What’s new in firmä
Release notes, feature announcements, and improvements — every update in one place.
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Brio AI Assistant, Natural Language Search & Event Notifications
- Meet Brio, your AI delivery assistant — it drafts engagement status summaries from your delivery data, and you review and publish.
- Ask for documents in plain English instead of assembling filters — "the Acme scope doc from last spring".
- Ask Brio about any engagement and get answers grounded in your own delivery data.
- Your firm's daily brief now opens the Analytics tab, summarising what needs attention today.
- Choose exactly which events email your team — document intake, status changes, client comments and more, per firm.
Deliverables, Document Search & Engagement UX
Deliverables
- Deliverable stage roles and permissions — control who can move a deliverable through each stage.
- Due date events for deliverables — track deadlines directly on the engagement timeline.
- Folder health insights with penalty scoring and expanded metrics for deliverable folders.
Document Search
- Global document search across every client and engagement you have access to — search by content, topic, or filename from a single panel.
- Firm-level search with authentication — search scoped to your firm with secure access control.
- Client and engagement filters in the search panel for narrowed results.
Engagement UX
- Share status redesign with overview metrics in the engagement management view.
- Mentions tab in engagement comments — filter comment threads where you are tagged.
- Dual navigation on comment tiles — open the comment thread or jump directly to the document.
- Drag-and-drop reordering in the Shares tab with improved tooltip display for long document names.
- Tab navigation feedback with an indeterminate progress bar on tab click across all workspace levels.
- Files tab navigation now driven exclusively by deeplink URLs — eliminates stale breadcrumb state on refresh.
- Folder upload modal redesign with improved UX and progress feedback.
- Document IDs now visible in the file list and Shares tab for easier cross-referencing.
Fixes
- Drive access revoked automatically when a member is removed from an engagement.
- Reminder cleanup on engagement close and member removal.
Smarter Billing & Workspace Management
- Your account will now link to your main firm easily.
- Billing information is now connected through a simpler identifier.
- Managing your billing is now streamlined and more straightforward.
- Firm connections are updated for a smoother experience.
Feature updates client management and platform enhancements
- Invite flow is smoother with helpful setup reminders.
- See status and due dates right on client views.
- Get timely updates with new follow-up reminders.
- Manage Engagement details easily with a new settings form.
- Upload files is now faster with progress visualization.
Firma: Firm-Scale Client Portal on Your Google Drive
General Availability release of Firma — a non-custodial client portal built on top of Google Drive for consultants, boutique agencies, and fractional leaders.
Core Portal
- Bring Your Own Google Drive — non-custodial; files never leave your Drive
- Firm → Client → Engagement hierarchy with branded client portal
- Persona-based access with 4 engagement roles (firm admin, engagement lead, client, external collaborator)
- No per-seat charges — unlimited internal and external users on paid plans
- Google OAuth 2.0 integration; no IT admin permissions required
Engagement Management
- Active engagement limits by plan: Standard (10), Pro (25), Business (50), Enterprise (100)
- One-click engagement closure
- Document comment threads for feedback and approvals
- Engagement activity audit trail — 30 days on Standard, unlimited on Enterprise
- Document version history — 30 days on Standard, unlimited on Enterprise
Advanced (Pro+)
- Custom subdomain, document versioning, engagement & document templates
- Advanced review & approval workflows
- Document access tracking
Business & Enterprise
- Self-destruct timers & Never Share tags
- Automated follow-ups & reminders
- Custom DNS domain and SSO/SAML (Enterprise only)
- SLA-based priority support with named contact (Enterprise only)
Support
- Dedicated in-app Support Portal on all paid plans — submit tickets, track status, threaded comments
Pricing
See firma.bz/pricing for current plan details.