Everlaw Pricing and Everlaw Cost for a Small Litigation Firm
Everlaw does not publish a price. Here is what its own pages say about per GB billing and AI credits, what others report paying, and what a small litigation firm should expect at 10, 50 and 200 GB.
Everlaw does not publish a price. Its pricing page lists features, unlimited user licenses and AI features billed in credits, then sends you to a demo. Everlaw has long described its model as a monthly fee per gigabyte of hosted data with no user, processing or production fees. Third-party reports put real bills anywhere from a few hundred dollars a month for a small matter to $20,000 to $70,000 or more in the first year, and some of those reports list fees Everlaw says it does not charge.
This page sets out what Everlaw itself says, what others report, what that means for a small litigation firm at 10, 50 and 200 GB, and when a flat priced reading tool like CaseClerk does the job instead. If you are still deciding which kind of tool you need, our page on legal document review software for law firms compares ediscovery platforms with document analysis tools.
How much does Everlaw cost?
Everlaw costs whatever its sales team quotes for your data volume and term. There is no list price on everlaw.com. Based on Everlaw's own descriptions, the core charge is a monthly fee per gigabyte hosted, with lower rates for an annual volume commitment. Reported totals run from about $250 a month for a small matter to well over $20,000 a year for a firm with steady caseloads.
| Source | What it says Everlaw costs | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Everlaw pricing page | No dollar figure. Lists unlimited user licenses, some AI features (Deep Dive, machine translation, custom extractions) billed in credits, and an add-on for intake and case management. Ends in "Request a Demo" | The only primary source, and it confirms the price is quoted |
| Everlaw blog, 2016 | "A monthly per-gigabyte fee, and that's it." No setup, processing, user, training, support, export, predictive coding or production fees, and no long-term contract required | Everlaw's own description of its model, ten years old |
| Everlaw blog, 2017 | A "transparent per-gigabyte price" that lets solo and small firms predict costs by the data they store, with pay as you go or an annual volume commitment at a lower rate | Still no rate printed |
| AI Vortex, 2026 | About $2,000 to $5,000 a month base, plus $18 to $35 per GB hosted, processing $20 to $40 per GB where charged separately | Reported, and the base fee conflicts with Everlaw's own "that's it" model |
| ITQlick | License from $20,000 a year, onboarding $5,000 to $20,000, first year for 10 users $25,000 to $70,000 or more | Reported. The onboarding fee conflicts with Everlaw's "no setup fees" statement |
| Older directory listings | Starting around $250 a month for small matters | Reported, dated |
The spread is not just noise. The reports disagree with Everlaw on what is billed at all. Everlaw says no setup or processing fees. One estimate adds onboarding of $5,000 to $20,000, another adds processing per GB. The honest reading is that the per GB rate is the anchor, and anything else depends on what your contract says. Ask for it in writing.
Everlaw pricing model, per GB plus credits
Everlaw's model has two parts today. The first is hosted data, billed per gigabyte per month, which is the cost that grows with the case and keeps running until you archive or delete the database. The second is credits for some generative AI features. The pricing page marks Deep Dive (natural language questions across a data set), machine translation and custom extractions as credit features, while single document use of several of them carries no credits.
Everlaw's own January 2026 piece on ediscovery costs says the market is moving away from the legacy per gigabyte model toward flat fee subscriptions and per case billing. That is worth raising in a negotiation. If the vendor's own content says the industry is moving to predictable pricing, asking for a flat matter price is a fair request.
Everlaw AI pricing
Everlaw prints no price per credit. Its 2025 guide to generative AI costs explains credit models with examples such as 20 credits for a document summary and 50 for coding a set, but those are illustrations of how credit pricing works, not Everlaw's price list. Ask the rep how many credits a Deep Dive question across your full data set uses, and what a credit costs on your contract.
What Everlaw costs a small litigation firm
Most of a small firm's Everlaw bill is hosting, so data size drives it. A plaintiff's commercial case with a modest production might be 10 GB. A contested business dispute with several custodians can reach 50 GB. A product case with years of email can pass 200 GB. Using the reported hosting range, and showing what happens if a base fee also applies:
| Hosted data | Hosting only at a reported $18 to $35 per GB a month | If a reported $2,000 to $5,000 monthly base also applies | CaseClerk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 GB (a small commercial case) | $180 to $350 a month | $2,180 to $5,350 a month | $99 to $499 a month, priced by pages read |
| 50 GB | $900 to $1,750 a month | $2,900 to $6,750 a month | Same, if the documents you read fit your page allowance |
| 200 GB | $3,600 to $7,000 a month | $5,600 to $12,000 a month | Not the right tool for collecting or producing at this size |
Two things move these numbers more than the rate. Data that stays hosted after the case settles keeps billing, so ask what archived or cold storage costs. And the size you are billed on may be processed size, not the size of the files you uploaded, so ask which one the contract uses.
Everlaw vs Relativity pricing
Neither Everlaw nor Relativity prints a price. RelativityOne is sold directly and through hosting partners, so the same software can be quoted differently depending on who hosts it, and partners often add project management and processing charges. Everlaw sells direct with unlimited users. For a firm with occasional matters, the useful comparison is the total for one real case over its expected life, including hosting after the close, not the per GB rate on the first page of the quote.
Questions to ask before you sign an Everlaw quote
- Is the rate per GB on native or processed size? Processed data can be larger than what you uploaded.
- What is the minimum monthly charge or annual commitment? Get the total contract value for your expected volume, not a rate.
- What does archived data cost? Closed matters are where hosting bills quietly keep running.
- How are AI credits priced and how many come with the plan? Ask for the credit cost of one Deep Dive question across your full data set.
- Are onboarding, processing and productions included? Everlaw says they are. Make sure your order form says so.
- Can you price per matter instead of per GB? Everlaw's own 2026 writing describes the market moving that way.
A practical tip for small firms: sometimes what a partner wants from a client's mailbox is not review at all, just a log of who wrote to whom and when. An email parser that exports messages to Excel builds that sender, date and subject log without hosting the whole mailbox on a review platform.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Everlaw for a small firm?
It depends on the job. If you have to collect from custodians, code documents with a team, keep a privilege log and produce with Bates numbers, you need an ediscovery platform, and Everlaw, Relativity and their peers are what that costs. If the job is reading what you already have, a production from the other side, a client's records, a deposition, a set of contracts, you are paying for a platform to do a reading task.
CaseClerk is built for the reading. You upload the documents for one matter, up to 1,000 files in 18 formats, ask questions in plain English, and every answer names the document and page it came from. It is $99, $249 or $499 a month, published, with no per GB hosting and no credits. It does not process ESI, code, redact or produce. Firms that receive productions but rarely produce large volumes are the ones it fits best. Our CoCounsel pricing page covers the other quote-only option small firms often price next.
When Everlaw is the right buy
Everlaw earns its price for firms that litigate with large data regularly. Unlimited users matter when contract reviewers and co-counsel need access. Predictive coding and clustering pay off at tens of thousands of documents. Its deposition and storybuilding tools keep trial prep on the same platform as review, and its stated SOC 2 Type 2 and FedRAMP Moderate certifications are what government and corporate clients ask about. If that is your practice, get the quote, then use the questions above to make it comparable.
Does Everlaw charge per user?
No. Everlaw's pricing page lists unlimited user licenses, and its own descriptions of the model say there are no user fees. You pay for the data hosted, plus credits for some AI features. That makes Everlaw cheaper than per seat tools for large review teams, and relatively expensive for one lawyer with a big data set.
How much does Everlaw cost per GB?
Everlaw does not publish a per GB rate. Third-party estimates report about $18 to $35 per GB per month for hosted data, with lower rates for large annual commitments. Treat those as a starting point for the conversation, and confirm whether the rate applies to native or processed size.