For small firms choosing ediscovery software

eDiscovery Software for Small Law Firms Compared by Price

Most ediscovery software is priced for firms that process terabytes. A small firm with a 20 GB commercial dispute or a production from the other side needs a different question answered first: do you have to process and produce documents, or mostly read them? This page compares the tools by what each prints for a price, how it bills, and which job it fits.

Vendor statements are attributed. Directory and competitor figures are labeled as reported, and nothing here is a quote from any vendor.

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What is the best ediscovery software for a small law firm?

GoldFynch is the best fit when you must process and host a matter and want every price printed, from $27 a month for a 3 GB case. Everlaw, Logikcull, DISCO, Nextpoint and Relativity suit larger or sales-led deals, and CaseClerk, from $99 a month, fits firms whose real task is reading documents they already hold. Match the tool to the job first, then compare the monthly bill at your matter size. See legal document review software for the reading side.

Matter vault for a product defect case listing a production, emails, a supply agreement, a deposition and scanned QA logs, with a sourced answer citing its sources

$27: GoldFynch monthly plan for a 3 GB case, published
$40: Logikcull pay as you go per GB per month, per its own blog
$99: CaseClerk Solo monthly for 2,500 pages read
25 pages: CaseClerk trial after signup, no card

What small firms should check before buying ediscovery software

Printed price or a quote: GoldFynch and CaseClerk print their plans. Everlaw, DISCO, Nextpoint, Casepoint and Relativity quote after a call. Ask every vendor for a written total on the same matter size and duration.
Months of hosting: Per GB billing runs every month the data sits there. A matter that settles in month two but stays hosted until month nine costs seven extra months. Ask what happens to the bill at closing.
Users and reviewers: Nextpoint prices per user, DISCO and GoldFynch state no seat fees, and CaseClerk is per account. A three person team changes the math only on per user plans.
Processing and production: If a court order or request requires native processing, redaction, Bates numbering or a production set, you need an ediscovery platform. A reading tool does not replace it.
Sourced answers: For fact finding, check that every answer names the document and page it came from. An unsourced answer cannot go into a motion.
The cost of a small mistake: Per GB tools at $40 per GB make a forgotten 50 GB matter a $2,000 month. Flat plans cap that exposure.

How to choose ediscovery software for a small matter

1
Write down the job

List what you must do to the documents (collect, process, redact, produce) apart from what you must learn from them. On most small matters the larger share of the work is reading.
2
Estimate volume and months

Count gigabytes and how long the matter will stay open. Volume times months times rate is the number a per GB vendor will bill.
3
Get written totals

Ask each vendor for the full cost of that matter, including processing, AI, support and export. Quotes that leave these out are not comparable.
4
Test the reading on your own files

Upload a closed matter to CaseClerk, ask questions with known answers and open the document named in each. Include one question the documents cannot answer.

Ediscovery software for small firms by job and billing model

The platforms win when you process, review with a team and produce. CaseClerk wins when you read a production or client file and need sourced answers at a flat monthly price. The units differ, so compare the total for your matter, not the headline rate.

	GoldFynch	Logikcull	Everlaw	DISCO	CaseClerk
Price shown publicly	Yes, full table by case size	No figure on pricing page; $40 per GB in its blog	No, quote	No, quote	Yes, $99, $249, $499, $998 monthly
Billing model	Plan by case size in GB	Per GB stored, 10 GB minimum	Per GB hosted plus AI credits	One per GB rate	Per account by pages read
Processing and production	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Best for	Small matters that need hosting and production at a printed price	Self-serve review with a sample matter	Larger or growing litigation practices	Sales-led firms comfortable with a quote	Reading documents you already hold
Where it wins	Published per case prices	Fast start	Depth of review features	Per GB with AI included	Flat price, every answer cites its source

Where a small firm uses a reading tool beside ediscovery software

Reading the other side's production

Ask what received documents say about notice, causation or damages. CaseClerk names the source so you check the fact before it goes into a motion.

Deposition preparation

Upload testimony, emails and agreements, then ask where a witness account differs from the written record before you draft questions.

A client file that is not a production

A few hundred documents may hold what you need without a hosted database. Check the monthly page allowance, not only the file count.

Cutting hosting months

Move the reading to a tool priced by pages, and keep the per GB platform only for the weeks you must process or produce.

Ediscovery software for small law firms and what each prints

A missing dollar figure means a quote. This table separates what each vendor states from what is reported elsewhere. See the individual pages for sources: GoldFynch pricing, Logikcull pricing, Everlaw pricing, DISCO pricing, Nextpoint pricing and Relativity pricing.

Tool	How it bills	What it prints	Best for
GoldFynch	Plan by case size	From $27 a month for 3 GB, $76 for 10 GB, $342 for 50 GB, $652 for 100 GB, users and processing included	Small matters that need hosting and production at a printed price
Logikcull	Per GB stored	About $40 per GB a month on pay as you go per its blog, 10 GB minimum; resold plans from $199	Self-serve review of small to mid size matters
Everlaw	Per GB hosted plus AI	No price printed; reported bills $250 a month to $20,000 or more a year	Growing litigation practices
DISCO	One per GB rate	No price printed, quoted by sales	Firms that want one rate with AI included
Nextpoint	Flat rate per user	No price printed, demo only	Teams with several reviewers and large data
Relativity	Per GB hosted	Quote only; third parties report $15 to $30 per GB per month	Large, complex matters
CaseClerk	Per account by pages read	$99 for 2,500 pages, $249 for 10,000, $499 for 30,000, $998 for 60,000	Reading and fact finding in documents you hold

For a worked example at 10, 50 and 200 GB, read ediscovery software cost for a small law firm.

Ediscovery software questions from small law firms

What is the best ediscovery software for small law firms?

GoldFynch is the easiest to price because it prints every plan, from $27 a month for 3 GB. Logikcull suits self-serve review, Everlaw and Relativity larger practices. CaseClerk fits when the job is reading documents rather than producing them, from $99 a month.

How much does ediscovery software cost for a small law firm?

It depends on gigabytes and months. At the reported or published rates, a 50 GB matter runs about $342 a month on GoldFynch and about $2,000 a month at Logikcull pay as you go. Quote-only vendors need a written total.

Is there ediscovery software with no per GB fees?

Nextpoint bills a flat rate per user with unlimited data per its pricing page, and CaseClerk bills per account by pages read with no per GB or per user fee. Confirm the order form for any fair use limits.

Do I need ediscovery software to read a production?

Not always. If you only need to find what the documents say, a reading tool with sourced answers can be enough. If you must process, redact or produce, you need an ediscovery platform for that step.

Can I try CaseClerk before paying?

Yes. After signup you can try 25 pages across up to 5 files with no card, ask plain English questions and open the source document named in each answer.

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eDiscovery software cost

A worked example at 10, 50 and 200 GB.

GoldFynch pricing

Published case plans and trial limits.

Logikcull alternatives

Billing models compared for small firms.

Everlaw alternatives

Billing models compared for small litigation firms.

DISCO alternatives

What DISCO prints and what to ask.

Legal document review software

Sourced answers from the documents you hold.