A global cloud suite
Broad international platforms built for many markets. What to check when your practice is in the Gulf.
Read the comparisonChoosing software
Choosing practice-management software.
Most firms compare feature lists. The better test is where your working day leaks today, and whether a system closes those leaks. Here is how to compare by category, and where Mizan fits or does not.
Compare by category
Start from what you use today.
A regional legal platform
Systems sold across the region. How to compare scope, Arabic, setup and total cost fairly.
Read the comparisonSpreadsheets and desktop software
Excel, shared folders and installed systems. What changes when you move to one online record.
Read the comparisonWhere time goes
Five places the working day leaks.
Ask any vendor to show you, on screen, how each of these is handled.
01
The same fee is typed twice
Agreed in the engagement letter, then retyped into an invoice, then again into a spreadsheet for commission.
02
Intake is retyped from email
A new client's details arrive in an email and are copied by hand into the file, the conflict check and the billing record.
03
The hearing outcome stays in a note
What happened in court and the next date live in someone's notebook until a reminder is missed.
04
Conflicts are checked when someone remembers
Without a check at intake, a conflict surfaces after work has started.
05
Logins are rationed
Per-seat pricing pushes firms to share accounts, which breaks permissions and the audit trail.
Compared by category
| Capability | What to ask any vendor | How Mizan handles it |
|---|---|---|
| Matters and court cases | Are court stages modelled, or is a case just a folder? | Matters and cases with stage templates from first instance to execution. |
| Court calendar and notices | How does a court notice become a calendar entry? | Firm calendar with hearings and deadlines; a notice reader proposes the next hearing for a person to confirm. |
| Time and billing | Can it issue VAT invoices in AED and show unbilled time? | Time recording, invoices in AED with VAT, receipts, credit notes and unbilled time. |
| Collections and commission | Who introduced the client, and what are they owed when the client pays? | Collections workbook and referral commission calculated on posted payments. |
| Client portal | Can clients see progress without calling? | A client portal for shared cases, documents, invoices, messages and signatures. |
| Arabic | Is every working screen in Arabic, chosen per person? | Every screen in Arabic right to left or English, chosen per user. |
| AI | What can the AI read, and can it act without approval? | An assistant limited to the asking user's permissions; actions are drafted and confirmed first. |
| Your own AI tools | Can staff use their own AI assistant safely? | An MCP connector the firm can enable, with the same permission checks. |
| Security controls | Are permissions enforced in the database, and is there an audit log? | Role permissions with database row-level security, an audit log and TOTP multi-factor sign-in. |
| Leaving | Can you export all your data? | Data export at any time. |
Statements about Mizan only. Ask other vendors the same questions and compare the answers they show you.
Being straight with you
Where Mizan is the wrong choice.
You need a SOC 2 or ISO 27001 report today
[Certification status — confirm before publishing.] If your procurement requires a current report, check this first.
You need live court portal synchronisation
Mizan reads court notices you upload and proposes dates; it does not sync automatically with court portals.
You need trust accounting
There is no trust or client-account ledger.
You want a long reference-customer list
[Customer references — add when available.] We would rather show you the product on your own matters.
Bring us one real workflow.
A short call with the people who build Mizan. Bring one real matter and judge it on your own work.