What it is
Everlaw is the cloud-native eDiscovery and litigation platform that competes with Relativity in the upper end of the legal-tech market. Document ingestion, processing, review, AI-assisted coding, depositions, trial prep — the full litigation lifecycle in one platform. Strong adoption in government, AmLaw 100 litigation departments, and large in-house litigation teams.
Why it shows up in Legal Ops stacks
- Cloud-native (vs. Relativity’s legacy roots). Faster onboarding, better UX, lower IT overhead. The choice for teams who don’t want to run on-prem infrastructure or pay Relativity-tier total cost.
- EverlawAI. Document classification, predictive coding, deposition summary generation, key passage identification. Genuinely useful AI — not vaporware — at material scale.
- Storybuilder. Trial prep workflow that connects evidence to legal theories, exhibits to deposition testimony. A meaningful differentiator from pure document-review platforms.
Pricing
- Custom only. Volume-based — typical pricing scales with data ingested and active users.
- Mid-market litigation matters typically run $20K-$100K+; very large matters or enterprise platform deals run multi-million.
- More transparent and lower TCO than Relativity at most scales, but still meaningful budget — not a tool for occasional litigation.
Best for
- Government legal teams and DOJ-adjacent investigations
- AmLaw 100 / 200 litigation departments
- Large in-house litigation teams handling regular high-volume matters
- Teams migrating off Relativity due to TCO or UX concerns
Watch-outs
- For one-off litigation matters, the per-matter setup cost is meaningful — consider outside counsel running on their own platform
- Less suited for non-litigation work (contract review, transactional) — that’s Spellbook/Harvey/Ironclad territory
- The eDiscovery market is consolidating; vendor selection should weight company viability and roadmap alongside features