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On the recordRead 21 Oct 202642 facts
Brief Accounting
The maker identifies Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as its location and lists a Vancouver contact address.
Plans and prices
Basic
C$24.95usage-based
Pricing shown by Capterra; feature-based billing
Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Brief Office Accounting add-on
$30a month
General office accounting and financial reporting
Read 4 Oct 2026 · brieflegal.com
Brief Accounting Pro
Priced on request
Client/server solution for firms needing simultaneous access for multiple bookkeepers or office administrators
Read 4 Oct 2026 · brieflegal.com
Brief Accounting subscription for small and medium sized firms
Priced on request
Setup, training, unlimited telephone and email support, updates and version upgrades
Read 4 Oct 2026 · brieflegal.com
On the record
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts-receivable tools include receipts, payments across matters, aged receivables reports, client ledgers, statements, flat-fee invoices, and integrated accounting entries.brieflegal.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Architecture
- The product uses web-based time entry alongside a desktop client/server accounting application for billing, trust, receivables, payables, and reporting.brieflegal.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Billing
- Brief Billing supports slip entry, prebills, invoice processing, accounts receivable and batch receipts.brieflegal.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Company founded
- LinkedIn lists Brief Legal Software Inc. as founded in 2002.ca.linkedin.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Brief Legal Software Inc. as privately held with 2–10 employees.ca.linkedin.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Data control
- The maker says firms retain control of accounting data, backups, and the hosting environment.brieflegal.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Data import
- The company says it can import data from Excel or other machine-readable formats and regularly converts Timeslips and PCLaw users.brieflegal.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The Zendesk help center organizes documentation into time and billing, receivables, office accounting, trust, general ledger, payables, reports, exports, installation, permissions, and troubleshooting sections.brief.zendesk.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Brief EnCounter exchanges matter lists and slips with Brief Accounting through text export and import files.brief.zendesk.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- File-sharing integrations
- The support documentation describes shared folders, Dropbox, Google Drive, or email as ways to move EnCounter exchange files.brief.zendesk.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Historical pricing
- A 2007 Canadian Lawyer software survey listed Brief Accounting's starting cost as $995 and its current release year as 2007.canadianlawyermag.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes Brief Accounting as suitable for solo practitioners and firms of varying sizes, with Brief Accounting Pro for larger teams needing simultaneous access.brieflegal.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Invoice formats
- Invoice options include consolidated client, split-billing, task-based and LEDES formats.brieflegal.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The reviewed official pages do not identify an open-source licence or state that Brief Accounting is open source.brieflegal.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: scale
- That Capterra reviewer said the product became uncomfortable for a larger operation handling roughly 100 to 1,500 daily operations.capterra.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: workflow clicks
- The G2 reviewer described the interface as sometimes clunky and wished it required fewer clicks.g2.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Maker history
- Brief Legal Software says it has been in law firms since 1985 and develops, sells and supports Brief Accounting across North America.brieflegal.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Migration
- Brief Legal offers review and conversion of client and matter data, unbilled time and disbursements, trust and receivables balances, chart of accounts, and trial balance.brieflegal.com · read 21 Oct 2026
