs and on more than 100 allowlisted websites, and flags gaps that may be meetings, calls or time away from the computer.
Laurel's homepage cites "up to 30min" recovered a day and a 4 to 11 percent profit increase. Its ROI calculator assumes 85 percent billing realization, 96 percent collection realization and 240 working days a year, and says a Big Four firm audited the method.
On security, Laurel lists SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 42001, bring-your-own-key encryption, in-region data storage, and SSO and SCIM. Its homepage says it does not use public LLMs.
Worth asking Laurel: the price for a firm your size, whether there is a seat minimum or an annual contract, how long a rollout takes, and how entries get into the billing system you use today.
Billables AI
Billables AI says it captures activity in the background across the tools a firm already uses and turns it into draft entries with matters and narratives filled in. It says it tracks across devices, including email drafted on a phone, and avoids full-screen monitoring by relying mainly on metadata or limited app capture.
Its integration list is the longest of the three. It names Centerbase, Litify, SurePoint, Clio, MyCase, LeanLaw, Filevine, Orion and Actionstep, and time sync with Juris, Salesforce, Tabs3, TimeSolv and CARET. Its site also carries named customer quotes, including one from a managing partner: "I'm capturing at least 10 percent more time than before."
Billables AI publishes a price range of $59 to $199 per user per month. Its FAQ says the price depends on the features you choose, the number of seats and the length of the contract. It says it is HIPAA, GDPR and SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, encrypts data in transit and at rest, and keeps a public Trust Center.
Worth asking Billables AI: which plan includes the features you need, how contract length changes the price, and how phone capture works with your devices.
Timekeepr
Timekeepr is built by A&C Labs for small firms that bill by the hour. It runs on each person's Mac or Windows computer, notes the documents, emails and calls behind the work, matches the work to a client and matter, and drafts entries for review. It records who you spoke with, when and for how long, but never call audio. Nothing is billed until you approve it.
The price is public: $47 per user per month with every feature, all integrations and setup included, no seat minimum and month-to-month billing. The guided two-week trial needs no credit card, and A&C Labs sends the installer and helps set up the integration.
Timekeepr's Windows app sends activity text only to Anthropic's Claude API to draft entries, under Anthropic's Commercial Terms on A&C Labs' own account. Anthropic does not train models on API data and deletes requests within 30 days, or up to two years if its abuse checks flag them. A&C Labs receives none of the firm's data. The Security page lists exactly what is sent and when.
Where Timekeepr trails: it is new, it comes from a small team, and it has no public reviews yet. It names fewer integrations than Billables AI and lists no security certifications, relying instead on a design that keeps firm data off A&C Labs' systems. If your firm requires a vendor audit report, raise it in the demo.
How to choose
- Start with your billing system. If your practice management system is not on a vendor's list, ask how entries get into it before anything else.
- Get the price in writing. Two of the three publish one. For the third, also ask about seat minimums and contract length.
- Find out where the data goes. Some tools process activity in the vendor's cloud and some on your own computer. Our guide to security questions for AI timekeeping lists what to ask.
- Look at the review step. All three draft entries for review. Time how long the daily review takes on a real day.
- Try it on real work. A week or two of your own calls and emails will tell you more than any comparison table.
For more tools, including Ajax, Smokeball AutoTime and WiseTime, see our 2026 guide to AI timekeeping for small law firms.
Sources
All checked November 5, 2026.