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We performed a comparison between IBM eDiscovery Manager and kCura Relativity based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"Creating and running queries on the solution is very good."

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"There are a lot of ways to QC your work and save your searches, and we had really good case support from the Relativity team.""The ease of navigation from dock to dock, and that kind of usability, is quite helpful.""kCura Relativity is easy to use, and it is reliable.""I like Relativity's blackout feature, as well as the Case Dynamics function.""Caplets are a very good technical feature."

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"The initial setup is a bit complex."

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"They require more built-in support for some third-party applications.""There are a lot of bugs on the development side.""The price per user could be improved. We'd like for it to be more affordable.""What I dislike about Relativity is that we have to go through the host in order to do productions and loads. It is not a do-it-yourself tool.""I would definitely not recommended it unless you have someone who has had experience with it and knows how to work the program."

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  • "The pricing is extremely complicated."
  • "They are maintaining the per gigabyte pricing, and it's based on tiers of how much data you host with them."
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    Top Answer:There are a lot of ways to QC your work and save your searches, and we had really good case support from the Relativity team.
    Top Answer:The cost is based on a per gigabyte pricing for hosting. When I was using the solution, they had a user fee, which I believe was about $80 per month, but it varies depending on what vendor you use. I… more »
    Top Answer:Some of the training materials online are not too straightforward, but out of the discovery review platforms I've worked with, this one is the best. This seems to be a general issue for most… more »
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    24th
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    eDiscovery Manager
    Relativity
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    Overview
    IBM eDiscovery Manager enables authorized IT and legal staff to search, cull, hold and export case-relevant content to manage electronically stored information (ESI). eDiscovery Manager helps you respond to discovery requests and Streamlines and standardizes the electronic discovery process. It Preserves the electronically stored information (ESI) evidence in a security-rich, auditable, high-scale, trusted evidence repository that includes chain-of-custody tracking and Enhances your capacity to organize ESI, email and other content to reduce discovery costs and risks.
    Quickly sort through large amounts of data to extract similarities and access information to create coherent reports
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    Legal Firm29%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm7%
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    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    IBM eDiscovery Manager is ranked 24th in eDiscovery while kCura Relativity is ranked 3rd in eDiscovery with 5 reviews. IBM eDiscovery Manager is rated 9.0, while kCura Relativity is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM eDiscovery Manager writes "Stable with administrative aspects and an easy to navigate backend". On the other hand, the top reviewer of kCura Relativity writes "A reliable solution with great searching capabilities and good tech support". IBM eDiscovery Manager is most compared with , whereas kCura Relativity is most compared with Brainspace Discovery, Recommind Axcelerate eDiscovery, Nuix eDiscovery, OpenText EnCase eDiscovery and Exterro.

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