Verantel and Clio Grow
Clio Grow is Clio's intake and client-relationship software. Since August 2026, its Grow AI agents can also answer prospective clients by phone, email, and web chat. Verantel is an intake interviewer: it talks with the person who reaches your firm and writes up the matter for your attorneys, with each fact tied to the client's own words.
At a glance
| Verantel | Clio Grow | |
|---|---|---|
| Who talks with the prospective client | Verantel's AI interviewer, in a chat | Your staff, with Clio Grow's online intake forms. With Grow AI, AI agents on the phone, by email, and in web chat. |
| What it does in the conversation | Interviews the client about their matter, one question at a time | Grow AI captures contact and case details, screens the lead against your firm's criteria and conflicts, scores it, books a consultation, and sends follow-ups, by Clio's description |
| What your firm receives | A written record of the matter, with each fact linked to the client's own words, and the full transcript | A lead in Clio Grow |
| Pricing | Free during the private beta | Grow AI costs $25 per converted lead, with no charge when it played no part. Clio prices Clio Grow itself with its plans. |
| Practice-management connection | None yet. Your firm reads each record on the Verantel dashboard, and can print it or save it as a PDF. | Built into Clio. A won lead moves into Clio Manage. |
| Where the data lives | A separate database for each firm, on Verantel's server or on a server your firm runs | Clio's cloud |
How they differ
Grow AI aims at the booked consultation. Verantel aims at the written record. Clio describes Grow AI as screening, scoring, and booking leads. Verantel interviews the client until it has what your attorneys need, then writes up the matter: the facts grouped by topic, each linked to the lines the client wrote, each legal matter with its practice area and state, the people and organizations involved, and how well the matter fits your firm.
Grow AI answers the phone. Verantel doesn't. Verantel works in a chat on the web. A firm that wants an AI voice on its phone line needs another tool for that.
Clio Grow lives inside Clio. Verantel can run on your own server. A firm on Clio gets Grow AI next to its matters, billing, and documents. Verantel can run on a server your firm runs, so prospective clients' conversations stay on your firm's own server.
Grow AI is new. Clio launched it in August 2026, and the legal-technology site LawSites reported its features from Clio's announcement without seeing the product. We describe it here as Clio does.
When each one fits
- Clio Grow fits a firm already on Clio that wants AI to answer every channel, screen and score leads, and book consultations.
- Verantel fits a firm that wants a careful interview and a written record of each matter, with every fact traced to the client's words, in any practice-management setup, or on its own server.
Sources
- Clio grows Clio Grow with launch of Grow AI, providing 24/7 intake agents, LawSites, August 2026
- Clio pricing
We checked the facts about Clio Grow against these sources on October 31, 2026. Clio and Clio Grow are trademarks of their owner.
Verantel is in private beta.