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Relativity is offering up a new payment plan for its RelativityOne cloud-based e-discovery service, aimed at making the platform more in line with common SaaS and cloud services options.

The new pricing system will be what Relativity calls a "pay-as-you-go" model: paying for the software on a month-by-month basis rather than longer contracts such as a one or three-year subscription. The pay-as-you-go pricing will be based on the amount of data in the system and the users that are enabled to access RelativityOne. The prices for that data will change based on where the data is stored, said Nick Robertson, chief operating officer at Relativity. Similar to other RelativityOne pricing options, data stored in early case assessment functions or cold storage will be cheaper than active review.

The new payment model will go live on February 17. Changes to the company's flex commit model, which provides discounts of up to 25% from pay-as-you-go pricing, will occur on the same day.

This is the second straight year that Relativity has announced major changes to RelativityOne pricing at the beginning of the year. Last year, the company announced changes to how data is charged based on where it is stored, as well as offering a consumption-based pricing model where users and data would be reevaluated each month within those one or three-year subscriptions.

For this pricing change, said Robertson, increased flexibility similar to what customers receive with other enterprise SaaS platforms was the goal. "We are excited to announce our new pay-as-you-go pricing model in response to a lot of feedback we've gotten from our customers," he added in a press release. "It aligns with SaaS and cloud models frequently found outside of our industry and will make it easier for all of our customers to take advantage of RelativityOne."

2020 will continue to see change for Relativity. The company announced a full redesign of its user interface at October's Relativity Fest, and the "Aero" UI will be present at this year's Legalweek conference before a full release in the second half of the year. The announced RelativityOne Government service will also be rolling out later this year, following the completion of FedRAMP's In Process designation on January 6.