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IBM StoredIQ vs OpenText EnCase eDiscovery comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM StoredIQ
Ranking in eDiscovery
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (13th)
OpenText EnCase eDiscovery
Ranking in eDiscovery
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the eDiscovery category, the mindshare of IBM StoredIQ is 3.3%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText EnCase eDiscovery is 3.9%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
eDiscovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText EnCase eDiscovery3.9%
IBM StoredIQ3.3%
Other92.8%
eDiscovery
 

Featured Reviews

GB
Delivery Manager at Gesel
Helps with GDPR compliance through data discovery and management
We knew that we have a lot of scanned docs inside our repositories, but there was a big issue where we needed to know which content was really an image. Because of the OCR made at runtime during the scan, now we know exactly the data we have. When you have zipped documents the scan will unzip them and find the data inside.
Alejandro Stromer - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Consulting SAP OpenText en Entelgy at DCL Consultores EIM SL
A stable and scalable hybrid solution with easy setup
The solution is scalable. It has three levels. You have the presentation area that can be escalated to the balance sheet. You have the back-end area that can be escalated using higher viability to configure more application servers. Also, the area of storage can be increased. We usually cater to enterprise solutions but have small- and medium-sized customers. It starts with 25 users and goes up to 100s and 1000s.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In terms of ROI a company will, in a short time, recover from the initial investment, because the product, other than allowing a company to be GDPR compliant, will give a lot of information on how the storage is used and this will guide the IT to better usage of this resource."
"IBM StoredIQ Suite helps to address problems like data discovery, records management, compliance activities, storage optimization, and data migration initiatives."
"I like the processing feature on the product because it does everything at once, i.e, indexing, recovery, keyword searches, etc."
"Image creation and image analysis in one program, basically for ease of use."
"Data Recovery: Its ability to repair damaged partitions and uncover hidden partitions from within the tool, and allow further analysis."
"The solution has been quite good, and, overall, the features we need are available to us."
"It is a very useful tool; it is worth buying irrespective of price."
"The technical support is excellent."
"Using Encase we are able to implement security and also Forensics."
"The most important feature we've found is the Enscripts. That is one powerful feature that I, personally, love to use."
 

Cons

"The product was born and designed to be used inside the IT department, but it would be improved by allowing end-users to search for info related to specific needs."
"We have come across problems with the end-case. We could not find an email discovery type of module and there was not flexibility with the email."
"From a customer service standpoint, this is unacceptable."
"Ease of use and learning curve need improvement."
"This is not the program I would suggest for a newbie using to learn. It is just too expensive for the full experience, and the student versions, while very good, are just for that, students."
"There were minor UI bugs."
"The reporting is a bit unreliable. It needs to be better."
"I would like to see a capability to ingest and absorb more data. That would be really good. It currently is lacking this function."
"​Sometimes the application can take more time to complete the image processing or fail at the end of the process.​"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"​The product is affordable and user-friendly.​"
"EnCase is an affordable solution."
"We have a license. And, we found the cost high. We contacted them and talked to them about the ratio of the US dollar versus the Indian rupee and then we came to a solution."
"We have a license. And, we found the cost high. We contacted them and talked to them about the ratio of the US dollar versus the Indian rupee and then we came to a solution."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
9%
Performing Arts
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
 

Also Known As

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EnCase eDiscovery
 

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Sample Customers

J.B. Hunt Transport, BBVA Compass
Ontario Ministry of Government, Aerospace Company, Chesterfield Police Department
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