Everlaw
Everlaw helps legal teams automate ediscovery and litigation workflows.
Everlaw is a cloud-native ediscovery platform that helps law firms, corporations, and government agencies manage litigation and investigations by automating the discovery of electronically stored information across emails, documents, databases, audio, and social media. The platform integrates AI-powered features like document summarization, coding suggestions, and deposition analysis—with outputs grounded in original documents for verifiability. Everlaw handles the entire lifecycle from data ingestion and processing through search, review, production, and trial preparation, with no lock-in contracts and all-inclusive pricing.
Problem solved
Legal teams spend weeks manually searching, filtering, and reviewing massive volumes of unstructured data to find evidence relevant to litigation, slowing case resolution and increasing costs.
Target customer
Large law firms (Am Law 200), Fortune 100 corporate counsel, government agencies, and class action firms managing complex litigation and investigations.
Founders
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AJ Shankar
Founder & CEO
Harvard (A.B. Mathematics & Computer Science) and UC Berkeley Ph.D. in Computer Science. Previously senior software engineer at TheFind and founder/CTO of Modista; interned at Microsoft Research and IBM Watson.
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Gloria Lee
Chief Legal Officer
25+ years as trial lawyer and in-house counsel with deep expertise in litigation, regulatory issues, technology, and legal operations.
Funding history
Seed
$655K
March 21, 2011
Led by Unknown
Series C
$62M
Unknown
Led by CapitalG, Menlo Ventures
· Andreessen Horowitz, K9 Ventures
Series D
$202M
Unknown
Led by TPG
· HIG Growth Partners, CapitalG, Menlo Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, K9 Ventures
Total raised:
$517M
Industries
Pricing
Data volume-based pricing with unlimited user licenses, unlimited processing, and unlimited advanced features. Flexible pay-as-you-go or annual subscription with volume discounts per GB. Single-document AI actions and Writing Assistant included; batch actions charged on usage. No lock-in contracts, no add-on fees.
Notable customers
White & Case, Goodwin, Debevoise & Plimpton, Cleary Gottlieb, 91 of Am Law 200, Fortune 100 corporate counsel, 8 of top 10 class action firms, all 50 state attorneys general
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Competitors
Relativity (RelativityOne)
Legacy enterprise platform with broader feature set but complex implementation; Everlaw emphasizes ease of use, cloud-native architecture, and transparent pricing.
DISCO Ediscovery
Modern competitor focused on speed and automation with simpler UX; Everlaw differentiates through deeper AI integration (Deep Dive), email threading, and language translation across 100+ languages.
Exterro
Broader legal tech platform; Everlaw focuses solely on ediscovery excellence with superior collaboration tools and AI capabilities.
Why this matters: Everlaw achieved a $2B+ valuation in 2024 with $517M raised, making it one of the highest-funded legal tech platforms. Its focus on cloud-native architecture, transparent pricing without lock-in, and deeply integrated AI for document synthesis positions it as a next-gen replacement for legacy ediscovery tools, with adoption across corporate counsel, AmLaw firms, and all 50 state governments.
Best for: Large legal teams and corporations managing complex litigation who need fast, collaborative document review with AI assistance and transparent, predictable costs.
Use cases
Class Action Document Review
Class action firms use Everlaw to rapidly process and review millions of documents across thousands of plaintiff claims. The Deep Dive AI feature synthesizes findings across entire document corpuses with citations, reducing manual review time from weeks to days while maintaining audit trails for court validation.
Corporate Regulatory Investigations
Fortune 100 companies use Everlaw to investigate internal misconduct or regulatory inquiries. Email threading and automatic language translation (100+ languages) allow global investigation teams to collaborate in real-time, while AI-powered coding suggestions flag relevant communications at scale.
Government Discovery Operations
State attorneys general use Everlaw across agencies to manage multi-jurisdictional investigations and prosecutions. Unlimited user licenses and no per-seat fees allow large teams to collaborate without licensing friction, while advanced analytics surface patterns across millions of documents.
Cross-Border Litigation Support
International law firms handle multilingual document sets by leveraging Everlaw's automatic transcription of audio/video and translation across 100+ languages, making foreign language evidence searchable and reviewable without external vendors.
Alternatives
Relativity
Choose Relativity if you need broader legal tech integration beyond ediscovery or prefer an established on-premise solution despite higher complexity and cost.
DISCO
Choose DISCO if you prioritize simplicity and speed over AI-driven synthesis, or prefer a smaller team-focused tool over enterprise collaboration features.
Everbridge
Choose Everbridge if you need crisis management and incident response tools alongside ediscovery, though it lacks Everlaw's AI depth in document analysis.
FAQ
What does Everlaw do? +
Everlaw is a cloud-native ediscovery platform that automates litigation and investigation workflows. It ingests electronically stored information (emails, documents, audio, video, social media), uses AI to search and synthesize findings, and manages the entire review-to-production process. Users can verify all AI outputs against original source documents.
How much does Everlaw cost? +
Everlaw uses data volume-based pricing with no per-user or per-feature add-ons. Customers can pay monthly per GB or lock in lower rates with annual volume commitments. All features, unlimited users, and basic AI actions are included; batch AI processing is charged separately on usage.
What are alternatives to Everlaw? +
Top alternatives include Relativity (broader enterprise platform but more complex), DISCO (simpler, speed-focused competitor), and Exterro (broader legal tech suite). Each prioritizes different workflows; Everlaw stands out for AI depth and ease of use.
Who uses Everlaw? +
Everlaw serves 1,000+ customers including 91 of the Am Law 200, Fortune 100 corporate counsel, all 50 state attorneys general, 8 of the top 10 class action firms, and major firms like White & Case, Goodwin, and Debevoise & Plimpton.
How does Everlaw compare to Relativity? +
Everlaw is cloud-native, easier to use, and has transparent all-inclusive pricing with no lock-in contracts. Relativity is a legacy enterprise platform with broader features but steeper complexity and custom pricing. Everlaw emphasizes AI-driven insights and collaboration; Relativity emphasizes workflow breadth.
What makes Everlaw's AI different? +
Everlaw's AI (Deep Dive, coding suggestions, summarization) is grounded in original documents so results are verifiable and admissible in court. Features like automatic email threading and 100+ language transcription/translation are integrated natively, not bolt-on solutions.
Tags
ediscovery
litigation
legal tech
AI document analysis
collaborative review
document management
regulatory investigation