Practice management software: UK alternatives compared
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What are the alternatives to LEAP and Clio for a UK law firm?
As of October 2026, UK options include Osprey Approach, Hoowla, Actionstep, Quill (now Dye & Durham) and Instrukt. Of those we could check, only Osprey (from £110 per licence a month plus VAT, minimum three) and Instrukt (£79 per fee earner a month, no VAT) publish a price; LEAP, Actionstep and Hoowla ask you to request one.
The options compared (as of October 2026)
Every fact is from the vendor's own website, read on 23 October 2026, and linked. Where a vendor doesn't publish something, we say so rather than estimate it. Instrukt is our product. Prices change, so check each vendor's page before you decide.
| Software | Published price | Pricing model and terms | Who it's for (vendor's words) | Property and conveyancing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEAP LEAP UK pricingLEAP conveyancing software | Not published. The pricing page asks you to complete a form to see prices. | “Per-user, per-month”, “One plan, unlimited capability”. “A one-time setup fee may apply” (amount not published). | “Designed with the needs of small to mid-sized firms in mind”. | Residential conveyancing matter types (sale, purchase, remortgage and others) and landlord and tenant. |
| Clio Clio UK pricing | Not checked: Clio's UK pricing page refused our automated check on 23 October 2026. See its page. | Not checked. | Not checked. | Not checked. |
| Osprey Approach Osprey Approach price plansOsprey Approach pricing by firm size | Advanced: £110 per paying licence, billed monthly. Premium: £140 per paying licence, billed monthly. Enterprise: price on application. All exclude VAT. | Minimum of three licences. “Standard agreement term: 36 months.” Licence prices rise 5% on each anniversary of go-live. Client portal £10 per licence a month on Advanced, included on Premium. | Plans for firms of “3 - 50 employees” and “50+ employees”. | A conveyancing solution with InfoTrack integration. |
| Instrukt (us) Instrukt pricingInstrukt conveyancing software | Practice: £79 per fee earner a month (£69 billed annually). With AI lease review: £129. Or £22 per completed residential matter (£150 a month minimum). No VAT added. | Monthly rolling. No set-up fee. Open matters imported free. One support-staff seat free per fee earner. | Property solicitors and conveyancers, especially commercial lease work. | Lease terms on one page with break and renewal dates, residential conveyancing files, completion statements and a client portal. Searches, HM Land Registry applications and SDLT returns go through the services you already use, with every deadline tracked. Welsh LTT and a full accounts module are not built yet. |
| Hoowla Hoowla pricingHoowla | Not published as figures: the pricing page has a calculator, with no prices shown. | Case management per user a month. “For conveyancing teams, we charge per completed case not per user”, with no fee for opening cases or fall-throughs. Prices shown + VAT. “Rolling contract”, “No setup fees”, “No lock ins”. | “Affordable pricing for any size legal firm”. | Conveyancing case management. Its features list includes ordering searches, SDLT submissions and Land Registry. |
| Actionstep Actionstep UK pricing | Not published (“Request Pricing”). | “Priced per user plus implementation fees”. Implementation through certified partners. | Not stated on the pricing page we read. | Not checked. |
| Quill (now Dye & Durham) Dye & Durham UK | Not published. quill.co.uk now redirects to Dye & Durham UK, which shows no Quill price. | Not published. | Dye & Durham lists sole practitioners, small and medium law firms and big law firms. | Dye & Durham lists conveyancing case management. |
Who should pick what
- You want to see a price before a sales call: Osprey Approach and Instrukt publish theirs. LEAP, Actionstep, Hoowla and Quill ask you to request one.
- You run volume residential conveyancing and want to pay per completion: Hoowla and Instrukt both charge per completed case for conveyancing. Instrukt publishes its figure (£22); Hoowla doesn't.
- You don't want a long contract: Instrukt (pricing) and Hoowla (pricing) publish rolling contracts. Osprey publishes a 36-month standard term with a 5% rise each year (price plans).
- You want every search, registration and SDLT deadline worked out for you: Instrukt does that from the matter itself, with reminders and a record of each step. Searches, HM Land Registry applications and SDLT returns go through the services you already use.
- You do commercial lease work: Instrukt is built around it, with lease terms on one page, break and renewal dates worked out, and AI lease review on the £129 plan.
- You have more than 50 staff: Osprey publishes plans for firms of 50 or more employees.
Why there are no head-to-head pages
A fair “Instrukt vs” page needs prices and features compared like for like. LEAP and Actionstep don't publish prices, and we couldn't check Clio's UK pricing page, so a head-to-head on the three best-known names would rest on guesses. We'll add one when the facts are public.
How we compared
We read each vendor's own UK pricing and product pages on 23 October 2026, quoting their words where we could. We didn't use review sites or third-party price lists. VAT is shown as each vendor shows it: Instrukt adds none because JG Core Ltd isn't VAT-registered. If a fact here is wrong or out of date, email hello@instrukt.co.uk and we'll correct it.
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