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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery vs kCura Relativity comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 6, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

kCura Relativity
Ranking in eDiscovery
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Ranking in eDiscovery
3rd
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Microsoft Security Suite (26th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the eDiscovery category, the mindshare of kCura Relativity is 5.3%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is 25.3%, up from 7.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
eDiscovery
 

Featured Reviews

Maria Greene - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 16, 2022
A reliable solution with great searching capabilities and good tech support.
It depends on what you need. If you're a law firm and you have a lot of cases, then RelativityOne might be something to look into. If you're a small business and you're really focusing on small-level reviews, then there might be cheaper options for you. I think RelativityOne, because it is so powerful, can be very difficult to use and there's a lot that can go wrong if you don't know how to use it. In order to get the most out of your subscription, I would definitely recommend having someone who has had experience with it and knows how to work the program if you decide to make the investment. Alternatively, budget for some of the Relativity training classes. I would rate this solution as a ten out of ten.
Mike McBride - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 25, 2023
It has improved visibility and simplified data review, but it lacks many features found in specialized tools
I see two significant challenges with many of my clients. One is that there are some functionality gaps compared to specialized tools in the legal industry, like a legal hold tool or a document review tool. They have features that Purview eDiscovery lacks. Those gaps create a situation where I almost have to do things twice. I need to collect all my data in eDiscovery and ship it to another platform to complete the review. For example, you can't date stamp documents. I have to put them in another tool to do that. It has legal hold notifications and various decent features, but other tools have more functionality. Those are some minor challenges and gaps, but I wouldn't want to solve the larger issues myself. The other problem is that it's changing all the time. Microsoft has an excellent platform, and they're constantly updating 365. It creates an issue for eDiscovery users when Microsoft makes those changes behind the scenes, and you're unaware. I've experienced this. We were getting ready to have a training session with a customer, and the interface differed when we logged in the next day. It's a general issue with SaaS and cloud-native products, not just Microsoft. With an on-prem solution, I can see that I'm at version 10.0.1, and here are all the new features in the release notes. However, in 365, I'm wherever Microsoft tells me I am, and I never know when new features will hit. I can't stop them from being implemented. I wake up one day to see that everything has changed, and now I need to figure out how it will impact my workflow. It might not even be a change to an eDiscovery feature. You'd be talking about something like loops or any new product. How do I collect this? How does it work with eDiscovery? It's almost a full-time job keeping track of these changes.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup was relatively straightforward."
"I like Relativity's blackout feature, as well as the Case Dynamics function."
"It is easy for a beginner to learn to use Relativity."
"The ease of navigation from dock to dock, and that kind of usability, is quite helpful."
"Caplets are a very good technical feature."
"kCura Relativity is easy to use, and it is reliable."
"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."
"I think eDiscovery Premium has made dealing with data from Teams much more accessible than any other platform."
"The tool has been beneficial. Some of our previous users left the organization without sharing the information they had at a personal level. This information was related to the organization, and they didn't disclose it. Thanks to the product, it's easy for me to search and find out what communication a specific user has done, whether it's from SharePoint or any other platform. With Microsoft Purview eDiscovery, we can easily retrieve and restore this data."
"The machine learning wasn't half bad. I really like that part. I thought it was novel. It pretty much automated it, once you trained the model."
 

Cons

"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."
"They require more built-in support for some third-party applications."
"There are a lot of bugs on the development side."
"I haven't seen anything on AI merging with Relativity."
"I would definitely not recommended it unless you have someone who has had experience with it and knows how to work the program."
"The platform's integration of advanced AI features could further enhance its capabilities."
"Microsoft Purview eDiscovery should be cheaper."
"Purview eDiscovery works, but it's not entirely perfect. There were times when search results would get hung up or error codes would be presented and we'd have to contact Microsoft to get that sorted out."
"I see two significant challenges with many of my clients. One is that there are some functionality gaps compared to specialized tools in the legal industry, like a legal hold tool or a document review tool. They have features that Purview eDiscovery lacks. Those gaps create a situation where I almost have to do things twice. I need to collect all my data in eDiscovery and ship it to another platform to complete the review."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"Users are typically charged a fee per user account and a separate fee based on the amount of data processed and hosted."
"It's worth the money."
"Microsoft Purview eDiscovery comes as part of Microsoft 365 licenses."
"In the positions that I've had through contracting over the years, I've heard talk of it being overpriced and underperforming compared to its competitors."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Legal Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about kCura Relativity?
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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for kCura Relativity?
It's expensive for an individual, but for a company, it's not expensive. And for an individual, I believe it's of no use.
What needs improvement with kCura Relativity?
I haven't seen anything on AI merging with Relativity.
What do you like most about Microsoft Purview eDiscovery?
The tool has been beneficial. Some of our previous users left the organization without sharing the information they had at a personal level. This information was related to the organization, and th...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Purview eDiscovery?
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery comes as part of Microsoft 365 licenses.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Purview eDiscovery?
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery should be cheaper.
 

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