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OpenText EnCase eDiscovery vs kCura Relativity comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

kCura Relativity
Ranking in eDiscovery
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText EnCase eDiscovery
Ranking in eDiscovery
8th
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 September 2026, in the eDiscovery category, the mindshare of kCura Relativity is 5.2%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText EnCase eDiscovery is 3.9%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
eDiscovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
kCura Relativity5.2%
OpenText EnCase eDiscovery3.9%
Other90.9%
eDiscovery
 

Featured Reviews

HR
Legal Associate at Elevate
Easy to categorize documents and offers transparent view of documents
I found Relativity very useful because it's easy to categorize documents. If you get more complex litigation, like around 500,000 or 1,000,000 documents, it's easier to categorize them in Relativity. So, it's a more powerful tool for reviewing documents. I haven't faced any problems using Relativity yet. I found it very useful.
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

"It is easy for a beginner to learn to use Relativity."
"I like Relativity's blackout feature, as well as the Case Dynamics function."
"The most valuable feature from my perspective are the Kepler; it's a component that is more technical and directly related to the development companies that will be using it, allowing you to create custom APIs and gather most of the information that is not available in the standard API that they offer."
"The searching capability of the product is definitely very valuable to our organization."
"The initial setup was relatively straightforward."
"Caplets are a very good technical feature."
"Unquestionably, kCura Relativity is a scalable solution."
"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."
"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."
"It indexes much faster, and is more reflexive because of the Enscripts."
"It is a very useful tool; it is worth buying irrespective of price."
"The solution has been quite good, and, overall, the features we need are available to us."
"The most important feature we've found is the Enscripts, as it allows me to customize the scripts and deploy them as and how I need them, for example to segregate and index files efficiently."
"Using Encase we are able to implement security and also Forensics."
"Data Recovery: Its ability to repair damaged partitions and uncover hidden partitions from within the tool, and allow further analysis."
 

Cons

"You are charged per user. It can get pretty expensive if you have a lot of users in your organization."
"I think there is a lot of room for improvement because we have encountered a lot of bugs especially on the development side."
"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."
"I haven't seen anything on AI merging with Relativity."
"They require more built-in support for some third-party applications."
"There are a lot of bugs on the development side."
"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."
"Ease of use and learning curve need improvement."
"​Sometimes the application can take more time to complete the image processing or fail at the end of the process.​"
"This is not the program I would suggest for a newbie using to learn. It is just too expensive for the full experience, and the student versions, while very good, are just for that, students."
"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."
"I suggest that if the mobile phone acquisition is embedded in the Encase law enforcement version, it would be very useful."
"From a customer service standpoint, this is unacceptable."
"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

"They are maintaining the per gigabyte pricing, and it's based on tiers of how much data you host with them."
"It's worth the money."
"The pricing is extremely complicated."
"Users are typically charged a fee per user account and a separate fee based on the amount of data processed and hosted."
"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."
"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.​"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Legal Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
9%
Performing Arts
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
 

Also Known As

Relativity
EnCase eDiscovery
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Webb & Tyler
Ontario Ministry of Government, Aerospace Company, Chesterfield Police Department
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