--- title: Upsolve: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 description: Find out why Upsolve is one of the best inventions of 2020. canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911367/upsolve/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-11-19T01:08:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:45:18.910Z og:title: Upsolve: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 og:description: Find out why Upsolve made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911367/upsolve/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f179caab54d4ee2/698a144c86f68edfbf6ef6a2/best-inventions-of-2020-Upsolve-3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Upsolve: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Upsolve: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 twitter:description: Find out why Upsolve made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f179caab54d4ee2/698a144c86f68edfbf6ef6a2/best-inventions-of-2020-Upsolve-3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # Free Filing Upsolve by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  Courtesy Filing for personal bankruptcy can help people get back on their financial feet—although the process can be pricey. “The cruel irony in America is that it can cost $1,500 in court filing and attorney fees to tell the court you have no money,” says Rohan Pavuluri, the founder of tech nonprofit [Upsolve](https://upsolve.org/). Upsolve’s software fixes that, helping users complete the complex legal paperwork so that they can file for bankruptcy without hiring a lawyer. Since launching in 2018, the free service has helped relieve more than $250 million in total debt nationwide. _—­Mariah Espada_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911367/upsolve/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911367/upsolve/"},"headline":"Free Filing","datePublished":"2020-11-19T01:08:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:45:18.910Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911367/upsolve/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f179caab54d4ee2/698a144c86f68edfbf6ef6a2/best-inventions-of-2020-Upsolve-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f179caab54d4ee2/698a144c86f68edfbf6ef6a2/best-inventions-of-2020-Upsolve-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911367/upsolve/","name":"Free Filing"}}]}] ```