Comparison of enterprise search software

The following tables compare the major enterprise search software vendors in their classes.

General information

Productformerly k.a.VendorStable releaseUpdatePlatformsAPITarget CustomerSoftware LicenseOpen sourceMultilingual
ViaWorks VirtualWorks - ViaWorks VirtualWorks 2.7.3070 March 2017 Windows Server REST from small businesses to Enterprises.

Digital Transformation / Digital Workplace, Knowledge Management, Enterprise Search.

Subscription based, Seat license No, but incorporating Apache SolR Yes, plus entity extraction in 18 languages
Apache Solr N/A Apache Software Foundation[1] 7.7.0 February 2019 Windows, Linux REST From small business to enterprises.[2]

Analysts estimate number of organizations using Solr to be between about 12,000[3] and 23,000[4]

Apache 2.0YesYes
Lookeen Server[5]Lookeen ServerAxonic Informationssysteme GmbH1.3.1.1118April 2014Windows Server.NET??NoYes
intergatorintergator Enterprise Searchinterface projects GmbH5.5March 2018Windows Server, Linux ServerJava, Groovy, REST, XML/JSONEnterprise Search, Knowledge-Management, Content Analytics, Big Data, Intranet/Digital WorkplaceYesNoYes
Coveo Enterprise SearchCoveo PlatformCoveo Solutions Inc7.0February 6, 2014WindowsREST, SOAP, .NETWeb customer service, customer interaction hubs?NoYes, multilingual user interfaces
Endeca Guided Search?Oracle6.2.2March 2012??????
EXALEAD CloudView?Dassault SystèmesR2014July 2013Windows Server, Linux ServerPush API (PAPI)?YesNoYes,
125 languages supported
Datafari France Labs 4.4 Jan 2020 Linux Server (for prod), Windows (for test) REST Enterprise Search, Knowledge management, Big Data, BI, Analytics No for the open source community edition, Subscription based for the Enterprise Edition Yes Yes
FAST for SharePoint 2010 (F4SP)Fast Search & TransferMicrosoft2010 (SP1)?Windows Server, SharePoint.NET??No?
SharePoint 2013Fast Search & TransferMicrosoft2010 (SP1)?Windows Server, SharePoint.NET??No?
Google Search Appliance (GSA)?Google7.4March 2015?.NET, Java?No more licenses being sold?Yes
IBM Infosphere Data ExplorerVivisimo VelocityIBM????big data and analytics projects??Yes
Swiftype SearchSwiftypeSwiftype?September 2014Windows and Linux, MacOSREST APIswebsites and mobile applicationsNo??
Lucidworks FusionN/ALucidworks Inc.4.2.0March 2019Windows, Linux, MacOSREST APIsEnterprise search, Website Search, Mobile Applications, Online Retail, Knowledge Management, Customer Service, search-based data analyticsLicensed by CPU coresNoYes
Micro Focus IDOL[6].Micro Focus11March 2016Windows, HP-UX, Linux, SolarisSOAP, RESTbig data and analytics, Enterprise search, Video, Image or Audio analytics, Knowledge-Management, Info-GovernanceYes, licensed by volume. Starting on 250Gb of MetadataNoYes
Funnelback SearchPanoptic SearchFunnelback15.6June 2016SaaS Offering, Windows server, Linux serverRESTEnterprise search, website search, vertical searchDocument- and server-based licensingNoYes. Multi-lingual support includes indexing, querying and localised UIs
Perceptive Search/ISYSEnterprise ServerLexmark Perceptive Software4.2?Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS, HP-UX and AIXREST, SOAP???Yes
RAVN ConnectRAVN Systems3.3February 2014Windows Server, Linux ServerREST API??NoYes
Secure Enterprise Search (SES)?Oracle11.2.2.2January 2014Windows, Linux (Oracle, RedHat and SUSE, 32-bit and 64 bit), Solaris?????
Sinequa N/A Sinequa 11.2 November 2019 Windows, Linux REST, SOAP, .NET, Java API; JSON and XML Cognitive Search and Analytics for large enterprises - Enterprise Search, Expert Finder, 360 degree view, etc. Subscription-based No Yes. NLP native in 21 languages. Recognizes 100+ languages.
Syl Search N/A Syl Limited 3.3 March 2019 Linux REST Semantic Enterprise Search. Indexing file shares, enterprise applications, databases, XML, websites, cloud services, etc. Licensed by Volume No No
searchIT - Iphos IT Solutions 2.3 September 2020 Web Based, Cloud, SaaS ? Enterprise Search, Knowledge-Management, Content Analytics, Big Data, Intranet/Digital Workplace Subscription based ? Yes

Features

Content Collection & Indexing

This section compares the ability of the products to collect and index content, both textual and non textual, from different data source types and document types (formats).

Indexing and connectivity

This is about indexing pipeline tools and processes; included connectors, support for connectors, etc.

Web-based
DescriptionLookeen Server[7]HP IDOL[8]Coveo for Advanced Enterprise Search[9]Endeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerSwiftype SearchLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise Search[10]RAVN ConnectintergatorFunnelback Search Syl Search
HTTPFor crawling of Web servers.?YesYes?Yes YesYes Yes??Yes?YesYes??YesYesYesYes
HTTPSFor crawling of secured Web servers.?YesYes?Yes YesYes Yes??Yes?YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
XMLFor indexing any XML-compliant data source.?YesYes?Yes YesYes Yes??Yes?YesYes?YesYesYesYesYes
File-based
DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise SearchEndeca Guided Search 6.2.2Sinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN ConnectintergatorFunnelback Search Syl Search
Netware file systemsFor incremental indexing of Netware file systems.?Yes??? ?? ????????YesYesNoNo
Samba/Unix file systems?YesYes?Yes YesYes Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes
Windows file systems, Windows NT Filesystems (NTFS)YesYesYes?Yes YesYes Yes????Yes?YesYesYesYesYes
Archiving/Directory
DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise Search[11]Endeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN ConnectintergatorFunnelback Search Syl Search
LDAPFor indexing a company directory stored on a LDAP (v2 or v3) server.?YesYes?Yes YesYes Yes??Yes?Yes ??YesYesYesYes
Microsoft Active DirectorySupports Microsoft Active Directory.YesYesYes?Yes YesYes Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes
Symantec Enterprise Vault.YesYesYes?Yes Yes? ????????YesYesNoNo
Messaging
DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise SearchEndeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN Connectintergator Syl Search
Akonix.?Yes??? ?? ?????????? ?
Facetime.?Yes??? ?? ?????????? ?
IBM Lotus Connections.??Yes?Yes Yes? ????????YesYes ?
IMAPFor indexing e-mail messages and attached files stored on an IMAP server.YesYesYes?Yes YesYes Yes??????YesYesYesYes
IBM Lotus NotesFor indexing e-mail messages and attached files stored on a Lotus notes server.?YesYes?Yes YesYes
(trigram:CLN)
???Yes???YesYesYesYes
Microsoft ExchangeAbility to retrieve and index e-mail messages and attached files
(Mailboxes, Public Folders).
YesYesYes,
Exchange 2003/2007/2010/2013 Servers
?Yes YesYes
(trigram:CXG)
Yes??Yes
(via Adhere Solutions partner)
???Yes,
Exchange 2003 Servers
YesYesYes
Microsoft Exchange Online.Yes?Yes?Yes Yes. Yes (IMAP)???????YesYes ?
NNTPFor real-time indexing of Usenet news groups.????? ?Yes ?????????Yes ?
Gmail.??Yes?Yes ?. Yes???????YesYes ?
CMS, DMS & Social
DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOL[12]Coveo for Advanced Enterprise Search[13]Endeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN Connectintergator Syl Search
Alfresco.YesYesYes?Yes YesYes, but no native support Yes??Yes (via Incentro partner)?Yes??YesYesYes
EMC Documentum Server.?YesYes?Yes ?Yes
(trigram:CDO)
Yes??Yes???YesYesYesYes
IBM Content Manager.?Yes??Yes ?? ???Yes
(via Adhere Solutions partner)
????YesYesYes
IBM FileNet.?Yes??Yes ?? Yes (P8)??Yes
(via Adhere Solutions partner)
????YesYesYes
IBM WebSphere.?YesYes?Yes ?Yes, Informatica PowerCenter 9.x connectivity ???Yes (via Adhere Solutions partner)????YesYesYes
Jalios.????Yes ?Yes
(trigram:CJA)
?????????? ?
SharePoint.?YesYes?Yes YesYes
(trigram:CXG)
Yes??Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
Microsoft SharePoint Services
?Yes??YesYesYes
SharePoint Online.??Yes?Yes Yes? Yes???????YesYesYes
Dropbox.??Yes?Yes Yes? Yes????Yes??YesYesYes
Windows File Share.Yes?Yes?Yes Yes? Yes????Yes??YesYesYes
Google Docs.?YesYes?Yes Yes? Yes????Yes??YesYesYes
Jive.??Yes?Yes Yes? ?????Yes???Yes ?
Plumtree.??Yes?Yes ?? ?????No???Yes ?
Lithium.??Yes?? ?? ????????Yes? ?
Confluence.?YesYes?Yes Yes? Yes??Yes (via partner)?Yes???YesYes
Twitter.?YesYes?Yes ?? Yes????Yes??YesYesYes
Facebook.?Yes??Yes ?? No???????Yes?Yes
LinkedIn.?Yes??Yes ?? ????????Yes??
Databases
DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise Search[14]Endeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN ConnectintergatorFunnelback Search Syl Search
IBM DB2.?YesYes?Yes YesYes,
ETL:Informatica PowerCenter
DB2 for Linux
Yes??Yes?Yes??YesYesYes ?
JDBC?YesYes?Yes YesYes,
translates SQL database fields
into XML documents
than are then indexed together
with the document metadata
Yes??Yes?Yes??YesYesYesYes
Microsoft SQL Server.?YesYes?Yes YesYes,
ETL:Informatica PowerCenter
Yes??Yes?Yes??YesYesYesYes
MySQL.?YesYes?Yes Yes? Yes??Yes?Yes??YesYesYesYes
ODBC.?YesYes?Yes YesYes,
ETL:Informatica PowerCenter
Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes
Oracle RDBMS.?YesYes?Yes YesYes,
ETL:Informatica PowerCenter
Yes??Yes?Yes?YesYesYes? ?
Sybase.?Yes??Yes ?Yes,
ETL:Informatica PowerCenter
???Yes?Yes??YesYesNo ?
CRM, ERP, PLM, BI
DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise SearchEndeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search Appliance[15]IBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN Connectintergator Syl Search
Salesforce.?YesYes?Yes YesYes
(trigram:CSF)
Yes (via partner)??Yes (via partner)?Yes??Yes? ?
SAP.?Yes??Yes Custom? Yes???????YesYes ?
Siebel/Oracle.?YesYes?Yes ?Yes, ETL:Informatica ???????YesYesYes ?
Microsoft Dynamics.??Yes?? Yes? ????????YesYes ?
Business Object.?Yes??Yes ?? ???????YesYesYes ?
IBM Cognos.?Yes??? ?? ???????YesYesYes ?
Informatica PowerCenter.????? ?Yes
(trigram:CJA)
?????????? ?
MicroStrategy.?Yes??Yes ?? ???????Yes (via partners)?? ?
PTC Windchill.?Yes??Yes ?? ?????????Yes ?
ENOVIASupport for MatrixOne/Enovia data.?Yes??Yes ?Yes
(trigram:CEN)
???Yes (via partner)?????Yes ?
Miscellaneous
DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise SearchEndeca Guided Search 6.2.2Sinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN Connectintergator Syl Search
Jira.??Yes?? Yes? Yes????Yes???Yes ?
GitHub.????? Yes, custom? Yes????Yes???? ?
Slack.????? Yes? ?????Yes???? ?
Mantis.??Yes?? ?? Yes????????Yes ?
JD Edwards/OracleEnterpriseOne, World.?Yes??? ?Yes
ETL:Informatica PowerCenter
?????????? ?
PeopleSoft/Oracle.?Yes??? ?Yes
ETL:Informatica PowerCenter
?????????? ?

Supported Formats

File typeDescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise Search[16]Endeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView[17] DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN ConnectintergatorFunnelback Search Syl Search
Adobe PDFIncludes Adobe Acrobat or other PDF documents.YesYesYes,
Version 1.0 to 1.7
?Yes YesYes Yes????Yes?YesYesYesYesYes
Web pagesHTML, XHTML, etc.YesYes,
versions v.3, 4, 5
.asp, .aspx, .cgi, .col,
.dochtml, .dothtml, .fphtml,
.hta, .htm, .html, .jsp, .php,
.pothtml, .ppthtml, .shtm,
.shtml, .xlshtml
?Yes YesYes,
versions v.4.01 and above, and XHTML
Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes
XMLExtensible Markup Language (.xml)YesYesYes?Yes YesYes,
any DTD
Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes
TextRaw text.YesYes.ascx, .bat, .cmd, .config,
.csv, .dic, .exc, .inf, .ini,
.js, .jsl, .log, .nfo, .scp,
.sdl, .sln, .txt, .vbdproj,
.vbs, .vdp, .vdproj, .vjp,
.vjsproj, .vjsprojdata,
.wsdl, .wsf, .wtx, .xsd
ANSI, ASCII, Unicode
?Yes YesYes Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Excel Charts (.xls),
Microsoft Excel XML (.xlsx, .xltm, .xltx)
Others (.xlam, .xlb, .xlm, .xlsm)
YesYes
Version 5.0, 95(7.0), 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010.
Indexes Excel 2010 attachments.
YesYes YesYes Yes????Yes?YesYesYesYesYes
Microsoft WordMicrosoft Word (.doc)
Microsoft Word XML (.docx, .dotx, .dotm)
YesYes
for Mac, Windows (multiple versions)
Version 6.0, 6.0 (for MAC), 95 (7.0), 97, 98 (for MAC), 2000,
XP, 2003, 2007, 2010
Indexes Word 2010 attachments.
?Yes YesYes Yes????Yes?YesYesYesYesYes
Microsoft PowerPoint.pot, .potm, .potx, .ppam,
.pps, .ppsm, .ppsx, .ppt,
.pptm, .pptx
YesYesYes,
Indexes PowerPoint 2010 attachments.
?Yes YesYes Yes????Yes?YesYesYesYesYes
Microsoft AccessMDB?Yes??Yes Yes? Yes??????YesYesYesYesYes
Microsoft ProjectMPP?Yes??Yes Yes? ???????YesYesYesNoYes
Microsoft VisioVSD?Yes
(multiple versions)
??? Yes? ????????YesYesNoYes
Microsoft OutlookMessage, archives, and templates (.msg, .oft, .pst)YesYesYes?Yes Yes? Yes???????YesYesNoYes
MIME documentsMultipurpose Internet Mail Extension.YesYes,
Microsoft Outlook Express Mac and PC (multiple versions) (.eml)
.email, .eml, .ews, .mime
MIME converter available with CES 7.0.5935+
?Yes YesYes Yes???????YesYesNoYes
Sun StarOffice.????Yes Yes? ???????Yes?YesNoNo
Lotus 1-2-3.????Yes ?? ????????YesYesNoNo
Lotus Freehand.????? ?? ????????YesYesNoNo
Corel WordPerfectCorel WordPerfect Linux (.wps)
Corel WordPerfect Macintosh (.wps)
Corel WordPerfect Windows (.wo)
Corel WordPerfect Windows (.wpd)
?Yes??Yes YesYes,
version 6 and 7
Yes???????YesYesNoYes
Archive files.?7Z, DMG, HQX, BIZIP2, GZ, ISO, JAR,
EMX, BIN, BKF, CAB, LZH/LHA
ZIP, RAR, RTFD, TAR, Z, UUE
multiple versions.
??Yes YesRAR, ZIP Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes
RTFRich Text FormatYesYes,
multiple versions.
??Yes YesYes Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes
Image files
(text extraction)
Yes?Yes,
.bmp, .jpeg, .max, .pcx/.dcx,
.pdf, .png, .tiff, .tiff-fx
requires the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) module.
?Yes (via partner) Yes? Yes????Yes??YesYesNoNo
Images
(metadata extraction)
Creation of thumbnail.YesYes.bmp, .emf, .exif, .gif,
.icon, .jpeg, .png, .tiff,
.wmf
?Yes YesYes,
JPEG, PNG, GIF, PNG
Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes
Audio
(text extraction)
??.aif, .aifc, .aiff, .asf, .au,
.cda .mid, .midi, .mp1, .mp3,
.mpga, .rmi, .snd, .wav , .wma
Requires the Coveo Audio Video Search (CAVS) module.
?Yes (via partner) ?? Yes (via partner)???????YesYesNoNo
Audio (metadata)Creation of thumbnail.????Yes YesYes,
MP3, OGG.
Yes???????YesYesYesYes
Video?.264, video/3gpp, .3mm, .4mp ...
.avi, .m1v, .mov, .mp2, ...
.avi, .m1v, .mov, .mp2, .mp2v,
.mpa, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2 .qt,
.rec, .rm, .rnx, .wm, .wmv
Requires the Coveo Audio Video Search (CAVS) module.
?Yes (via partner) ?? Yes (metadata), content via partner???????YesYesYes. Metadata extraction.Yes. Metadata extraction.
MacroMedia Flash.????Yes,
MacroMedia Flash text section and hypertext links
Yes? Yes????????YesNoNo
Autovue 2D & 3D CAD files.????? Yes? ???????Yes,
Open CAD files directly inside Autovue
?YesNoNo
AutoCAD DrawingAutoCAD Drawing (DWF), AutoCAD Drawing Exchange (DXF)?Yes,
(multiple versions)
??Yes YesYes Yes (via partner)???????YesYesNoYes
CATIA versions 4 and 5Drawing document (CATDrawing), Part document (CATPart),
Assembly document (CATProduct), Model (V4 only)
?Yes??? ?Yes,
any 5 version
?????????YesNoNo
SolidWorks v1Drawing (.slddrw), Assembly (.sldasm),
Part (.sldprt)
?Yes??? ?Yes,
2003 to 2013 releases
????????YesYesNoNo
Pro/ENGINEERPart (.prt), Assembly (.asm)????? ?Yes,
any release from R16 to 2001, from WF1 to WF5
?????????YesNoNo
CAD Open formats.????? YesYes,
IGES version 5.2 and 5.3, STEP-File
Yes (metadata from the DWG CAD format)???????YesYesYes. Metadata from DWG CADYes. Metadata from DWG CAD

Text Analytics

LinguisticsDescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise SearchEndeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search Appliance[18]IBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise Search[19]RAVN ConnectintergatorFunnelback Search Syl Search
Language detectionAbility to identify the languages at indexing time.?YesYes?Yes ?Yes YesYesYesYes?Yes??YesYesYes ?
Synonyms/stemmingAbility to treat as synonyms variations of keywords.??Yes?Yes YesYes YesYes?Yes?Yes??YesYesYesYes
Named Entity ExtractionAbility to automatically extract entities such as persons, locations and organizations from indexed content.?Yes
named "Eduction"
Yes?Yes YesYes YesYesYesYes?YesYes?Yes
With automatic entity linking
YesYesYes
Stop wordsAbility to exclude stop words (e.g. 'an', 'the') in order to improve relevance.YesYesYesYesYes Yes? Yes??Yes?Yes??YesYesYesYes

Audio & Video Analytics

MultimediaDescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise SearchEndeca Guided Search 6.2.2Sinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN Connectintergator Syl Search
Audio analyticsAbility to understand topics being discussed, genders and emotional tones of speech, music, etc.????Yes (via partner) ?? Yes (via partner)No??????Yes
speech, topics, music, keyword spotting
? ?
Video analyticsAbility to understand the content of the video without relying on metadata (e.g. key framing, facial identification, logo recognition, etc.)?Yes??Yes (via partner) ?? Yes (via partner)No??????Yes? ?
Image analyticsAbility to detect patterns in image (e.g. faces, bodies, gender, age range, expression, etc.)?Yes??Yes (via partner) Yes? Yes (via partner)????????Yes ?

Search Experience

This section compares the ability of the products to :

  • Enable the user to enter and execute the query
  • Present the data to the user within seconds after the query is parsed and processed so that the user can find what he seeks quickly and act on it.

Search Language

Query ParserDescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise Search[20]Endeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN Connect[21]intergatorFunnelback Search [22] Syl Search
Wildcard searchDoes the system use the asterisk ("*") and question mark ("?") character as a wildcard?Yes?Yes?Yes Yes? Yes??Yes?Yes?YesYesYesYesYes
Fuzzy searchDoes the system offer phonetic and approximate spelling search? (distinctions of syntax and semantics)??Yes?Yes YesYes Yes????Yes?YesYesYesYesYes
Exact phrase searchDoes the system enable to find words as a phrase?YesYesYes?Yes Yes? Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes
Proximity searchSupport for advanced proximity operators - NEAR, BEFORE, AFTER.??Yes?? Yes? Yes????Yes??YesYesYes ?
Range searchAbility to match all terms which are lexically between square brackets ("[]") and curly braces ("{}").????Yes Yes? Yes????Yes??YesYesYes ?
Boosting a termAutomatic bigram and trigram relevancy boosting.??Yes?? ?? Yes????Yes??YesYesYes ?
Boolean searchDoes the system interprets Boolean operators?YesYesYes?Yes Yes? Yes????Yes?YesYesYesYesYes
Graph searchDoes the system keep relationships between fields and allows searching for them (while enabling full-text search)?????? ?? ????????YesYesNo ?
Search Query

This is the process of searching (querying).

DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise Search[23]Endeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN ConnectintergatorFunnelback Search Syl Search
Auto-completeDoes the system provide an automatic query guidance in the search box while typing??YesYes?Yes YesYes YesYesYesYes?Yes?YesYesYesYes[24]Yes
Spell-checkingDoes the system checks if the words in the query are spelled correctly and suggest corrections??YesYes?Yes YesYes Yes??Yes?Yes?YesYesYesYes [25]Yes
Federated searchThe ability to send the same query simultaneously to several searchable sources.YesYesYes?Yes Yes? YesYes?YesYes?YesYesYesYesYes[26]Yes
Advanced search pageDoes the system allow users to perform complex and sophisticated queries?Yes?Yes?Yes ?Yes Yes??Yes?Yes?YesYesYesYesYes
Result-list

This is the process of scanning the content of any document directly from the result lists.

DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOL[27]Coveo for Advanced Enterprise Search[28]Endeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search Appliance[29]IBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN Connectintergator Syl Search
Relevance rankingAbility to find the highest quality and most relevant documents and bring them to the top of a search results list.??Yes?Yes YesYes YesYesYesYes
Google Site Search factors in more than 100 variables
for each query
?YesYes?YesYesYes
Find similarAbility to find similar links.Yes???Yes ?? Yes????Yes??YesYesYes
Hit highlightingAbility to highlight query key terms within the document in search result.YesYesYes?Yes YesYes YesNoNoYes?Yes?YesYesYesYes
Summarization
(view as HTML)
Does the system offer content preview in the search result, so that users can judge relevance of results?YesYesYes?Yes YesYes Yes*only available for Office file types (Powerpoint, Excel, Visio, etc.)PartialYes
converts over 220 file formats into HTML
???YesYesYesYes
Does the system enable to copy/paste from within the preview?Yes?Yes?Yes YesYes YesNoNoYes????YesYesYes
Thumbnails and previewAbility to generate thumbnails for a large amount of different file types.?Yes
100+ doc types
Yes?Yes YesYes, but low resolution for CATProducts
no thumbnails for Pro/E assemblies
Yes*only available for Office file types (.DOCx, .PPTx)
First page thumbnail preview
Partial?????YesYesYes
Full document graphical previewAbility to access the content of any document without having to open a windows client application.????Yes YesYes
regardless of the file's original application
Yes*only available for PowerPoint file typesYes?????Yes
Asynchronous loading
YesYes
Document comparisonAbility to compare.?Yes
for version management, signature identification, among other features
??Yes ?Yes ????????YesYesYes
ClusteringAbility to dynamically organize search results into groups.?Yes??Yes ?Yes Yes??Yes
group search results by topic
?Yes??YesYesYes
Sort by fieldsAbility to sort all results by order of date or other attribute.Yes?YesYesYes ?Yes Yes??Yes?Yes?Yes,
"hard sort"
YesYesYes

Faceted Navigation

This is the process of browsing the content by narrowing search results quickly in clicking filters that refine results based on related categories, so that users extract more meaning and insight from the content.

FacetsDescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise Search[30]Endeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN Connectintergator Syl Search
Multiple filtersDoes the system enable the user to filter results in selecting multiple facet values?Yes?Yes?Yes YesYes Yes????YesYes?YesYesYes
Facet values and countsAbility to display the term and the number of documents containing that term in the search results.Yes?Yes?Yes YesYes Yes????Yes?YesYesYesYes
Hierarchical- and range facets.??Yes?Yes ?Yes Yes????Yes?YesYesYesYes
Date, number and string typesAbility to filter by date/time, number and string data types.Yes?Yes?Yes Yes? YesYes???Yes?YesYesYesYes

Social and collaborative

This is the process of asking social network.

DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise SearchEndeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010[31]SharePoint 2013[32]Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive Search[33]Secure Enterprise SearchRAVN ConnectintergatorFunnelback Search Syl Search
Search result taggingAbility to improve relevancy by creating or adding existing tags.??Yes?Yes YesYes NoYes?????YesYes
Real time
YesNo. Deprecated in v14.0.1 ?
Tag searchingAbility to search for a tag.??Yes?Yes ?Yes Yes??????YesYesYesYes ?
Personalization/ Audience targetingAbility to deliver more accurate targeted results.?Yes,
browse histories, content contributors, and interactions, etc
Yes?Yes Yes? YesYes?Yes,
source, date, metadata and entities biaising
?YesYes?YesYesYesYes
Expertise locationAbility to find experts in users organization by searching on related keywords.?YesYes?Yes YesYes
with SDK
Yes??Yes?Yes??YesYesYesYes
Saved searchAbility to save searches.Yes?Yes?Yes YesYes
with SDK
YesNoNo?Yes?Yes?YesYesYesYes
Saved alertsAbility to save alerts in order to notified when new content matching your queries has been added to the system.????Yes ?? Yes?No??Yes??YesYesNoYes
Saved RSS feedsAbility to save RSS feeds.??Yes?Yes ?? No?No?????YesYesYes No

Mobile support

DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise SearchEndeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView Datafari ! FAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN ConnectintergatorFunnelback Search Syl Search
Mobile searchDoes the system support mobile device access and search?Yes?Yes?Yes YesYes Yes?Yes[34]??No??YesYesYesYes
Mobile UIDoes the system detect the user device (desktop, smartphone, tablet, etc.) and adapt itself based on it???Yes?Yes Yes? Yes???????YesYesYes. Admin UI and Default Public UI use responsive designs.Yes
GeolocationDoes the system enable from the end-user's geolocation to provide additional context to filter???Yes?Yes ?? Yes???????Yes?Yes No
CompatibilityIs the system compatible with iOS.??Yes?Yes Yes? Yes????????YesYesYes
Is the system compatible with Android???Yes?Yes ?? Yes????????YesYesYes
Is the system compatible with Windows Phone???Yes?Yes ?? ?????????Yes??

Administration & Architecture

This section compares the flexibility in the underlying architecture, application development, the scalability and the administrative services of the products.

Management & Search analytics

This table is about the ability to report on usage and activity (most popular queries, documents not found, etc.)

Search analyticsDescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise SearchEndeca Guided Search[35]Sinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN ConnectintergatorFunnelback Search Syl Search
Web based administration interfaces
(HTML)
.??YesYesYes Yes? Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes
Search statisticsDoes the system collect search statistics???Yes?Yes Yes? YesYes???Yes?YesYesYesYesYes
Search reportsDoes the system enable to report search statistics???YesYesYes Yes? YesYes???Yes?Yes,
most popular queries
YesYesYesYes
Portal usage reportsDoes the system enable to report on portal usage????Yes,
popular navigation
Yes YesYes
with SDK
?No??????YesYesNoYes
Document storage reports.??Yes?Yes Yes? YesNo?????Yes,
for documents not found
?YesYesYes
Custom reports.????Yes YesYes
with SDK
YesNo???Yes??YesYesYesYes
Click ScoringAbility to improve relevancy by enabling to track which results are most often clicked.????Yes ?? Yes????Yes??YesYesYesYes

Interface flexibility

This is about tools to customize the interface, so that it adds value to any industry or business process.

DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise SearchEndeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN ConnectintergatorFunnelback Search Syl Search
Standard based open interfaceDoes the system support all client platforms??Yes,
HTTP and XML/JSON
?YesYes Yes? Yes????Yes,
XML, JSON and HTTP
??YesYesYes. HTML, JSON, XML, RSS and OpenSearch. ?
Page Layout HelperAbility to change easily to global attributes (logo, fonts, header, and footer) and to the look of the Search Box and Search Results.????Yes Not from UI, but by changing AngularJS template? YesNo, action menu on search results not configurable?Yes?Yes??YesYesNoYes
Stylesheet editorAbility to make more extensive changes using XSLT stylesheet.??Yes?Yes ?Yes
Full customization with CSS or Java API & XML
Yes YesYes?Yes
XSLT stylesheet editor
?Yes?YesYesYes. Full results customisation via FreeMarker[36] and CSS/JS. Cached copies of XML templated via XSLT[37]No

Scalability

DescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise Search[38]Endeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN Connectintergator Syl Search
Index capacityHow many total documents can be indexed into the system?up to 10 Million???No limit; Over 200 Million in production No known limit? No limit, horizontal scalabilityUp to 100 MillionUp to 100 Million??No determined limit; over several hundred million??Scalable to billionsScalable to billions No determined limit; over several hundred million
Indexing rateHow rapidly documents can be added or reprocessed into the index?real time???? ? - Depends on documents fed? Depends on setup and hardware???????per requirement, scalable? Depends on setup and hardware
Query-processing speedHow many queries per second (QPS) the engine can process??2,000
across all indexed data with sub-second response times
??? ? - Can be scaled? Depends on setup and hardware????No determined limit ?scalableDepands on the datasource. (sub)-second times Scalable

Platform readiness

Search analyticsDescriptionLookeen ServerHP IDOLCoveo for Advanced Enterprise SearchEndeca Guided SearchSinequa Enterprise Search VirtualWorks - ViaWorksEXALEAD CloudView DatafariFAST for SharePoint 2010SharePoint 2013Google Search ApplianceIBM Infosphere Data ExplorerLucidworks FusionPerceptive SearchSecure Enterprise SearchRAVN Connectintergator Syl Search
General system requirementMinimum of available disk space.100 MB???? 3 GB25 GB ????????10 GB25 GB 10 GB
Minimum RAM.8GB???? 8 GB8 GB ????????8 GB4 GB 16 GB
Hard drives to store the data files.????? Could be anything. The faster the better.SCSI, SAS, SAN, over FC or SSD disks
(as opposed to SATA disks)
????????optimised for throughput
SCSI, SAS, SAN
SCSI, SAS, SAN, SSD, HDD SCSI, SAS, SAN, SSD, HDD

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  37. Scalability
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