Best Legal Hold Software in 2026
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Managing a legal hold involves coordinating custodians and keeping track of matters and preservation steps. Compare audit trails, automated reminders, and custodian acknowledgment, then consider hold templates and matter tracking for the process you need to manage. Custodian limits, free-plan availability, and paid-from pricing provide additional comparison points. Exterro eDiscovery and Knovos Manage are among the entries, alongside OnitX CLM and Relativity Legal Hold. Think about how your organization tracks matters and custodians, and use the listed criteria to compare the hold-management details each option specifies.
0 of 2 with known pricing have a free tier;0 apps show full bars: free, open, on most devices and documented.
| # | App | Signal | Free tier | Open code | Devices | From | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exterro eDiscoveryWeb | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.5 | |||
| 2 | Venio eDiscoveryWeb · Windows · Self-hosted · API | One bar | 2 of 6 | 5.5 | |||
| 3 | Knovos ManageWeb · Self-hosted | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.4 | |||
| 4 | Litera CAM Litigation HoldWeb | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.4 | |||
| 5 | OnitX CLMWeb · API | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.4 | |||
| 6 | OpenAxesAPI | One bar | 0 of 6 | 5.4 | |||
| 7 | PagefreezerWeb · Extension | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.4 | |||
| 8 | Q1 Defensible Legal Hold | One bar | 5.4 | ||||
| 9 | Relativity Legal HoldWeb · API | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.4 | |||
| 10 | Sightline by ConsilioWeb | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.4 | |||
| 11 | HanzoWeb · Self-hosted | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.3 | |||
| 12 | RevealWeb · Self-hosted · API | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.3 | |||
| 13 | CrashPlan Legal HoldWeb · Windows · Mac · Linux · API | Two bars | 4 of 6 | 5.2 | |||
| 14 | OpenText Core Legal HoldWeb | No signal | 1 of 6 | 5.2 | |||
| 15 | ELM Solutions Legal Holds | No signal | 5.1 | ||||
| 16 | Onit Legal Holds | No signal | 5.1 | ||||
| 17 | Vidhaana Legal Hold ManagementWeb · Android · iPhone | Two bars | No | 3 of 6 | ₹999/mo | 5.1 | |
| 18 | Casepoint Legal HoldWeb · API | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.0 | |||
| 19 | DISCO EdiscoveryWeb · API | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.0 | |||
| 20 | EverlawWeb · API | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.0 | |||
| 21 | EvidenceVaultWeb | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.0 | |||
| 22 | Krellix MailWindows | One bar | No | 1 of 6 | $24.92/mo | 5.0 | |
| 23 | LogikcullWeb | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.0 | |||
| 24 | Nuix DiscoverWeb · Self-hosted | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.0 | |||
| 25 | Zapproved Legal Hold ProWeb | One bar | 1 of 6 | 5.0 |
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | App | Score | Free plan | Paid from | Hold templates | Custodian acknowledgment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exterro eDiscovery | 5.5 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2 | Venio eDiscovery | 5.5 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 3 | Knovos Manage | 5.4 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 4 | Litera CAM Litigation Hold | 5.4 | Yes | |||
| 5 | OnitX CLM | 5.4 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 6 | OpenAxes | 5.4 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 7 | Pagefreezer | 5.4 | ||||
| 8 | Q1 Defensible Legal Hold | 5.4 | ||||
| 9 | Relativity Legal Hold | 5.4 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 10 | Sightline by Consilio | 5.4 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 11 | Hanzo | 5.3 | ||||
| 12 | Reveal | 5.3 | ||||
| 13 | CrashPlan Legal Hold | 5.2 | No | No | ||
| 14 | OpenText Core Legal Hold | 5.2 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 15 | ELM Solutions Legal Holds | 5.1 | Yes | |||
| 16 | Onit Legal Holds | 5.1 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 17 | Vidhaana Legal Hold Management | 5.1 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 18 | Casepoint Legal Hold | 5.0 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 19 | DISCO Ediscovery | 5.0 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 20 | Everlaw | 5.0 | No | |||
| 21 | EvidenceVault | 5.0 | No | Yes | ||
| 22 | Krellix Mail | 5.0 | No | |||
| 23 | Logikcull | 5.0 | No | |||
| 24 | Nuix Discover | 5.0 | No | |||
| 25 | Zapproved Legal Hold Pro | 5.0 | No | Yes |
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