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Relativity
Relativity: Deeper analytics, scripting and a large partner ecosystem for firms with established review teams
DISCO
Cloud e-discovery priced by data volume, with review, legal hold and case preparation in one platform
As of 30 August 2026, DISCO's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. DISCO sells e-discovery as an all-in per-gigabyte subscription rather than the itemised processing, hosting and user charges the sector grew up on, which makes small matters cheap and very large ones expensive. Softwr lists it under Legal. DISCO is made by CS Disco, Inc., available on Web.
Overview
What DISCO does
DISCO, operated by CS Disco, Inc. of Austin, Texas, is a cloud platform for litigation data: ingestion and processing, search and review, technology assisted review, production, legal hold and case preparation. It listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021 and sells to United States law firms, corporate legal departments and government bodies. The commercial differentiator is the pricing model. Traditional e-discovery bills processing per gigabyte, hosting per gigabyte per month, users per seat and analytics as an extra, which makes budgeting a matter almost impossible before data arrives. DISCO pushed an all-in per-gigabyte rate with unlimited users, and that single change is why firms shortlist it: the litigation budget becomes a function of data volume alone. The corollary is that once collections run to terabytes, the same simplicity works against the buyer, because there is no lever to pull other than culling data before ingestion. Buyers are litigation teams that want speed and predictable pricing without running their own review infrastructure. The trade-offs are structural. Public-company reporting has come with losses, leadership change including the departure of the founder in 2023, and pressure to sell AI features quickly. Deep review analytics and the third-party ecosystem around Relativity remain deeper, and hosting is cloud only in United States regions, which rules the product out where data must stay in a specific jurisdiction.
What people use it for
- A litigation team that needs a matter budget approved before the volume of collected data is fully known
- A firm that wants unlimited reviewer accounts without paying per seat during a document review surge
- An in-house legal department consolidating legal hold and review with one vendor instead of two
- A case where speed of ingestion matters more than the analytics depth of an enterprise review platform
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Where it falls short
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- Per-gigabyte pricing that is attractive on a 200 gigabyte matter becomes the dominant line item on multi-terabyte collections, and the only cost lever left is aggressive culling before upload.
- Hosting is cloud only in United States regions, so matters with European, United Kingdom or Australian data residency requirements are excluded outright.
- Review analytics, scripting and the third-party application ecosystem remain deeper on Relativity, which matters for firms with established review workflows.
- As a listed company reporting losses, it has been through leadership change including the founder departure in 2023, so multi-year roadmap commitments carry more risk than with a private vendor.
- Complex productions and unusual data types still require professional services, so the promise of self-service holds mainly for mainstream email and document collections.
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Pricing
What DISCO costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
DISCO Ediscovery
On request
- Quoted per gigabyte of hosted data per month with unlimited users
- Annual commitments and volume tiers negotiated for firms with steady caseloads
- Legal hold, Case Builder and AI features priced as separate modules
- Professional services quoted for complex productions and migrations
Capabilities
Features
All-in per-gigabyte pricing
Processing, hosting, analytics and unlimited users under one volume-based rate
Cecilia AI
Generative review assistance for document questions, coding suggestions and timeline drafting
Technology assisted review
Predictive coding and continuous active learning to prioritise responsive documents
Legal hold
Custodian notices, acknowledgements and preservation tracking tied to the matter
Case Builder
Fact and chronology building that carries reviewed documents into deposition and trial preparation
Self-service ingestion
Firms upload and process collections without waiting on a service provider queue
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Questions people ask
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How is DISCO priced?
Per gigabyte of hosted data per month, all-in, with unlimited users. There is no published rate card, so it is quoted.
Can data be hosted outside the United States?
Coverage is centred on United States cloud regions, so confirm residency before shortlisting for European or Australian matters.
Is it cheaper than Relativity?
On small and mid-sized matters usually yes, because seats and analytics are included. On very large collections the volume charge often overtakes a negotiated Relativity arrangement.
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