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Intaker alternative that runs the whole legal intake conversation
Intaker is a lead capture tool built for law firms. It puts an AI chat and text widget on the firm's website and connects to Google Local Services Ads, so a visitor or an ad click turns into a captured lead with contact details and a first-pass summary, fast. It is good at the top of the funnel: it engages people who land on the site, it works around the clock, and it deploys quickly. If the firm's problem is that website and LSA traffic arrives and leaves without a trace, Intaker addresses exactly that, and we are not going to pretend a chat widget has no value.
Where the two part ways is depth. Intaker is a capture layer. It starts the conversation and hands a lead to your intake team, who then call back, ask the questions the widget did not, chase the documents, and book the consult. Consultations does that whole stretch itself. The AI runs the full discovery conversation, screens the matter against your practice areas, asks the conflict-relevant questions you define, collects the police report or the contract or whatever the matter needs, books the paid consultation, and hands the attorney a prepped brief instead of a captured lead. Intaker does not publish pricing and quotes each firm individually; an $80 starting figure that circulates on review sites traces back to Intaker's own January 2023 blog post and should not be treated as a current rate. Consultations publishes flat per-firm pricing of $49 to $299 a month. It handles intake, qualification, and scheduling only, never legal advice; the licensed attorney advises.
Qualifies the lead · collects the docs · books and briefs you
Pick a profession, watch the brief fill itself
The AI runs the discovery consultation, qualifies the lead, collects details and documents, and books the paid appointment, then hands you a prepped brief.
Intake brief
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Discovery consultation
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Qualification
Scored against this firm's intake criteria, with the reasons on the brief.
Appointment
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Brief ready for
Brief readyLive and interactive · qualified, briefed, and booked
Every lead qualified, briefed, and booked · intake and scheduling, not advice · you own your data
Intaker genuinely wins on top-of-funnel capture: an AI chat and text widget plus Google Local Services Ads integration that turns website and ad traffic into captured leads quickly. Consultations wins on depth. Intaker captures the lead and hands it to your intake team to work; Consultations runs the entire discovery conversation, collects the documents, books the paid consultation, and hands the attorney a prepped brief. Intaker does not publish pricing; Consultations is a flat $49 to $299 per month by firm size.
Side by side
Intaker vs Consultations, honestly
A fair look at what each does well. Both are capable tools. Here is where they differ.
| What matters | Consultations | Intaker |
|---|---|---|
| AI intake conversation | Runs the full discovery conversation and asks as many follow-ups as the matter needs | Engages visitors by chat and text and captures a first-pass summary |
| Where it sits in the funnel | Front door and the whole intake: captures, screens, collects, books, and briefs | Top of funnel capture; the lead is handed to your intake team to work |
| Lead source | Takes leads from a form, a link, phone, or chat | Strong on website chat and Google Local Services Ads capture |
| Matter screening | Screens each matter against the firm practice areas and criteria during intake | Captures the inquiry; qualification is done by your team on the callback |
| Document collection | Requests, collects, and chases the documents the matter needs before the consult | Captures contact and case basics; document collection is not the service |
| Books the consultation | Books the paid consultation at the end of a qualified intake | Hands the captured lead off for your team to schedule |
| What the attorney receives | A prepped brief: the story, the criteria checked, the documents attached | A captured lead with contact details and a first-pass summary |
| Pricing transparency | Flat published pricing, $49 to $299 per month by firm size | Not publicly listed; quoted per firm (a circulating $80 figure is a stale 2023 number) |
| Scope and guardrails | Intake, qualification, and scheduling only, never legal advice | A capture and engagement tool; attorneys provide legal advice |
Comparison reflects general, publicly understood positioning. Capabilities change, so check each product for the latest.
Why pros pick Consultations
One AI conversation that qualifies, intakes, books, and briefs
An AI conversation, not a form
Instead of a static form or a calendar link, our AI talks with each lead in plain language, qualifies them against your criteria, and asks for exactly what you need to know.
The whole front door in one place
Qualify, intake, collect documents, book the paid appointment, and produce a prepped brief, all in a single conversation, so you stop stitching tools together.
You walk in prepared
Every booked meeting comes with a clean brief of who is coming and why, so you only take the right consultations and you are ready before the call starts.
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Intaker vs Consultations, answered
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Automate your client intake with Consultations
Let the AI run the first conversation: qualify the lead, collect the documents, book the paid appointment, and hand you a prepped brief. You only take the right meetings, fully prepared. Your client data stays private and yours.
Qualifies every lead · collects the docs · books the paid appointment · preps your brief