Relativity is an enterprise eDiscovery platform for massive document productions — not a daily practice management platform for Ontario solo and small litigation firms. Atticus gives Ontario lawyers complete practice management, trust accounting, billing, and Canadian AI in one platform.
Relativity solves enterprise eDiscovery at massive scale. Ontario solo and small firm litigators need a complete daily practice platform — not per-GB enterprise infrastructure.
Relativity is purpose-built for large-scale eDiscovery: processing, reviewing, and producing millions of documents in litigation or regulatory investigations. It has no practice management, billing, trust accounting, matter management, or client intake functionality. Ontario solo and small litigation firms need a daily practice platform — not an enterprise eDiscovery workspace that costs more per gigabyte than most cases contain.
Relativity has no trust accounting functionality. Ontario lawyers have mandatory LSO trust accounting obligations. Atticus includes fully LSO-compliant trust ledgers, mixed trust accounts, and reporting as core features in the $149 CAD monthly price.
Relativity is optimized for productions of hundreds of thousands to millions of documents — antitrust investigations, securities class actions, mass tort matters, and major commercial litigation. The vast majority of Ontario solo and small firm litigation involves case files where Atticus AI can analyze, summarize, and organize documents effectively without enterprise eDiscovery infrastructure.
Relativity charges per gigabyte of data hosted plus licensing fees, and requires Relativity-certified administrators to manage workspaces. Atticus is a flat monthly fee per lawyer — no per-document charges, no specialist administrators, no hidden processing fees.
RelativityOne (cloud version) is US-based infrastructure. Canadian data residency is available but requires specific configuration and may carry additional cost. Atticus stores all client data on Canadian servers by default.
Relativity carries enterprise pricing in USD designed for large firm and eDiscovery service provider use cases. The per-GB hosting charges and licensing fees are prohibitive for Ontario solo and small firms. Atticus is $149 CAD per lawyer per month — complete practice management and AI included.
See what Ontario lawyers get with Atticus vs Relativity — a complete Canadian practice platform versus an enterprise eDiscovery workspace.
| Feature | Atticus | Relativity |
|---|---|---|
| Practice management | ✓Full integrated practice management | eDiscovery platform only; no practice management |
| Ontario trust accounting | ✓Built-in, LSO compliant | No trust accounting functionality |
| HST billing | ✓Native HST with CRA-compliant invoices | No billing or invoicing module |
| Time tracking | ✓Integrated time and billing | No time tracking functionality |
| AI legal work | ✓Canadian legal AI: document drafting, summarization, limitation period flagging, LSO compliance | AI-assisted document review, predictive coding, and analytics for large-scale eDiscovery |
| Matter management | ✓Full matter lifecycle from intake to close | Matter-scoped document review workspaces; not full matter management |
| Document review / eDiscovery | ✓AI document analysis and summarization for individual files | Enterprise-scale eDiscovery: processing, review, analytics, production for millions of documents |
| Limitation period alerts | ✓Ontario Limitations Act built in | Not included |
| Conflict checking | ✓Automated conflict search | Not included |
| LSO compliance | ✓Built for Ontario LSO requirements | No Ontario-specific LSO compliance features |
| Target market | ✓Ontario solo and small law firms | Large law firms, corporate legal departments, and eDiscovery service providers handling massive document volumes |
| Pricing (CAD) | ✓$149/lawyer/month (all-in, including AI) | Enterprise workspace-based pricing in USD; significant per-GB data charges; hosting costs additional |
| Data residency | ✓Canadian servers by default | US-based infrastructure (RelativityOne); Canadian data residency available but not default |
| Deployment | ✓Self-serve; ready in hours | Enterprise implementation; Relativity-certified administrators; specialist training required |
Ontario litigation firms need trust accounting, billing, limitation period tracking, and AI document analysis — all in one affordable platform. Try Atticus free for 14 days.
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