Why Legal Teams Are Re-Evaluating eDiscovery

Growing data volumes, rising review costs, and increasing pressure to accelerate investigations have made legacy discovery workflows more difficult to defend and maintain.

These are all themes highlighted in Exterro's eDiscovery platform.

Organizations are looking for solutions that:

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Reduce manual effort

Lower outside counsel spend

Eliminate duplicate data storage

Improve review efficiency

Maintain defensible workflows

Support Microsoft 365, Teams, Slack and cloud data

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These align directly with capabilities promoted by Exterro, including source-linked AI, EDRM coverage, audit-ready workflows, 200+ data sources, and platform-based pricing.

Vendor Evaluation Framework

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Collection & Data Sources

Can the vendor access Microsoft 365, Teams, Slack and enterprise repositories?

AI & Early Case Assessment

Can the platform reduce document volume before review?

Review Efficiency

Can the solution reduce review hours through AI-assisted workflows?

Cost Structure

Are you paying for platform capabilities or increasing data volumes?

Defensibility

Does the platform provide audit logs, workflows and chain of custody?

Security & Compliance

What certifications and controls support enterprise requirements?

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

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What should I look for in an enterprise eDiscovery platform?

Look for a platform that supports the full EDRM lifecycle, reduces review costs, integrates with Microsoft 365 and Teams, provides defensible audit trails, and scales across investigations and litigation matters. Exterro helps legal teams manage legal hold, collection, review, and production from a single platform.

Exterro provides end-to-end EDRM coverage in a single platform, allowing legal teams to manage the full discovery lifecycle from legal hold through production. For a more detailed evaluation framework, download The Modern eDiscovery Checklist, which covers AI governance, collaboration platforms, defensibility, hyperlinked documents, and modern eDiscovery challenges legal teams should consider when evaluating providers. Download the Evaluation Checklist

How can legal teams reduce eDiscovery costs?

Reducing data volumes before review is one of the most effective ways to lower discovery costs. Exterro enables teams to search, analyze, and cull data before collection, helping reduce downstream processing and review expenses.

Exterro combines Early Case Assessment (ECA), AI-powered analytics, data culling, and Technology Assisted Review (TAR) workflows to help legal teams reduce the volume of data requiring review. ccording to Exterro, customers have achieved up to 68% reduction in document volume prior to review, 97% fewer documents sent to outside counsel, 210 review hours saved per matter, and up to 75% lower review spend. One Exterro customer reported saving more than $2 million over 12 months by bringing eDiscovery operations in-house. Read Case Study

Why do eDiscovery hosting costs become expensive?

Many eDiscovery providers use data-volume pricing models, where costs increase as more data is collected, processed, and stored. As matters expand and data volumes grow, hosting costs can become difficult to predict and control.

Exterro addresses this challenge with platform-based pricing and a single-instance storage architecture that allows organizations to ingest data once and use it across multiple matters, helping reduce duplicate data storage and unnecessary hosting expenses. Book a Demo: Get Transparent eDiscovery Pricing

Can AI actually reduce document review time?

Yes. AI can help legal teams identify relevant information faster, prioritize high-value documents, and reduce the number of documents requiring manual review. Exterro combines AI-assisted review, Early Case Assessment (ECA), and Technology Assisted Review (TAR) workflows to help streamline document review and investigations. According to Exterro, organizations can achieve up to 68% reduction in document volume prior to review, 97% fewer documents sent to outside counsel, and an estimated 210 review hours saved per matter using Exterro Review. Download: 5 Strategies for Document Review

Should legal teams use separate tools or one unified platform?

Managing legal holds, collections, processing, review, and production across multiple systems can increase complexity, cost, and defensibility risk. A unified platform helps legal teams streamline workflows, reduce data movement, maintain audit trails, and improve visibility across matters.

Exterro provides a single platform across the EDRM lifecycle, enabling legal teams to manage legal hold, collection, review, analytics, and production in one ecosystem. Exterro's single-instance storage architecture also helps reduce duplicate data storage and allows organizations to reuse data across multiple matters. A Guide to Creating a Smarter EDiscovery Playbook

How important are Microsoft 365, Teams, and Slack integrations?

Much of today's business evidence resides in Microsoft 365, Teams, and Slack. Exterro supports visibility and collection across 200+ enterprise data sources, helping legal teams capture and manage data from the systems employees use every day.

What is a defensible eDiscovery workflow?

A defensible eDiscovery workflow uses documented, repeatable processes supported by audit trails, preservation controls, and chain-of-custody records. These capabilities help legal teams demonstrate how data was preserved, collected, reviewed, and produced throughout a matter.

Exterro provides legal hold management, comprehensive audit logs, workflow tracking, and source-linked AI capabilities designed to support defensible discovery operations from preservation through production. A Guide to Creating a Smarter EDiscovery Playbook

Why are legal teams replacing legacy eDiscovery platforms?

Organizations often re-evaluate legacy eDiscovery platforms due to rising costs, growing data volumes, fragmented workflows, and increasing demands for automation and AI. Legal teams are looking for solutions that reduce manual effort, improve visibility across matters, and simplify discovery workflows. Exterro helps address these challenges with a unified platform, single-instance storage, AI-powered workflows, and end-to-end EDRM coverage. A Guide to Creating a Smarter EDiscovery Playbook

Which security certifications should an eDiscovery platform support?

Enterprise legal teams should look for strong security controls, audit capabilities, role-based access management, and independent certifications. Exterro supports frameworks and certifications including ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP, HiTrust, and TISAX to help organizations meet security and compliance requirements. Download: The Modern eDiscovery Checklist

How do I compare eDiscovery vendors?

When evaluating eDiscovery vendors, legal teams should compare:

Total cost of ownership
AI and analytics capabilities
Data collection coverage
Review efficiency
Security and compliance controls
Defensibility and auditability
Scalability
Pricing transparency
Microsoft 365, Teams, and Slack support

Exterro differentiates itself with platform-based pricing, single-instance storage, AI-assisted workflows, and one platform across the EDRM lifecycle.

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Why Legal Teams Are Re-Evaluating eDiscovery

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Why Enterprise Legal Teams Choose Exterro

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