Commvault Cloud vs kCura Relativity comparison

Commvault and kCura are both solutions in the eDiscovery category. Commvault is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.5, while kCura is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.0. Commvault holds a 3.1% mindshare in eD, compared to kCura’s 5.5% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Commvault users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of kCura users who would recommend it.

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95% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 6, 2024

kCura Relativity and Commvault Cloud compete in data management and e-Discovery. Commvault Cloud seems to have the upper hand due to its superior feature adaptability and comprehensive cloud capabilities.

Features: kCura Relativity offers robust e-Discovery features, comprehensive data analysis, and management tools. Commvault Cloud provides extensive data protection, recovery capabilities, and scalability with integration in various cloud services. Despite the versatility of kCura Relativity, Commvault Cloud's adaptability across environments makes it preferable for businesses focusing on cloud integrations.

Room for Improvement: kCura Relativity could benefit from enhanced data processing speeds and greater flexibility in case handling, needing backend upgrades. Commvault Cloud users suggest improvements in interface customization and complexity, with a complex setup that may deter users seeking simpler solutions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: kCura Relativity demands intricate deployment due to specific setup requirements but offers responsive customer service. Commvault Cloud provides streamlined deployment for those familiar with cloud environments, though it is noted for slower support response times.

Pricing and ROI: kCura Relativity's costs are competitive, offering long-term benefits in e-Discovery operations. Commvault Cloud, while requiring a higher initial investment, delivers impressive ROI through comprehensive cloud capabilities, while businesses balance ROI with the simpler cost structure of kCura Relativity.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Commvault Cloud

Ranking in eDiscovery

3rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

112

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (3rd), Cloud Backup (3rd), Disaster Recovery as a Service (2nd), File Archiving (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (4th), SaaS Backup (2nd), Threat Deception Platforms (1st), Container Backup Software (1st), AI IT Support (6th)

kCura Relativity

Ranking in eDiscovery

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the eDiscovery category, the mindshare of Commvault Cloud is 3.1%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of kCura Relativity is 5.5%, up from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

eDiscovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Commvault Cloud	3.1%
kCura Relativity	5.5%
Other	91.4%

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Featured Reviews

Ankit Gagneja

Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy

Hybrid backup strategy has improved recovery orchestration and now supports flexible DR planning

I think improvements could be made in Commvault Cloud. Lately what I have seen is that there are AI capabilities that different data protection organizations are coming up with, which basically revolves around tiering of not frequently accessible data to glacier kind of storage, plus bringing in a high level of compression and deduplication capabilities. All those features I believe are there in other customers and they are bringing in new use cases from the AI perspective which I have not recently seen in Commvault. I have seen that Dell does have such features. We recently pitched a solution to the customers where we talked about data tiering and the other AI use cases, identifying the data by itself and autonomously taking decisions on how to tier the data between the different storage classes that we have. Those kind of capabilities that we have proposed to the customer as far as the partner solutions are concerned. I would like to see AI capabilities in Commvault Cloud. The rest of the features pretty much align with the other enterprise solutions that we have in the market. It is just the AI capability that is being asked by the customers as well as that I see missing with Commvault.

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Hemant Raj

Legal Associate at Elevate

Easy to categorize documents and offers transparent view of documents

I found Relativity very useful because it's easy to categorize documents. If you get more complex litigation, like around 500,000 or 1,000,000 documents, it's easier to categorize them in Relativity. So, it's a more powerful tool for reviewing documents. I haven't faced any problems using Relativity yet. I found it very useful.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Commvault is both very stable and scalable."

"It helped us reduce the number of servers that are required for a stable operation."

"It never fails. Sometimes we miss a backup, but there's always a reason for it, and it's not the fault of Commvault. In the last three years, we've never had to open a ticket with Commvault."

"The return points are very valuable."

"We now have the capability to recover a virtual machine without relying on the NFS system, but instead are able to use certain features provided by Commvault."

"The most valuable feature is Commvault's coverage. It has wide coverage to back up every data center environment. The product can back up OpenStack, OpenShift, and competitive solutions don't have this feature. Commvault can handle backing up any virtual workload or enterprise application."

"The recovery features are useful. It is easy to recover data. If something happens, we can easily recover data. We have faced ransomware issues twice, and we recovered because of Commvault."

"I like the product because of its simplicity and the fact that it provides one single interface for managing everything, including storage, data, and policies."

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"There are a lot of ways to QC your work and save your searches, and we had really good case support from the Relativity team."

"kCura Relativity is easy to use, and it is reliable."

"Caplets are a very good technical feature."

"The ease of navigation from dock to dock, and that kind of usability, is quite helpful."

"I like Relativity's blackout feature, as well as the Case Dynamics function."

"It is easy for a beginner to learn to use Relativity."

"The initial setup was relatively straightforward."

Cons

"Commvault could improve in the area of monitoring and notification services."

"Sometimes the web page doesn't work. I don't know if it's an outage or if there is maintenance going on in the background. From time to time, Commvault will suddenly stop taking backups for some intervals."

"The product's migration process and stability need improvement."

"Commvault HyperScale X could improve by allowing backups of the storage area network (SAN)."

"They need to improve when it comes to large, video file archiving. They're good, but they have not met my expectations as a customer in this area."

"When you deploy Complete Data Protection for past services, it's more complicated because you cannot directly back up from the previous service host. We have to build a proxy server, like a middleware, to directly access the past database server. It's complex and hard for beginners to figure out."

"Compared to Rubrik, MongoDB Data Protector, and NetBackup, Commvault is better. The licensing team was quite tricky recently because they stopped the unlimited files for that license. Commvault made a bank of 500GB only, a node-based license can take it, which is disappointing. Reporting needs to be more granular. Also, there should be a showback of data being backed up, and the backup cost to share the cost internally with the department."

"We've faced problems backing up our virtual machines."

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"The price per user could be improved. We'd like for it to be more affordable."

"I haven't seen anything on AI merging with Relativity."

"What I dislike about Relativity is that we have to go through the host in order to do productions and loads. It is not a do-it-yourself tool."

"There are a lot of bugs on the development side."

"They require more built-in support for some third-party applications."

"I would definitely not recommended it unless you have someone who has had experience with it and knows how to work the program."

"The platform's integration of advanced AI features could further enhance its capabilities."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The complete license gives us options for all the features. Commvault does not license based on storage or the management components. It can integrate with any storage vendor. That means that when we are out of storage and need more, we can integrate without additional licensing. In my opinion, Commvault needs to reduce the licensing cost by 20 to 40 percent to make it cost-efficient."

"We have checked some other products, but we are not testing them because price-wise, Commvault is better than the other solutions."

"The price is not cheap, but when you compare it to the other products they are all almost the same level in terms of price."

"The pricing is far better than we had in the past. The license for Dell EMC was not too expensive, but the storage, given that Dell EMC is based on data domains, was pretty expensive."

"We work with Commvault and a partner on our environment needs according to capacity, licensing, pricing, components, modules, etc. Additional costs depend on your backup needs."

"The tool is cost-effective."

"Everyone else offers the subscription-based model nowadays, while Commvault Complete Data Protection still has the traditional license model, where you must buy a set of licenses. You pay for one hundred licenses even if you only use fifty virtual machines, so the licensing model needs improvement."

"Its cost is reasonable."

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"The pricing is extremely complicated."

"It's worth the money."

"They are maintaining the per gigabyte pricing, and it's based on tiers of how much data you host with them."

"Users are typically charged a fee per user account and a separate fee based on the amount of data processed and hosted."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Legal Firm

28%

Government

Computer Software Company

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	57
Midsize Enterprise	24
Large Enterprise	82

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	2

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ThreatWise?

Security measures, including encryption and threat detection, contribute significantly to data protection, safeguarding against unauthorized access and cyber threats.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ThreatWise?

Commvault Cloud is expensive, and there is room for the price to be 10-15 percent lower than what they are charging currently.

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What needs improvement with ThreatWise?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for kCura Relativity?

It's expensive for an individual, but for a company, it's not expensive. And for an individual, I believe it's of no use.

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What needs improvement with kCura Relativity?

I haven't seen anything on AI merging with Relativity.

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What is your primary use case for kCura Relativity?

We use Relativity to code documents for their responsiveness, privilege, private information, confidentiality, and so on. We use it to categorize our documents into different categories depending o...

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Also Known As

Commvault Complete Data Protection, Commvault Backup & Recovery, Commvault HyperScale X, Metallic, ThreatWise

Relativity

Overview

Commvault Cloud is the ultimate cyber resilience platform built to meet the demands of the hybrid
enterprise. Beyond its core functionality of data backup and recovery across diverse workloads, including applications, databases, virtual machines, and files, Commvault Cloud stands out as a robust defense against ransomware. Going beyond backup, the platform integrates advanced data security features such as encryption, access control, and threat detection, safeguarding against unauthorized access and cyber threats.

With tools for data management, classification, and migration, businesses can optimize storage costs, enhance accessibility, and comply with regulations seamlessly. Boasting cloud integration with major providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Commvault Cloud leverages the scalability and flexibility of the cloud for comprehensive data protection and management. The platform's automation capabilities streamline tasks, and its reporting and analytics features provide valuable insights into data usage, potential risks, and optimization strategies. Commvault Cloud is not just a security tool; it is a key component of cyber resilience, enabling organizations to not only protect against cyberattacks but also recover swiftly and minimize the impact of incidents. Elevate your cyber resilience strategy with Commvault Cloud.

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Sample Customers

Aberdeenshire Council, Acxiom, BAM Group Ireland, Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, CI Investments, Clifford Chance, American Municipal Power, American Pacific Mortgage, AstraZeneca, Dongbu Steel, Denver Health, Dow Jones, Emirates Steel, Penn State Health, Prime Healthcare, Sonic Healthcare, Sony Network Communications, TiVO, UCONN Health, The Weitz Company

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