Affinisio Conflicts Clearance Compliance Centre

Overview

CCC centralizes conflict checks across clients, matters, offices and practices, with automated screening, assessments and an audit trail. It identifies parties through universal identifiers rather than name, phonetic or fuzzy matching. That can help separate similarly named parties, but it also makes control over sensitive identifiers a key part of the system’s governance.

Screening extends beyond the named party. CCC combines corporate-tree data with firm records to map ownership groups, promoters, subsidiaries and related entities, helping teams catch conflicts rooted in affiliation. Dun & Bradstreet Direct+ DataBlocks supplies ownership-chain and group-structure data, but customers license it directly from Dun & Bradstreet under a separate agreement.

Key features

Clearance tied to work

Potential conflicts are classified and routed to the person entitled to decide, with the parties, overlap and implications attached. This gives compliance and risk teams a defined path from flag to decision, rather than leaving a fee earner to interpret a match alone.

CCC can also connect clearance to time and billing. A two-way sync can require a CCC sign-off code before time is booked or a bill is raised. That is a meaningful control for firms that want clearance to affect day-to-day work, though it makes the fit dependent on integrating the firm’s time-booking and billing systems.

Deployment and data controls

The application can run in a firm’s own environment, with a hosted arrangement also available. Affinisio says client and party data remains on the firm’s infrastructure rather than being mirrored to a vendor platform. It also says identifier access is limited to entitled people and recorded alongside each clearance. The homepage reports ISO 27001:2022 certification for Affinisio Technologies from TÜV Austria GmbH.

CCC can pass a cleared engagement to Affinisio(ETT) through the suite’s shared data layer, avoiding re-entry or reconciliation between those systems. That handoff is useful for suite customers, but CCC itself does not perform insider-trading compliance; Affinisio assigns that function to ETT.

Pricing

CCC is paid software with custom pricing. Firms should include the separate Dun & Bradstreet data licence in their cost assessment, as well as the deployment arrangement they choose. No plan tiers, seat limits, quotas or trial terms are provided.

Platforms

CCC is available through an API and web interface, and can be self-hosted. The choice between a firm-hosted environment and a hosted arrangement gives firms deployment flexibility, while the D&B, time-booking and billing integrations make implementation scope important to evaluate.

Who it's for

CCC is aimed at law, accounting, audit and consulting firms, including compliance and risk teams and fee earners. It is most compelling where conflict screening must span related entities and offices, and where a clearance decision should gate time entry or billing. It is a weaker fit for organizations seeking insider-trading controls within one product or unwilling to manage a separate D&B data agreement.

The CCC FAQ describes complete support within India. The suite homepage also lists usage manuals, FAQs, screen-by-screen instructions and a support team portal, which may help teams rolling the workflow out across practices.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Relationship-aware screening: Universal identifiers and ownership mapping let teams consider affiliated entities, not just exact party names.
• Operational clearance controls: A sign-off code can block time booking and billing until approval, connecting the decision to work execution.
• Deployment and access controls: Self-hosting and the maker’s stated identifier-access logging address firms with particular data-custody requirements.

Cons

• Separate data licensing: Dun & Bradstreet ownership data requires a direct customer agreement, adding a separate commercial relationship.
• Insider-trading compliance is out of scope: Firms need Affinisio(ETT) for that function.
• Custom pricing: Without plan tiers or published prices, firms cannot compare seat or usage economics in advance.

Alternatives

For a broader shortlist, see Legal Conflict Checking Software.

• ConflictsPro is another paid API and web option, with a 90-day full-functionality pilot for selected departments or practice groups and a custom-priced enterprise deployment.
• Checkbox is worth considering when a free trial matters; its paid scope and fees are specified in an order and may vary by authorized user type.
• ConflictCheck offers a Solo Practice plan at 49.00 USD per month, billed monthly per practice, for one attorney and up to two staff seats, with 5,000 party records and 18 months of screening records.
• Lawmatics may suit firms prioritizing client intake and lead management: its Essential plan includes 500 contacts, intake, calendaring, forms, e-signature, SMS and task management, and a free trial is available.
• PracticeConsole Client Intake is an alternative at 15.00 USD per month, billed per user monthly, with unlimited users, AI conflict checking, time tracking and invoicing, email and calendar sync, and a client portal.
• Caddi has a free Individual plan for one user with 200 credits and 10 loops per month, for teams that want a no-cost starting point.
• CaseFox offers a free Solo plan with access to four cases and two added users, alongside a paid Professional plan at 45.00 USD per month.
• Reflekt Legal has a free Solo tier with 30 calls, call transferring and appointment scheduling.

Verdict

Choose CCC if your firm needs relationship-aware conflict screening and wants clearance decisions enforced in time booking or billing, with deployment options that keep data within its own environment. Look elsewhere if insider-trading compliance must be included in the same product or if you need transparent plan pricing before engaging; the separate D&B licence should also be part of the buying decision.