Relativity
Multi-product platform — 1 product.
What it is
What It Does
Relativity is the dominant eDiscovery platform. It handles the full electronic discovery lifecycle: data collection, processing, review, analysis, and production. The flagship product, RelativityOne, is the cloud-hosted version built on Microsoft Azure. The platform also includes AI-powered review tools (aiR for Review, aiR for Privilege) that use generative AI to accelerate document review.
Relativity is used by the world’s largest law firms, corporations, and government agencies — including the U.S. Department of Justice and 198 of the Am Law 200.
Who It’s For
Litigation teams at large law firms — This is Relativity’s core. If your firm handles complex litigation, regulatory investigations, or large-scale document review, Relativity is likely already in your stack. 198 of the Am Law 200 use it.
In-house legal / compliance teams — Enterprise legal departments use RelativityOne for internal investigations, regulatory response, and compliance. The platform handles data from email, chat (Slack, Teams), cloud storage, and mobile devices.
Government agencies — The U.S. DOJ and other government entities rely on Relativity for investigation and prosecution workflows. The platform’s security certifications (FedRAMP, SOC 2) support these deployments.
Small firms — Possible via Relativity’s channel partner network (managed review providers host the infrastructure), but direct licensing is typically too expensive for small operations. The average eDiscovery software plan costs about $174/month, but Relativity’s enterprise licensing is well above that.
What We Found
Relativity is the market standard in eDiscovery — comparable to what Salesforce is to CRM or what Bloomberg Terminal is to financial data. With over 180,000 users in 40+ countries, including over 70 Fortune 100 companies, it has a network effect that’s hard to compete against.
Review ratings are strong: 4.6/5 on Capterra, 4.4/5 on GetApp, and Gartner Peer Insights reviewers describe it as “the most common platform, for the simple reason that it is the best.” Negatives focus on occasional latency in the coding panel during review and an interface that can feel “clunky at times.”
The biggest recent development is the AI pricing shift. At Relativity Fest 2025, generative AI review tools — aiR for Review and aiR for Privilege — became standard features for all RelativityOne customers, no longer positioned as premium add-ons. This removes the cost barrier that previously limited AI adoption in document review, where traditional per-document pricing could make large-scale AI review prohibitively expensive.
A critical transition is underway: Relativity has announced a 2028 Server cutoff, driving migration to RelativityOne (cloud). Service providers are already stopping new matters on Server, creating urgency for firms that haven’t migrated. This is expected to make 2026 a scramble for organisations seeking migration partners.
Pricing is subscription-based, determined by data volume and features. Relativity offers pay-as-you-go and annual subscription options with flexible pricing. No free version, but a free trial is available.
What We Haven’t Verified
- “198 of the Am Law 200” — vendor claim, not independently confirmed with those firms
- Revenue estimates ($326M) are third-party approximations since Relativity is private
- AI review accuracy rates for aiR for Review and aiR for Privilege
- The actual timeline and support for Relativity Server → RelativityOne migration
- Total user count of “300,000+” across 40 countries
Products within Relativity
Relativityone
RelativityOne is not merely a cloud wrapper around legacy Relativity; it is clearly the flagship platform that Relativity wants the market to standardize on for large-scale litigation, investigations, compliance, and government review work. The old draft had the broad category right, but it blended parent-brand facts, used the wrong website, and missed several important buying signals. The live product page frames RelativityOne as an all-in-one secure platform spanning investigations, compliance, and litigation, with core workflows across legal hold, collection, processing, review, production, and newer generative-AI workflows such as aiR for Review and aiR for Privilege. Public messaging around migration also matters: Relativity now states that by 2028 all new matters and workspaces will be hosted in RelativityOne, which reinforces that this is the strategic future-state product rather than an optional SaaS variant. Security and compliance posture are category-leading in public materials. Relativity’s own security white paper and compliance pages point to Microsoft Azure infrastructure and certifications / attestations including ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and FedRAMP, with FedRAMP authorization specifically highlighted for RelativityOne Government. Commercially, pricing is still sales-led rather than transparent, but the signals are stronger than the stub suggested: the product page markets flexible pricing tailored to customer needs, while Relativity’s pricing announcement history emphasizes pay-as-you-go and reduced user-fee friction. Independent validation is also far stronger than the old file showed. Serper surfaced substantial G2 and Capterra footprint, and Reddit discussion adds practical nuance: RelativityOne is widely treated as the enterprise default when scale and cloud security matter, but buyers and operators still talk about certification, learning curve, admin depth, and cost as real tradeoffs.
Capabilities
Spans 8 product areas: Electronic Discovery, Legal Holds, Document , Review and , Analysis, Document Management, Data , Visualization.
Workflow Coverage
Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 4 workflow areas:
- Document Review & Management — Document Database Management (Repository for Archiving and Retention), Document Disposition Based on User Defined Rules, Version Control, Search Metadata, Classifications and Indexing (+6 more)
- Filing & Compliance — Access Controls, Encryption capabilities, Data Loss and Malware Prevention, Data Recovery (+3 more)
- Research & Analysis — Early Case Assessment
- Communication & Collaboration — Integration with Microsoft Teams
Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.
What We Haven’t Verified
This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.
Integrations
Platforms Relativity integrates with. Depth — where curated — reflects how native the connection is. Uncurated entries render without a depth dot.
- 1Vision Bespoke Processing
- 4iG
- A&M Chatview
- A/V Suite
- Accuracy Forensic View
- AdminPro
- Agility Blue
- AI for Litigation: Fileread
- Ai Translate Plugin for Relativity
- aiWARE
- Altorney Manage
- Amplify
- Anexsys
- Aparavi
- ArkCase
- Arq by Epiq
- Athenagy
- Audio / Video Initial Validation
- Audio / Video Intelligent Player
- Audio / Video Processing & Indexing
- Audio / Video Productions & Presentations
- Audio / Video Redactions & DSARs
- Audio / Video Review & Analysis
- AutoRedaction
- BatchGuru
- Blackout
- BotDetector
- BRG Analytics Dashboard
- Cantilever Technologies LLC
- CDS Convert
- CDS Vision Intelligence Suite
- Chat Discovery
- ChatCraft
- Chronicle
- CI Admin
- CI Archive
- CI Click
- CI Contracts
- CI Image
- CI Migrate
- CI Reporting
- CI Search
- CI Support
- CI Toolkit
- CI Translate
- Clarity
- Client Dashboard
- CodeBank
- Communication Intelligence
- Control Risks Transcription
- Control Risks Translation
- DDIQ Integrator
- Delegate
- Deloitte Assisted Redaction
- Deloitte Assisted Translation
- Deloitte Audio Assistant
- Deloitte Search Term Assistant
- Deloitte Watermark PDF
- DiscoveryMaster
- eDiscovery AI
- eDiscovery BackOffice Mass Export Natives
- Elevate Billing Tool
- Email Alerts
- Email Event Handler
- ENVIZE
- Epiq AI Accelerators
- Exolution
- Field Precedence
- Forest AI
- GJ Dossier
- GJ Kits
- Go
- Gravity Stack
- Hyperlinx
- icourts
- Import Search
- JND LayerCake
- JND MachOne
- JND OneSearch
- JND Virtual Helpdesk
- KPMG PII Extractor
- Language Weaver Connector
- Legalview
- Lighthouse AI
- Lineal Images
- LitSavant Conformity Engine
- Lynx
- M8 Project Management
- Matter Information and Request Tracker
- Matter Now
- MaxBilling
- MaxMessage
- MCS MessengerOne
- Message Crawler
- Mobile Device Integrator
- MobileRev
- ModeOne Smartphone Data Integration
- ModernLink
- MultiMatter Management
- NSerio Custom Development
- ObscurePI
- Opus 2 Case Management
- Ostentus
- Oxygen Forensics
- Park IP Plugin for Relativity
- PDF Repo
- PII Logger
- PLUS Domain Analyzer
- PLUS Project Tracker
- PLUS Toolbox
- PowerCI
- PrivFinder
- PrivLog Builder
- PwC Custodian Calendar
- ReadySuite
- Reef Stream
- Reef Translate
- ReVia
- RTK.ExcelRedact
- RTK.Loadfile
- RTK.Message
- RTK.Redact
- Sandline Discovery
- Secure Release
- SightWords
- Skribe
- Smart DeDuper
- SmartSearchMover
- Snippets
- Source Information Tracking
- Spectra
- stack-et
- SYSTRAN
- Theta Lake
- Transpire
- TrueLaw
- TSD Software
- User Billing Confirmation Report
- VECA
- Vision AI Toolkit
- Vision Analysis
- Vision Automation
- Vision Image Gallery
- Vision Search Term Analyzer
- VLM
- Vu
- Workflow Manager for DSAR Response
- X1 Enterprise Platform
- XAMN
- Microsoft 365
- Slack
- Google Vault
- Google Workspace
- ChatGPT
- Microsoft Active Directory
- Cellebrite
- Hanzo
Deep — bi-directional API Medium — one-way sync / webhook Shallow — middleware / Zapier-class
Pricing
- Model
- usage based
- Details
- Custom pricing based on data volume. RelativityOne is cloud-hosted. New AI pricing (Nov 2025): fixed-fee unlimited per-GB for aiR Review and aiR Privilege.
Pricing signals come from vendor-published tiers and community procurement threads. B2B pricing is negotiated — see the Friends of the wiki pledge on why we accept ball-park pricing from practitioners.
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