PowerGREP vs Recoll
PowerGREP
powergrep.comRecoll
recoll.orgSide by side
| Figure | PowerGREP | Recoll |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | 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 | 8 | 4 |
| Spec score · Desktop Search Software | 7.6 (#22) | 8.4 (#4) |
| Purpose | PowerGREP searches files and folders on a PC or network and supports searching and replacing text, binary data, and regular expressions. | Recoll is desktop full-text search software that finds documents by their contents and file names. |
| Support | Purchased licenses include email technical support for installation and use, but support does not cover learning or using regular expressions. | Users can report problems through the issue tracker, mailing list, or direct email. |
Plans
PowerGREP
- PowerGREP single user license£119, paid once
- PowerGREP 5-user license£479, paid once
- PowerGREP 10-user license£839, paid once
- PowerGREP 20-user license£1,479, paid once
- PowerGREP 30-user license£1,949, paid once
- PowerGREP 50-user license£2,799, paid once
- PowerGREP 75-user license£3,599, paid once
- PowerGREP 100-user license£4,299, paid once
Recoll
- LinuxFree
- Recoll (Linux and source)Free
- Recoll for WindowsPriced on request
- Windows binaryPriced on request
In their own words
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.