[EDRM Editor’s Note: This article was first published here on August 2, 2025, and EDRM is grateful to Rob Robinson, editor and managing director of Trusted Partner ComplexDiscovery, for permission to republish.]
ComplexDiscovery Editor’s Note: As legal, compliance, and cybersecurity professionals work to navigate mounting data volumes, emerging technologies, and global procurement demands, the second half of 2025 offers no pause in complexity. In this context, Andrew Haslam’s eDisclosure Systems Buyers Guide continues to provide vital clarity. Building on the work of industry legend and leader Andrew Haslam, this edition represents the ongoing collaboration between Haslam, ComplexDiscovery OÜ, and EDRM—bringing together deep subject matter expertise, structured editorial support, and a commitment to informed guidance.
With its latest update, curated by Holley Robinson, Senior Marketing Manager at ComplexDiscovery OÜ, the twelfth edition goes beyond listings to surface insights from current research and practical experience. With 2025 readership already outpacing last year and June alone drawing over 16,000 views, the Guide reflects not only where the market is—but where it’s going.
This Guide is one of several reasonable references available in the marketplace. While it is not all-inclusive or perfect, it offers a proven and accessible starting point for considering eDiscovery buying decisions. It is not the only stop on that journey, but it remains a trusted waypoint for those navigating the evolving landscape of digital discovery.
The digital discovery market doesn’t stand still—and neither does the eDisclosure Systems Buyers Guide. Now in its twelfth edition, the 2H 2025 update of Andrew Haslam’s Guide, in collaboration with ComplexDiscovery OÜ and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), reveals a community in motion and a marketplace in transition. With 164 supplier listings and 67 software entries, the Guide remains a structured resource for professionals evaluating their options in a growing and increasingly segmented industry.
With 164 supplier listings and 67 software entries, the Guide remains a structured resource for professionals evaluating their options in a growing and increasingly segmented industry.
Rob Robinson, Editor and Managing Director, ComplexDiscovery.
What sets this update apart is not just the breadth of its listings, but the depth of its insight. Since the beginning of 2025, the Guide has attracted more than 78,840 pageviews—already exceeding 2024’s total audience. The month of June alone saw a new record of 16,250 views, underscoring continued interest from professionals across the legal, compliance, and cybersecurity landscape. This engagement isn’t incidental. It reflects a sustained need for resources that cut through complexity with clarity and credibility.
This edition’s updates explore pressing themes shaping procurement and planning strategies for legal technology. One such theme is pricing transparency. An editorial addition titled Cost Transparency in Legal Tech tackles the rising call for openness around pricing models and profit margins. Drawing from academic research and real-world experience, the article examines how legal and technology providers can build trust through disclosure—without undercutting perceived value or exposing business vulnerabilities. In a market where clients increasingly scrutinize spend, the conversation around transparency is both timely and necessary.
Another critical addition stems from the international stage. Informed by LegalTechTalk 2025, What UK Law Firms Really Want captures firsthand insights from legal innovators at firms like Linklaters and Taylor Wessing. The findings paint a picture of UK buyers who are focused less on marketing claims and more on functional alignment. Integration, security assurances, and demonstrable ROI have become baseline expectations, especially as firms weigh long-term vendor viability alongside performance. For technology providers, this means adaptation—understanding regional priorities and recalibrating pitches toward operational outcomes.
Within the Guide itself, readers will also find detailed coverage of cost dynamics across the key phases of the eDiscovery process. The editorial series on Collection, Processing, and Review—developed using data from the Winter 2025 Pricing Survey and the 2024–2029 Market Size Mashup—offers a rare, task-level view into how budgets are shifting and how GenAI is influencing resource allocation. These entries don’t simply inform; they equip. Whether it’s the rising proportion of spend attributed to collection or the evolving fee structures for review, the updates are designed to help professionals optimize both strategy and spend.
The 2H 2025 update also continues the Guide’s tradition of capturing sentiment through data. The inclusion of the 1H 2025 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey, now in its thirty-seventh edition, presents a timely snapshot of industry mood. With responses from 77 professionals and a new semi-annual cadence designed to reduce fatigue while preserving insight, the survey reinforces the Guide’s role as both a directory and a dashboard. It offers context for change, not just records of it.
For those monitoring the business side of eDiscovery, the updated summary of mergers, acquisitions, and investment activity provides a streamlined look at who’s investing, consolidating, or evolving. Although the listing is necessarily abridged—limited to publicly disclosed events—it remains one of the few centralized resources for professionals seeking visibility into the financial currents shaping the space.
Collectively, these enhancements reaffirm the Guide’s purpose as more than a static reference. It is a living document that adapts in step with the professionals it serves. From in-house legal teams assessing tools and vendors, to law firms refining their eDiscovery processes, to consultants advising on strategy and compliance, the Guide continues to deliver structured intelligence for an unstructured world.
As generative AI gains traction, pricing expectations evolve, and jurisdictional demands expand, Haslam’s eDisclosure Buyers Guide remains a compass. Not because it answers every question—but because it helps professionals ask better ones.
Rob Robinson, Editor and Managing Director, ComplexDiscovery.
If the first half of 2025 underscored the need for smarter decision-making, the second half offers the tools to act on it. As generative AI gains traction, pricing expectations evolve, and jurisdictional demands expand, Haslam’s eDisclosure Buyers Guide remains a compass. Not because it answers every question—but because it helps professionals ask better ones.
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News Sources
- Haslam, Andrew. eDisclosure Systems Buyers Guide, 12th ed., Q2 2025 Online Version. ComplexDiscovery OÜ and Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), 2025. Accessed August 2, 2025. https://complexdiscovery.com/buyers-guide/
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