Pricing

Pricing you can
plan around.

No per-GB hosting fees. No per-user review seats. Pick the deployment, see the price.

Tiers

Four ways to run ORCA.

From a 60-second anonymous demo to a fully air-gapped self-host. Solo and Org tier list prices are on the active roadmap; Self-host is quoted per deployment.

Try

Anonymous demo

For anyone
FreeNo signup
Live
  • Public corpus, no upload
  • See cert math + audit trail on real-but-public data
  • 60-second access
  • No persistence between sessions
Org

Hosted, org isolation

For mid-size firms, legal ops
from $TBDper year
Roadmap
  • Annual contract, multi-matter
  • Up to 50 reviewers (more on custom)
  • Dedicated org tenancy
  • SSO required (SAML 2.0, OIDC)
  • DPA + BAA available
  • 99.9% SLA target
Self-host

In your cloud

Enterprises, regulated, air-gapped
License + supportquoted per deployment
Available
  • Deployed into your cloud tenant or private infrastructure
  • Unlimited reviewers
  • Your IAM, your KMS, your network
  • Air-gap and on-prem deployment supported
  • DPA + BAA available
No surprise charges

Things ORCA does not charge for.

  • Per-GB hosting — the typical $50–$150/GB/month line
  • Per-user review seats — the typical $300–$500/user/month
  • Per-promotion fees — moving a doc to production
  • Per-export fees — load files, Bates renumbering, exports
  • "Premium" connectors — every connector included on paid tiers
  • AI / ML add-ons — cert math + classifier are standard
  • Air-gap surcharge — Self-host supports air-gap natively
  • Setup / onboarding fees — standard support and training included
Compare apples to apples

See what your matter costs on seven approaches.

Our open Cost Portal estimates a matter's 5-year total cost across Manual Linear, TAR 1.0, TAR 2.0 (CAL), LLM-Only, Static-Prompt LLM, CAL + AI Hybrid, and ORCA. Same scope, same risk model, side by side. Methodology is published. All inputs are yours to adjust.

Quote your matter, seven ways.

The Cost Portal is open and free. Enter your matter scope — volumes, custodians, reviewers, deadline — and see the 5-year total cost on each of the seven major eDiscovery approaches, risk-adjusted for the cost of remediation if recall targets are missed.

Open the Cost Portal →
Matter scaleORCA self-hostCommercial alt.Savings
Small
10 TB/yr, 20 matters
$9.3M$19.6M53%
Mid-market
150 TB/yr, 100 matters
$23.5M$205.5M89%
Enterprise
2 PB/yr, 500 matters
$79.9M$2.34B97%

5-year totals modeled against per-GB / per-seat commercial pricing. Source: ORCA TCO Build-vs-Buy Summary v0.3.

Industry context

What the rest of the market charges.

Most eDiscovery vendors monetize per-GB hosting, per-user seats, and per-action fees. The math worked when storage was expensive and AI didn't exist. We don't think it works anymore.

What you pay for elsewhereTypical rateWhy ORCA doesn't charge for it
Per-GB hosting$50–$150 / GB / monthStorage cost dropped 90% since these prices were set
Per-user review seats$300–$500 / user / monthOur pitch is faster review with fewer reviewers, not seat sales
Per-promotion (review → production)$0.20–$0.50 / docWe meter the matter, not the doc
Per-export fees$500–$5,000 / production setExports are part of the product
"Premium" AI featuresPer-doc or per-matter add-onCert math + classifier are standard, not premium

Rates are typical published market ranges. Your contracted rate with any vendor may differ.

FAQ

Questions we get asked.

Why don't you publish exact prices yet?

Solo and Org tier pricing is on the active roadmap — we want our published numbers to be what we'll honor, not what we hope. Self-host is quoted per deployment because air-gap, support level, and footprint vary widely.

How does ORCA compare to TAR 2.0 or static-prompt LLM stacks?

The Cost Portal runs your matter on seven approaches side by side — Manual, TAR 1.0, TAR 2.0 / CAL, LLM-Only, Static-Prompt LLM, CAL + AI Hybrid, and ORCA. Each is risk-adjusted against the cost of remediation if recall targets are missed.

Is there a free trial of the paid tiers?

Try (the anonymous demo) is free, no signup. For Solo and Org, scoped pilots on redacted slices of your data are available — book a walkthrough.

Do you charge for connector hours or collection volume?

No. Connectors are included; collection bandwidth is metered against your tenant's cloud egress, not ours.

What about training and support?

Standard support and training are included on Solo and Org tiers. Self-host comes with software + an annual support contract; tiered support levels (business hours / 24×7 / 24×7 + named TAM) are priced separately.

Can I host ORCA myself if I'm regulated or air-gapped?

Yes. Self-host tier deploys ORCA into your tenant. Air-gap deployments supported with offline update media.

See what your matter would cost.

Open the Cost Portal and quote your matter on seven approaches — or talk to sales for Solo, Org, or Self-host pricing tailored to your scope.

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