Cimplifi Launches Browser-Based File Viewer

Cimplifi's new Viewer lets users review large document productions in the browser without downloading them first.

Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Remote Work

Photograph of sealed kraft archive boxes on a concrete ledge, one open, with a distant New York City tower in soft overcast light. — Cimplifi launched Viewer, a browser-based tool that lets users review large document productions without downloading them first, within its CI Transfer platform. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

Cimplifi released Viewer, a browser-based file review capability inside CI Transfer, allowing users to open and review files without downloading them. The tool supports PDF, TIFF and other image files, extracted text, ZIP files, and DAT load files.

Why it matters

Validating a production previously required downloading it locally first, which added storage, security, and data management burdens. Viewer lets users inspect incoming third-party data where it sits, including in Relativity aiR Staging Area.

Viewer is described as capable of handling productions of millions of files and terabytes of data inside CI Transfer. No baseline or prior-version comparison was disclosed, and independent performance benchmarks were not provided.

The players

Cimplifi

Cimplifi is a litigation and legal data technology company that is a System One company and holds ISO 27001 certification and a SOC 2 audit.

The details

Viewer renders gigabyte-size load files in highlighted or tabular views and lets users preview ZIP file contents before processing or loading. Cimplifi, a System One company, is ISO 27001 certified and SOC 2 audited.

• November 4, 2026: Cimplifi announced the release of Viewer within CI Transfer.

Roadmap

Browser-based review tools are part of a broader shift in legal technology toward reducing local downloads and keeping sensitive data in secure, centralized environments. Viewer fits this trend by letting reviewers inspect productions in place within existing e-discovery platforms.

Legal teams and reviewers can open and check productions in a browser without waiting for downloads or managing local copies. This can reduce storage demands and the security risks of handling large data sets on individual machines.

The takeaway

Browser-based review lets professionals work with sensitive files from anywhere without moving them onto local devices. Teams weighing remote e-discovery workflows should look at where data is stored and how it is accessed.