FileLocator Pro vs Open Semantic Desktop Search
FileLocator Pro
mythicsoft.comOpen Semantic Desktop Search
opensemanticsearch.orgSide by side
| Figure | FileLocator Pro | Open Semantic Desktop Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 3 |
| Spec score · Desktop Search Software | 8.1 (#9) | 8.5 (#2) |
| File formats | It searches hundreds of formats, including PDF, Office documents, and compressed archives such as ZIP. | Supported content includes office documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, email, CSV, images, photos and video formats. |
| Intended users | The maker describes FileLocator Pro as search software for professionals and says its customers range from large corporations to private individuals. | The desktop virtual machine is described for single users, while the separate server installation is aimed at organizations and research teams. |
| Purpose | FileLocator Pro searches files to help users find information in source code, log files, legal briefs, and other documents. | Free open-source desktop search software for full-text search, exploratory search, text analytics and text mining across large document sets. |
| Search | The product supports multi-threaded searches, regular expressions, Boolean queries, network drives, and indexed or non-indexed searches. | Search supports operators including wildcards, Boolean AND/OR/NOT, and fuzzy search. |
Plans
FileLocator Pro
- Standard License$79, paid once
- Technician License$142, paid once
- Floating License$206, paid once
Open Semantic Desktop Search
- Open Semantic Desktop SearchFree
- Open Semantic Desktop SearchFree
- Open Semantic Search ServerPriced on request
In their own words
FileLocator Pro
FileLocator Pro has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Open Semantic Desktop Search
Open Semantic Desktop Search is free, open-source software for full-text and semantic search, text analytics and mining across large document sets. Its desktop edition comes as a virtual machine appliance for import into VirtualBox; configured shared folders point to documents, and indexing starts when the machine launches. Search supports wildcards, Boolean AND/OR/NOT and fuzzy matching. Multilingual semantic search uses a thesaurus to find synonyms, narrower terms and aliases, while stemming helps find other word forms. Interactive facets group metadata such as authors, organizations, people, dates, tags and document types. Previews can display PDFs, extracted text, table rows and images. Analysis tools include date charts, word clouds, word lists, network graphs and interactive maps. OCR can recognize text in images and scanned PDFs. Connectors include files, feeds, websites, SQL databases, MediaWiki and IMAP email. The desktop appliance is for a single user; a separate server installation is aimed at organizations and research teams. The multilingual virtual machine image is a 4 GB download, and the German desktop image is listed as coming soon.