Digital ≠ DATEV Cloud.
Moving DATEV to the cloud doesn't make you digital. It just moves the same manual process onto someone else's server.
Cloud ≠ digitalDigital law firm,
without the hype — a 2026 primer.
What does "digital law firm" actually mean in 2026? DATEV Cloud criteria, a realistic process-automation roadmap, and benchmarks from 20 firms we analysed. This page is the overview — follow links to deep-dive each area.
§ IThe real state
Three things most guides
about \"digital law firm\" skip.
Software ≠ workflow.
You can own DATEV, RA-MICRO, M365, and DocuWare and still be utterly analog — because the connections between them are manual.
Tool ≠ processProject ≠ operation.
A "digitalisation project" that ends without a runbook, monitoring, and team training doesn't survive the first vacation season.
No ops, no future§ IIWhat "digital" really means
Four dimensions that actually
make a firm digital.
Data flows once.
Every piece of client information enters the system once. Updates propagate. No copy-paste between DATEV / DMS / RA-MICRO.
Status is everywhere visible.
Every case has an owner, a status, a next action — visible to everyone who needs it, in the tool where they already work.
Deadlines have one home.
Extracted from beA and email, stored in the leading system, subscribed to in everyone else's calendar. No duplicates, no drift.
Teams can operate the workflow.
Every automation has a runbook, every Assistenz can explain it, every handover includes monitoring access. No consultant lock-in.
§ IIIKey numbers
20firms in benchmark
4digital dimensions
80%below hype line
12morealistic ramp
§ Next step
Where does your firm really stand
— beyond the marketing?
Run our 3-minute digitalization check to see where you are. Or describe the bottleneck directly — we respond within 24 hours.