Notarize provides remote online notarization for document signing and identity verification. Atticus manages your entire Ontario practice — matters, billing, trust accounting, and Canadian AI for all your client files. $149 CAD per lawyer per month.
Notarize handles remote online notarization. Atticus manages your practice — from intake and conflict checking through matter management, trust accounting, and Canadian AI for your files.
Notarize handles remote online notarization transactions. Ontario law firms need a complete platform: billing, trust accounting, matter management, client intake, and conflict checking. Atticus manages your entire Ontario practice beyond just notarizing documents.
Notarize has no trust accounting module. Ontario lawyers still need separate software for LSO By-Law 9 trust accounting. Atticus includes mixed trust accounts, monthly reconciliation, and trust ledger reporting as part of the practice management platform.
Notarize is a US-based notarization platform. Atticus is built specifically for Ontario legal practice — Ontario Limitations Act, LSO By-Law 9 trust accounting rules, Canadian case law references, and LSO guidance on remote services and client identity verification.
Notarize AI focuses on identity verification for the notarization workflow. Atticus AI reads all documents across your practice — agreements, correspondence, corporate records, wills — extracting limitation period triggers, key dates, and parties across every practice area.
Notarize is a US-based platform. Atticus stores all Ontario client files and trust records on Canadian servers by default — aligned with LSO guidance on cloud storage of client confidential information.
Notarize is a specialized service tool, and Ontario lawyers still need separate practice management, billing, and trust accounting software. Atticus is $149 CAD per lawyer per month for the complete Ontario practice platform including AI.
See how Atticus compares to Notarize for Ontario solo and small law firms — complete Ontario practice management with Canadian AI vs US-based remote online notarization services.
| Feature | Atticus | Notarize |
|---|---|---|
| Practice management | ✓Full integrated practice management for all Ontario practice areas | Remote online notarization (RON) platform; no law firm practice management |
| Ontario trust accounting | ✓Built-in, LSO By-Law 9 compliant; mixed trust, monthly reconciliation | No trust accounting |
| HST billing | ✓Native HST with CRA-compliant invoices built in | No professional billing for law firms |
| Time tracking | ✓Integrated time and billing; AI-assisted time capture | No time tracking |
| AI legal work | ✓Canadian legal AI: document analysis, entity extraction, limitation period flagging, practice assistant, semantic search across your files | Identity verification and video notarization workflow; no AI document analysis |
| Matter management | ✓Full matter lifecycle from intake to close for all practice areas | No matter management — single-service notarization transactions |
| Document management | ✓AI document analysis, summarization, and entity extraction; semantic search across all files | Notarized document storage and audit trail; no AI analysis or full document repository |
| Canadian / Ontario context | ✓Built for Ontario law: Limitations Act 2002, LSO By-Law 9 trust accounting, Ontario court procedures | US-based platform; remote online notarization rules vary by Canadian province and Ontario has specific requirements |
| Limitation period alerts | ✓Ontario Limitations Act 2002 built in; AI extracts dates from documents | No limitation period tracking |
| Conflict checking | ✓Automated AI-assisted conflict search | No conflict checking |
| LSO compliance | ✓Built for Ontario LSO requirements; Canadian data residency; LSO AI guidance considered | US-based platform; Ontario remote notarization rules and LSO guidance apply separately |
| Pricing (CAD) | ✓$149/lawyer/month (all-in, including AI) | Per-notarization or subscription pricing; separate practice management cost additional |
| Data residency | ✓Canadian servers by default | US-based infrastructure |
| Scope | ✓Full practice — intake, matters, billing, trust accounting, AI for all documents | Remote online notarization — digital identity verification, live audio-video notarization sessions, tamper-evident notarized documents |
Add Atticus for practice management — LSO-compliant trust accounting, HST billing, AI document analysis, limitation period tracking, and conflict checking. $149 CAD per lawyer per month.
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