If your large or midsize law firm is facing tighter budgets in 2026, the right technology can make all the difference, especially when you choose cost-effective solutions that deliver performance, value, and rapid return on investment.
Truly cost-effective solutions are integrated solutions. Vendor sprawl and integration debt — the extra costs created by patchwork, multi-vendor tech stacks — can strain your limited resources.
Orion Cloud offers a complete solution. It’s all the software you need to run your law firm in a single integrated platform, plus trusted cloud hosting with major advantages in data architecture and data governance, so you can do more with less.
How does Orion Cloud work?
Orion Cloud is a modular, integrated financial management platform for large law firms. It’s designed to scale with your growth; you simply plug in modules as your needs expand. Each module connects seamlessly with the others so you can work efficiently. It includes:
- Efficient time entry, pre-billing, and billing.
- Streamlined trust accounting, general ledger, and AP.
- AR support that automates repetitive aspects of collections.
- Reports and visual analytics that help you spot opportunities for efficiency.
- Electronic payments, so you get paid faster.
Your integrated Orion platform and associated data are securely stored in Orion’s data center.
- No one else can access your law firm’s private database.
- Your data is protected by interlocking security layers including firewalls, anti-virus technology, and anti-spam tools. The data center is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and managed by a Tier 1 multinational internet services provider. In transit, the data is shielded by TLS 1.2 or 1.3 256-bit encryption, based on source connection.
- The data center is equipped to withstand major power failures without interrupting data access. Your data is also backed up multiple times daily; the backups are stored in multiple secure off-site locations to guard against data loss.
- Authorized Orion Cloud users can run Orion programs securely from any browser, so you can choose the workflows that are best for your firm.
- Orion’s team will help you create appropriate access roles for your attorneys and staff to ensure there is no unauthorized data access within your firm.
This blog post covers Orion Cloud’s security features in depth.
Why is it important for our law firm’s financial management software to be both integrated and cloud-based?
Integration promotes efficiency by putting all the tools you use to run your law firm under one roof. Each module shares data with the rest, so you don’t have to rely on time-consuming workarounds and double data entry. The work happens in a single, familiar interface, so you can complete tasks efficiently without bouncing from program to program.
Cloud solutions multiply the value of integrated legal management platforms. For example, when your data is in the cloud, you don’t have to run a data center to serve your clients. That means you make fewer capital expenditures. You also avoid ongoing costs for securing, maintaining, and staffing the data center.
Cloud solutions also offer major advantages in data architecture, governance, and searchability. In well-designed data architectures, high-quality data flows efficiently where it’s needed. Good data governance allows you to trust your data and keep it from being misused. Thus, you get more value out of the investments you’ve made in tracking and storing data.
What sets Orion’s integrated, cloud-based platform apart?
Orion is a modular, integrated financial management platform for large law firms. It’s designed to scale with your growth; you can simply add more modules as your needs expand. Each module connects seamlessly with the others so you can work efficiently.
Orion Cloud’s data architecture and data governance have been refined over four decades based on insightful feedback from large law firms about their unique business needs. As a result, Orion Cloud has granular reporting and analytics that goes well beyond the scope of most other products. Orion also does extensive error-checking on all transactions to ensure you get the most out of your data for years to come.
Orion’s approach offers superior data searchability. It uses a relational database, which allows database records to be linked to other database records. This flexible cross-referencing means you can extract virtually infinite insights on transactions and related actions.
Finally, with Orion Cloud, you own your data. When assessing potential solutions, it’s important to think about your exit strategy before you buy. The key question is, “Who owns your data?” Many cloud vendors won’t let you access your database if you decide to convert to another product. You can back up your Orion data as often as you like, and Orion provides copies of your raw database upon request.
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5 ways Orion Cloud helps you do more with less
1. Free up time by getting rid of clunky workarounds
Orion Cloud is a single, fully integrated solution. Time entries are automatically available for billing each month, and prebilling can be handled electronically. You can manage trust accounting, general ledger, and accounts payable seamlessly inside Orion, and electronic payments are automatically deposited into the correct account. Your data is tracked so that you can analyze it, through reports and visual analytics, revealing new ways to boost profitability.
2. Get more value from your data
With superior data architecture, data governance, and searchability, Orion Cloud ensures you have constant access to high-quality data that’s immediately relevant to your business goals. You’ve invested time entering data; Orion Cloud gives you enhanced return on that investment.
3. Stay nimble by owning your data
Your cloud provider should never hold your data hostage, but some do. Orion believes that every law firm should control its own data. Most of our clients stay with us for a long time, but if your needs change in the future, we’ll make it easy to take your data with you.
4. Avoid extra labor and CapEx (while reducing risk exposure)
Running a data center is a massive undertaking. It comes with high startup and maintenance costs, especially security costs, as law firms continue to be targeted by sophisticated attacks. If there is a data breach, you could face enormous costs, both financial and reputational.
Orion Cloud surrounds your data with layers of physical, digital, and procedural security. Strong internal security protocols protect you from risks within your firm. And in the event of power outages or natural disasters, robust backup storage protocols mean you’ll have less downtime.
5. Choose the most efficient workflows and equipment
You can access Orion Cloud securely from any browser, so timekeepers aren’t tied to in-office work when that’s not the most efficient choice. For example, you can reduce time loss by empowering timekeepers to enter their time remotely, immediately after work is completed. And you don’t need powerful desktop computers to run Orion securely, just a browser.
Orion Cloud is trusted, integrated, and cloud-based, so you can do more with less
Orion Cloud was built for law firms like yours, and it’s ready to support your growth in times like this. Drawing on Orion’s decades-long record of innovation and excellence, your law firm can use Orion to do more with less, while maintaining the highest standards of trust and accuracy. Schedule a product tour demo today to learn more.