Best-of-Breed vs All-in-One vs Unified Platform: The Legal Tech Stack Decision That Actually Determines Whether Your Firm's Data (and AI) Works in 2026

Every mid-market firm eventually faces the same architecture question: stitch together best-of-breed point tools, buy an all-in-one that bolts accounting on, or run a truly unified platform. The three approaches look similar in a demo and behave completely differently at month-end and audit time. Here's an honest breakdown of the tradeoffs.