Sound familiar?
What people are putting up with today
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Firms report being blocked from the system after choosing not to renew, with no way to access their own client data.
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Basic data export is deliberately hard to use — some firms describe weeks of full-time manual work just to get their files out.
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Even after giving proper termination notice, some firms are told they owe a five-figure exit fee to leave.
How Portwell works
Portwell copies your matters, contacts and documents out of your practice software every night into storage your firm owns, in open formats. You always hold a current copy outside the system itself, so a provider can never block you from your own data — a small ongoing cost instead of a surprise exit bill when you finally decide to leave.
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Connect your practice software once; a read-only connector links to your account.
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Every night, your matters, contacts and documents are copied into storage your firm owns, in open formats.
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You always hold a current copy outside the practice system, so if you're ever blocked or decide to leave, there's nothing to wait on and nothing a provider can hold hostage.
In their words
What people are saying
Real quotes from public reviews and forums, with names removed. None are about Portwell — it isn't available yet.
we could not access our own data after choosing not to renew our license
[Competitor] makes it purposefully difficult for you to move data around...even basic export techniques were either over-engineered, buggy and dysfunctional
I gave my termination notice well within the first 6-months. They now say I owe them £12k to terminate
Founding access
Apply for founding access
Portwell is opening to a small group of founding members first.
- Early access before public launch
- A locked-in founding price
- A direct say in what gets built
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