OpenAxes vs Relativity Legal Hold

OpenAxes is a data utility for legal, privacy, governance, and public-records workflows. It supports legal holds, investigations, subpoenas, FOIA and public-records requests, privacy requests, retention, governance, and remediation. Instead of requiring a migration first, it indexes cloud and on-premises repositories where data already resides. Teams can search connected systems by keyword, date, or concept, assess and scope content, then collect responsive items while preserving SHA-256 hashes and original metadata. Listed sources include Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack, SMB/NFS file shares, network archives, S3, Azure Blob, and enterprise content management systems. Legal-hold workflows issue templated notices, track acknowledgments, send reminders, and preserve data in place. Searches, previews, collections, exports, and releases are recorded in an immutable audit log. Exports include Concordance DAT, Opticon OPT, and native formats for Relativity, Reveal, Everlaw, and DISCO. Protection tools analyze permissions and can restrict access, encrypt, archive, redact, or relocate content. Pricing is on request; the contact page offers a demo and workflow-scoping conversation.

Relativity Legal Hold helps organizations identify and preserve relevant data when litigation is expected. It sends hold notices, interviews custodians, follows up with people who have not responded, and tracks their replies. Reports can document communications with custodians and other relevant parties. The product preserves data in place from major productivity platforms in a secure Azure environment, with Microsoft 365, Google Vault, and Slack listed as integrations. A setup wizard assists with choosing custodians and data sources, and the service provides workflow updates and error alerts. Relativity says analytics and scoping criteria can reduce data volume by up to 80%. Preserved data can move to RelativityOne for review through Collect as a matter or investigation proceeds. Legal Hold runs in Relativity workspaces; full use requires setup of access, email, the custodian portal, and preservation settings. Pricing is provided on request, and the product is licensed separately from the data volume commitment. It is available via web and API.