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Four ways to cover intake

Each one does part of the job. The difference is who follows up after the first contact.

The question that decides it

Who follows up after the first reply?

Side by side

Here is what each option leaves you with.

Intakes.io
Answering service
Intake CRM your team manages
Another hire
AI intake builder
First contact
✓
A reply you approved, on every channel we cover
Takes a message
Whoever sees it first
Covered during their shift
An automated reply
Who builds the workflow
✓
We do, on rules you approve
A call script
Your team
Whoever has time
Your team, inside the builder
Follow-up after the first reply
✓
Our team, with reminders that stop when the person replies
Handed back to you
Depends on someone remembering the task
Stops when the shift ends
Keeps sending until it breaks, then waits
Who fixes what breaks next month
✓
We do, and we test the fix with you
You
You
The hire, if they stay
You
Legal questions go to
✓
Your team, with the full conversation attached
You, via a message slip
Whoever reads the note
A non-lawyer who has to hold them
Depends how it was configured
What you end up with
✓
A monthly report: signed, pending and lost
A message
A login
A person with a shift
A sequence nobody watches
Pricing
✓
A fixed monthly fee plus a one-time implementation fee. Unlimited seats.
Per call or per minute
Per user
A salary
Per seat or per conversation

Clio Grow and Lawmatics are examples of intake CRMs. Named products describe a category, not a review of any vendor.

Other options

Sometimes we are not the right fit.

Each option below is the right buy for some firms. If one of these describes you, buy that instead.

Answering service

You need a person to pick up and take a message, and your team already follows up reliably after that.

Intake CRM your team manages

Someone on your team has the time and the skill to build workflows and manage them every week.

Another hire

Steady volume during office hours fills a role, and after-hours inquiries are rare.

AI intake builder

You want to set up the automations yourself, and someone on your team watches them.

Where Intakes.io fits

You get the intake CRM and the team that manages it.

We build and manage the workflows on rules you approve. You keep every legal decision, and your practice management system stays where it is.

What we do
Build the workflows and write the messages
Screen every inquiry on the questions you approved
Chase signatures on the retainers you send
Review the numbers with you every month
What you do
Approve the channels, the rules and every message
Decide which clients to take on
Keep matters, billing and documents in your own system
Name one person who signs off on changes
A fixed monthly fee plus a one-time implementation fee. Unlimited seats, no per-user pricing. See pricing.
FAQs

What you already pay for

Can we keep our answering service?
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Often, yes. Some firms keep a live person answering the phone. Someone still has to follow up after the message is taken, and that is the part we handle.

We already pay for Lawmatics or Clio Grow.
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They can hold the intake record. Someone still has to build the workflows and watch them on a Tuesday night. In the audit we tell you whether you need us or more time with the tool you already have.

Is Intakes.io cheaper?
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Not always. We charge a fixed monthly fee plus a one-time implementation fee, with unlimited seats and no per-user pricing. The first term is 3 months, then month to month. We quote after the audit, in writing, with what is included. The figure is on the pricing page.

Start here

Book a 30-minute audit on your numbers.

Bring a recent month of inquiries and a picture of what you use today. You leave knowing which option fits you, even if it is not us.

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What you get
A written list of where you lose inquiries today
Every open inquiry that nobody is following up on
What we take over and what your team keeps

The list is yours to keep, even if we never work together.