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Exterro vs OpenText EnCase eDiscovery comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Exterro
Ranking in eDiscovery
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText EnCase eDiscovery
Ranking in eDiscovery
5th
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 January 2026, in the eDiscovery category, the mindshare of Exterro is 3.8%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText EnCase eDiscovery is 3.1%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
eDiscovery Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
OpenText EnCase eDiscovery3.1%
Exterro3.8%
Other93.1%
eDiscovery
 

Featured Reviews

PM
IT Analyst III at Federal Credit Union Bank
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
Director Consulting SAP OpenText en Entelgy at DCL Consultores EIM SL
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."
"The solution is very stable."
"Data Recovery: Its ability to repair damaged partitions and uncover hidden partitions from within the tool, and allow further analysis."
"The technical support is excellent."
"It indexes much faster, and is more reflexive because of the Enscripts."
"It speeds up the process, so I can meet my deadlines."
"I like the processing feature on the product because it does everything at once, i.e, indexing, recovery, keyword searches, etc."
 

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."
"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."
"The reporting is a bit unreliable. It needs to be better."
"In the past, incident response time for tech support was slow."
"Ease of use and learning curve need improvement."
"I would like to see a capability to ingest and absorb more data. That would be really good. It currently is lacking this function."
"​Sometimes the application can take more time to complete the image processing or fail at the end of the process.​"
"There were minor UI bugs."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"​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."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
12%
Insurance Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Performing Arts
14%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
 

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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