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Exterro vs OpenText EnCase eDiscovery comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Exterro
Ranking in eDiscovery
16th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText EnCase eDiscovery
Ranking in eDiscovery
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the eDiscovery category, the mindshare of Exterro is 2.1%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText EnCase eDiscovery is 3.2%, down from 7.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
eDiscovery
 

Featured Reviews

PM
Automates processes relating to sharing, reviewing, and collecting electronically stored information (ESI)
I think one of the pain points I had was the number of emails that had to be sent out. If there was a way to just maybe reduce the bulk — that would be great. Like I mentioned before, OGC or the General Counsel, they're kind of the business owners of the tool. They're the ones that use it on a daily basis. So one of the things that would be helpful but we just can't do involves the way the role structures are set up. Any time that somebody outside of the Office of the General Council needs something, they need to contact the General Counsel directly in order to get that information from Exterro. I guess as far as a pain point, maybe a more robust role-based access model would be useful. We had to go through a third-party to use it. I understand the risk because you don't want anybody to just go into Exterro and potentially see legal matters, but I think it's just the way we have it set up — it's an all-or-nothing type role-based model. That's why only the General Council can use it. If the roles could be scaled in a way where let's say, a visitor role could come into the tool and view a report, that we can't do right now. So if there was a way to do that, I think that would be nice to have.
Alejandro Stromer - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable and scalable hybrid solution with easy setup
The solution is scalable. It has three levels. You have the presentation area that can be escalated to the balance sheet. You have the back-end area that can be escalated using higher viability to configure more application servers. Also, the area of storage can be increased. We usually cater to enterprise solutions but have small- and medium-sized customers. It starts with 25 users and goes up to 100s and 1000s.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We like the reporting functionality. It just seems very clean."
"The most important feature we've found is the Enscripts. That is one powerful feature that I, personally, love to use."
"It indexes much faster, and is more reflexive because of the Enscripts."
"The solution is very stable."
"The technical support is excellent."
"I like the processing feature on the product because it does everything at once, i.e, indexing, recovery, keyword searches, etc."
"Data Recovery: Its ability to repair damaged partitions and uncover hidden partitions from within the tool, and allow further analysis."
"It speeds up the process, so I can meet my deadlines."
 

Cons

"I think one of the pain points I had was the number of emails that had to be sent out. If there was a way to just maybe reduce the bulk — that would be great."
"Ease of use and learning curve need improvement."
"In the past, incident response time for tech support was slow."
"There were minor UI bugs."
"The reporting is a bit unreliable. It needs to be better."
"​Sometimes the application can take more time to complete the image processing or fail at the end of the process.​"
"We have come across problems with the end-case. We could not find an email discovery type of module and there was not flexibility with the email."
"I would like to see a capability to ingest and absorb more data. That would be really good. It currently is lacking this function."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We have a license. And, we found the cost high. We contacted them and talked to them about the ratio of the US dollar versus the Indian rupee and then we came to a solution."
"​The product is affordable and user-friendly.​"
"We have a license. And, we found the cost high. We contacted them and talked to them about the ratio of the US dollar versus the Indian rupee and then we came to a solution."
"EnCase is an affordable solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Retailer
9%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Energy/Utilities Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpenText EnCase eDiscovery?
I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
What is your primary use case for OpenText EnCase eDiscovery?
We have experience in engineering and capital projects. It is an add-on to extend project and asset management documentation.
 

Also Known As

Exterro Fusion
EnCase eDiscovery
 

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Sample Customers

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