After a long time using your current software, you’ll be used to its foibles. CostBetter can do everything your current software can and much more. It’s quicker and easier to use and saves you a lot of time in costing, typing in counsel fees and disbursements, and inputting entries into the chronology. It produces better looking Bills which can be amended without needing to go back into the app to re-export them. If your competitors are using this and you aren’t, ultimately you will be at a disadvantage. If you’re still unsure, request a free trial to find out why Costs Lawyers and costs drafters are switching over to CostBetter.

You don’t need to be an Excel wizz to cost Bills with CostBetter. If you can use your current drafting software, you can use CostBetter. We’re confident you’ll find it quicker and easier.

No: while CostBetter does automate much of the drafting process, it is purely an app so there are no confidentiality or data security concerns and no risk of hallucinations.

CostBetter runs locally on your machine. It doesn’t process any data on servers or the cloud and it doesn’t use AI – just clever software.

CostBetter produces 3– and 6–column Bills, eBills, Costs Budgets (both Precedent H and Precedent Z) and Statements of Costs in Form N260, so it takes care of all of your drafting needs. It even prepares a folder of all documents that are referenced in the chronology, in chronological order, so you have it ready should the matter proceed to assessment, or as a reference point when preparing Replies.

Getting CostBetter couldn’t be simpler: just buy however many seats you need, download and install the app and you can use it straight away. There’s no need for complex integrations as CostBetter can read time records from any case/practice management system