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Unified Legal Operations: All Onit Solutions in One Place

Posted on November 18, 2025 by - Legal Operations

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Onit has brought SimpleLegal, ContractWorks, SecureDocs, Axdraft, Readysign, and BusyLamp together in one destination designed to simplify and strengthen legal operations.

Change brings clarity. That’s exactly what this moment represents for Onit and our customers. We’ve brought every solution in the Onit family together in one place at Onit.com. With SimpleLegal, ContractWorks, SecureDocs, AXDRAFT, ReadySign, and BusyLamp part of a single digital experience, this marks a new chapter for unified legal operations.

This change isn’t about taking anything away. It’s about making it easier to find what you need, explore what’s possible, and experience the strength of one connected brand built for the future of legal operations.

A simpler, stronger experience for customers

Nothing changes in how you work. You’ll continue to use the same solutions, access the same logins, and connect with the same trusted support teams. Each product remains available and fully supported, just as before. What’s new is the simplicity. Instead of multiple websites, you now have one destination where every Onit solution lives together. It’s easier to learn, compare, and explore how our tools connect to help legal teams manage spend, automate contracts, streamline workflows, and reduce risk — all within a unified legal operations experience.

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The power of one brand

Bringing every Onit solution together at Onit.com strengthens our shared foundation. It’s more than a design change. It’s a reflection of who we are: a single organization delivering trusted, AI-native solutions that help legal teams scale smarter.

  • SimpleLegal continues to lead in legal spend management and ebilling.
  • ContractWorks offers intuitive contract management for legal and business teams.
  • SecureDocs remains the go-to for secure data rooms and deal collaboration.
  • Axdraft simplifies document automation for faster, more accurate drafting.
  • Readysign provides secure, compliant esignature capabilities.
  • BusyLamp empowers legal departments with advanced matter management and time tracking.

Each solution keeps its strengths and identity while benefiting from the collective innovation, clarity, and support behind Onit.

Why we brought everything together

Onit’s growth across the legal technology space has always been driven by one goal: helping legal teams work more efficiently. Over time, that goal expanded into a portfolio of proven products designed to solve specific needs. Bringing them together was the natural next step, creating a more cohesive experience and a stronger ecosystem for every customer. One website. One brand. One Onit. This unified approach allows us to innovate faster, support customers more effectively, and show how our solutions fit together to move legal operations forward.

Legal operations built for today and ready for tomorrow

The unified Onit experience is built on an adaptable, AI-native foundation that grows with our customers. From spend management to document automation, every solution within the Onit family works together to help legal teams stay focused, strategic, and future-ready.

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What does this mean for you? Moving forward together

Unifying our brands marks more than a milestone. It represents our long-term commitment to customers, partners, and the future of legal technology. Whether you manage spend with SimpleLegal, collaborate in SecureDocs, or track matters with BusyLamp, your experience remains the same: trusted, consistent, and stronger with Onit.

Explore the full Onit experience at Onit.com.

Ready to see what we can do for you and your team? Speak to an expert today.

Legal Tech Stack Reboot: Smarter Legal Operations Tools, On Your Terms

Posted on July 23, 2025 by - Legal Operations

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Legal operations tools were supposed to simplify your work. Instead, they’ve multiplied it.

Most legal departments today are buried in disconnected systems: one for intake, another for invoice review, and even more just to get a clear report. The result? A tech stack that creates more problems than it solves, and a legal ops team stuck managing chaos instead of driving strategy.

Tasks are repeated. Workflows get bottlenecked. Spend slips through the cracks. And while your tech promises to do more, your team ends up doing the heavy lifting.

But never fear, change is here. The latest generation of legal tech — like Onit ELM — is smarter, faster, and actually works the way legal teams do. This is your chance to reboot.

Here’s how to evaluate what’s worth keeping, what’s holding you back, and what your legal operations tools should actually deliver.

Why Legal Tech Feels Broken (Even If It’s “Modern”)

What’s marketed as innovation often turns out to be a fresh coat of paint on the same legacy platform. Or worse: a tool that “uses AI” but still asks you to forward invoices to a shared inbox (booo!).

The brutal truth? Many legal ops teams are working harder just to keep their tech stack afloat. But often, they’re just getting buried under more work.

When your legal software becomes yet another system to navigate, rather than a tool that actually supports how your team works, it’s not helping. It’s slowing you down.

And that’s not modernization; that’s just maintenance and more work.

Why Legal Operation Tools Matter More Than Ever

Legal operations has moved from reactive service provider to proactive business partner, and expectations are rising. You’re being asked to control costs, forecast accurately, streamline intake, prove value, and do it all with limited resources.

You can’t meet that mandate with a disconnected set of point solutions. You need legal operations tools that are cohesive, intelligent, and action oriented. Your tech stack isn’t just supporting legal operations anymore. It defines what your department can achieve.

And the gap between the teams who have the right tools — and the ones who don’t — is only going to widen.

What Today’s Legal Ops Tools Should Actually Do

To move your legal team forward, your tools need to do more than plug gaps. They need to remove them entirely. Whether you’re managing matters, invoices, or workflows, here’s how a truly world-class platform can help.

1. Streamline Legal Spend Management and Invoicing

Tracking spend isn’t enough. Today’s tools should help you control it.

That means smarter automation, like flagging billing violations before they hit your desk. AI bill review should be baked into the platform, not added through a third party. You should be able to see which vendors are overspending, which departments are trending high, and where your money is going – without digging through PDFs or spreadsheets.

If your legal spend data lives in silos or static reports, you’re not just lacking insight. You’re losing leverage.

2. Activate AI That Actually Works for Legal

AI shouldn’t just generate summaries. You deserve AI that actually delivers results.

Legal operations tools that claim AI functionality need to do more than slap a chatbot into the corner of your screen. They should automate approval workflows, intelligently triage legal intake, and reduce manual touchpoints that drain your time.

The best AI doesn’t just respond. It anticipates and learns. It works in the background to keep things moving, so your team can focus on legal strategy (not software babysitting).

And if your current tools can’t evolve , it might be time to look for a new partner that can.

3. Automate Legal Workflow (Without the Extra Work or Headaches)

Legal operations professionals are no strangers to bottlenecks. New requests come in through Slack, email, shared folders, and more. Most of it still ends up relying on manual routing.

It doesn’t have to be this way. The right workflow engine should centralize intake, automatically assign tasks based on priority or matter type, and give full visibility into what’s moving and what’s stuck.

Workflow automation isn’t about adding layers of logic. It’s about removing friction. If your current tech still makes you manage work around the system, it’s not working hard enough for you.

4. Deliver Analytics Built for Legal Ops

Your team is already overloaded. The last thing you need is another dashboard to keep track of. You need answers… fast.

A legal operations platform should give you real-time visibility into the health of your matters, your spend, vendor performance, and internal resourcing. Reporting shouldn’t take days. It should take a few clicks, and it should tell you something useful.

If your system can’t explain where your time and money are going, or which firms are helping you hit KPIs, is it even a reporting tool? No, it’s a mirror.

Choosing the right legal tech solutions

Time for a Tech Stack Reality Check?

Legal ops teams are being asked to deliver more value with less margin for error. But if your legal tech is still clunky and disconnected, it’s undermining your mission instead of supporting it.

The gap between expectation and execution is where your tech stack lives. And if you’re constantly working around the limitations of your tools, you’re definitely not being set up to lead.

Rebooting your legal tech stack isn’t about chasing trends. It’s about reclaiming control. On your terms.

Ready to Really Evaluate Your Legal Ops Tech?

Download Onit’s AI Buyer’s Guide to get the goods on what to look for. This is a practical resource built for legal operations teams who want clarity.

The guide walks you through the real questions that matter:

  • Are your tools actually AI-capable, or just AI-labeled?
  • Is your spend management workflow helping you control costs or just documenting them?
  • Can your platform scale with your needs, or are you building on top of duct tape?

You’ll get a clear framework to assess what you have today, identify what’s missing, and understand what to look for in your next legal tech investment. It’s helpful whether you’re upgrading one piece or rethinking your entire stack.

If your current tools are costing you more time than they save, the AI Buyer’s Guide will help you spot the signs early and move forward with confidence.