Matters and court cases
Matters, cases and stage templates from first instance to execution, with the team, deadlines and documents on one record.
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Comparing regional legal platforms.
Several platforms are built for firms in the region and promise Arabic and local courts. The differences show up in the detail: how deep each module goes, how setup works and what the whole firm pays.
What this kind of system usually is
Regional legal platforms are sold to law firms and in-house legal teams across the Gulf. They often cover matters, contracts, courts and billing, offer Arabic, and may be sold in editions or modules with different prices.
Because they target the same market, they can look alike in a brochure. Compare them on a real matter, and ask how each part is priced and who configures it.
Mizan at a glance
Court calendar
Hearings and deadlines in one firm calendar. Photograph a court notice and the reader finds the case and proposes the next date for you to confirm.
Time, billing and collections
Time recorded as it is worked, invoices in AED with VAT, collections, and referral commission worked out when the client pays.
Arabic, per person
Every screen in Arabic right to left or in English, chosen by each user rather than by the firm.
The short answer
Mizan is a single plan for law firms, with every feature in it and setup done with you. If you are an in-house legal department, or you need modules for contract lifecycle management at scale, a broader regional platform may suit you better.
Which fits your firm
Mizan fits if
- You are a private law firm rather than an in-house team
- You want every feature without choosing editions
- Referral commission and collections matter to you
- You want each person to choose Arabic or English
- You want changes built with you rather than queued on a roadmap
Another regional platform may fit better if
- You are an in-house legal department
- You need advanced contract lifecycle management
- You need trust accounting
- You need on-premise installation
Side by side
| Area | What to check | Mizan |
|---|---|---|
| Court work | Are hearings, stages and court notices first-class records, or free-text notes? | Cases with stage templates, a firm calendar and a court-notice reader that proposes the next hearing. |
| Billing | Can it issue VAT invoices in your currency and track what is unbilled and unpaid? | Invoices in AED with VAT per line, receipts, credit notes, unbilled time and outstanding balances. |
| Arabic | Is the whole working interface in Arabic, or only some screens? | Every screen of the firm workspace in Arabic right to left, chosen per user. |
| Permissions | Can you control who sees which matters, money and documents? | Role permissions enforced in the database, per-firm overrides, an audit log and TOTP multi-factor sign-in. |
| AI | What does the AI see, and can it act on its own? | Optional. It reads only what the asking user may open and drafts actions for a person to confirm. |
| Leaving | Can you export everything, and in what format? | Your data stays yours and can be exported whenever you like. |
What it costs
Mizan is AED 79 per user a month with every feature, setup, data migration and training included, and the first 2 months free. Client portal users never count as users. AI is an optional plan for the whole firm at AED 99, AED 399 or AED 799 a month. Storage beyond 50 GB is AED 1 per GB a month. Prices exclude VAT.
Whatever you compare, compare the total over two or three years: licences for everyone who needs to sign in, add-ons, implementation, migration, training, integrations, storage and what it costs to leave. A low headline price with paid modules can cost more than one price with everything in it.
Questions to ask in any demo
- Which features are in the price you quoted, and which are separate modules or editions?
- Is setup and data migration included, and who does it?
- Show a partner and an associate side by side: what can each see?
- What can the AI read, and does it act without a person confirming?
- How quickly have you built a change a firm asked for?
- How do we export everything if we leave?
Compare them on your own matters.
A short call with the people who build Mizan. Bring one real matter and judge it on your own work.