dtSearch Desktop vs Recoll
dtSearch Desktop
dtsearch.comRecoll
recoll.orgSide by side
| Figure | dtSearch Desktop | Recoll |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $102.08/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · Desktop Search Software | 8.2 (#6) | 8.4 (#4) |
| Purpose | dtSearch Desktop provides instant searching of desktop-accessible files. | Recoll is desktop full-text search software that finds documents by their contents and file names. |
| Search features | The product line offers more than 25 full-text and metadata search features, including federated search, relevancy ranking, multicolor hit highlighting, and forensics-oriented options. | Search supports Boolean queries, phrases, proximity, wildcards, and filters by file type and directory tree. |
| Support | A Desktop license includes technical support for one year to a single point of contact in the licensee organization. | Users can report problems through the issue tracker, mailing list, or direct email. |
Plans
dtSearch Desktop
- dtSearch Desktop — single user license$249, paid once
- dtSearch Desktop — annual single individual user “investigative” license$1,225 a year
Recoll
- LinuxFree
- Recoll (Linux and source)Free
- Recoll for WindowsPriced on request
- Windows binaryPriced on request
In their own words
dtSearch Desktop
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Recoll
Recoll is free desktop search software that finds documents by their contents and file names. It indexes many common document formats and compressed files, including email attachments nested inside archives. Search supports Boolean queries, phrases, proximity, wildcards, and filters for file type or directory tree. Indexing can run periodically as a batch job or continuously for real-time updates. Users can search through a Qt desktop interface, a web browser, the command line, GNOME Shell, KDE KIO, or KRunner; the browser interface queries a Recoll index. A Python 3 extension can query or update that index. Recoll can index PDF attachments and annotations, extract custom XMP metadata, and apply OCR to image-only PDFs using Tesseract or ABBYY FineReader. It supports multiple languages and UTF-8, and users can choose a stemming language at query time. Linux and source are free under the GPL. A contribution is requested for the Windows binary, but no amount is stated. Some formats on Linux and macOS need external applications or libraries, and the Windows port lacks some features, including multithreaded execution.