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Relativity
Ediscovery and legal data platform for large matters
As of 29 August 2026, Relativity's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. The established enterprise ediscovery platform, used by large firms and corporate legal for the biggest matters. Softwr lists it under Legal. Relativity is available on Web, Self-hosted.
Overview
What Relativity does
Relativity is an ediscovery and legal data platform for processing, reviewing and producing documents in litigation and investigations. It is the long-established enterprise option, widely deployed across large law firms, corporate legal departments and government. Its strength is scale and extensibility: very large document sets, a mature review workflow, and an ecosystem of third-party applications built on its platform. That ecosystem is also why it persists — firms build process around it, and process is harder to replace than software.
What people use it for
- Large litigation with very high document volumes
- Corporate investigations requiring defensible, auditable review
- Firms whose review process is already built around the platform
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Where it falls short
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- Quote-only and expensive, typically billed on data volume, so costs escalate with matter size
- Complex enough that certified specialists are a job title, which is a real staffing cost
- Considerable overkill for small matters, where lighter self-service tools are far cheaper
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Logikcull: Self-service and far cheaper for small matters where Relativity is overkill
Capabilities
Features
Large-scale processing
Handles document sets at the volumes big litigation produces
Review workflow
Coding, batching and quality control across large review teams
Analytics and active learning
Clustering and machine learning to prioritise review
Application ecosystem
Third-party tools built on the platform
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Questions people ask
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What does Relativity cost?
It does not publish rates. Ediscovery is generally billed on data volume and users, quoted per matter or organisation.
Is Relativity only for law firms?
No. Corporate legal departments and government agencies use it for investigations as well as litigation.
Do I need trained staff?
In practice yes. Relativity certification is a recognised specialism, and that staffing cost is part of the total.
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