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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Copernic Desktop Search ## What is Copernic Desktop Search? Provides companies with the means of finding the right information wherever it is located, inside or outside the organization. ## What is Copernic Desktop Search used for? [Portal](https://www.capterra.com/portal-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 14 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $1.67 Flat Rate, Per Month Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... 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[4.7 (1,055)](https://www.capterra.com/p/179015/OnBoard-Board-Portal/reviews/) Starting Price $1.67 Flat Rate, Per Month Starting Price Contact vendor Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 3.7 (14) Ease Of Use 4.6 (89) Value For Money 2.8 (12) Value For Money 4.6 (84) Customer Service 2.0 (10) Customer Service 4.8 (87) ## Copernic Desktop Search alternatives [4.8 (49)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10019610/Motion-io/reviews/) Starting price $49.00 Per User, Per Month [4.4 (127)](https://www.capterra.com/p/151082/BoardEffect/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing [HulerHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/230087/Huler-Hub/) [4.9 (89)](https://www.capterra.com/p/230087/Huler-Hub/reviews/) Starting price $3.00 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/230087/Huler-Hub/) Highest Rated [kitchen.co](https://www.capterra.com/p/10013202/kitchen-co/) [4.9 (118)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10013202/kitchen-co/reviews/) Starting price $29.00 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/10013202/kitchen-co/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/9020/Copernic-Desktop-Search/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Search/Filter 2.5 (2) 150.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria Activity Dashboard 1.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Archiving & Retention 1.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Moving and separately storing data that is not actively used or continuous storage of data for compliance purposes Document Management 1.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location File Sharing Public or private sharing of digital files such as documents, audio/video, images, and more Self Service Portal Online portal through which end users can access the system, manage tasks, or obtain information Copernic Desktop Search 6 features Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Moving and separately storing data that is not actively used or continuous storage of data for compliance purposes Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location Public or private sharing of digital files such as documents, audio/video, images, and more Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria Online portal through which end users can access the system, manage tasks, or obtain information Features 3.4 (14) 3.4 Based on 14 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 2.8 (12) Free Trial Free Version [View pricing plan details](https://www.capterra.com/p/9020/Copernic-Desktop-Search/pricing/) Basic $1.67 Flat Rate,Per Month It includes: - 150 Files Supported - Adobe PDF Files - Microsoft Outlook - Office Suite - Windows Media Advanced $2.71 Flat Rate,Per Month It includes: - 150 Files Supported - Adobe PDF Files - Cloud - Corel Wordperfect - IBM Notes - Microsoft Outlook - Microsoft Outlook 365 - Office Suite - Thunderbird and Eudora - Windows Media Elite $6.29 Flat Rate,Per Month It includes: - 150 Files Supported - Adobe PDF Files - Adobe Photoshop Files - Autodesk Autocad - Cloud - Corel Wordperfect - IBM Notes - Image Text Recognition - Microsoft Outlook - Microsoft Outlook 365 - Microsoft Visio - Office Suite - Thunderbird and Eudora - Windows Media Value for money 2.8 (12) 2.8 Based on 12 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 2.0 (10) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 2.0 (10) 2.0 Based on 10 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 3.4 Based on 14 reviews Filter by rating 5(4) 4(4) 3(2) 2(1) 1(3) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent AU Anonymous User co-founder Research ### "Peu peut être convenir pour de petits volumes de données mais pas pour des pro !" 1.0 Overall Rating 1.0 1.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 1.0 1.0 Customer Service 2.0 2.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 August 24, 2025 depuis quelques temps, si je laisse cocher l'onglet voir l'indexation mon system génère régulièrement un écran bleu. Si je fais une recherche Copernic plante J'ai contacté le SAV pour signalé qu'il n'y avait pas de système de sauvegarde automatique de l'indexe. Car j'ai 50 To de diskqs à indexer. On m'a répondu que je devais sauvegarder moi même. Merci mais j'attendais au moins que l'on me dise la fonction n'existe pas je transmet votre demande au service concerné ??? Bref je suis sous l'impression que Copernioc vit sur sa renommée et que son produit ne correspond plus du tout a ce qu'elle était. Conclusion je désinstale definitivement et j'oublie Copernic ! Pros la recherche dans les documents mêmes et non seulement dnas les noms de ficihers. Est censé foncrtionné poru de gros volumes ??? Cons pas de sauvegarde automatique de l'indexe ce qui oblige à le faire soit même. C'est dommage qu'une fonctionalité si simple ne soit pas intégré ? Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. HF Henry F. Recruiting Mgr Information Technology and Services ### "Close to fantastic but missing the obvious easy fix" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 2.0 2.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 July 21, 2023 Searching multiple sources is great, and we rely on tools like this, but since they upgraded from version 5 they eliminated showing all the keywords at the same time, so I am looking for alternative products. It's too bad too, since I have been using it for over 10yrs. One other comment. I read that their customer service is rated poorly, but I have NEVER waited more than a day to get something resolved. Pros Very useful for searching large quantities of resumes in our case. Ways to search and organize results are nicely execited. Saving and updating search results work great. Once indexed, it is lightning fast. Quicker than opening the actual file. Cons Great product if they change these 2 major flaws:1. Rather than show all keywords highlighted in the results window document (like the rest of the world does), they chose to show only the keyword selected. So in order to see all the keywords in a resume i.e. one must select each keyword from the drop down, then the next one and so on. This is an easy feature fix, I hope they see the importance soon.2. The indexing could easily start with the most current "create or modfy date" but instead it it re-indexing everything that gets indexed over and over each time, even though the file has not changed. This is not very efficient for the user who has to wait longer than needed to see new files ie. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. EL Ecio L. Partner Management Consulting ### "An excellent product with no support or respect for its users" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 2.0 2.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 July 15, 2021 As the product became unusable after a couple of days and there is no support it was a waste of time and money! Pros It does well what is advertised... I would be happy if I could use it! Cons No support what so ever: they apparently don't exist since every mail or support ticket are not answered. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Sandor S. Writer Writing and Editing ### "Copernic Poor Tech Support, Poor Recovery - There is a better choice." 2.0 Overall Rating 2.0 2.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 May 7, 2021 The software is ok. The index size is large and re indexing can take a long time. The real problems are when the software fails. You have to rebuild any custom setttings, and index everything again. There tech support is slow if they do respond and in several instances I have had to request support several times. If you are dependent on their software this can be a problem. Pros I liked the software because it allows me to easily search for documents. videos and audio production files. Cons I have owned Copernic Desktop for several years. It has two major problems. If Copernic crashes there is no way of recovering its settings and after you rebuild your settings you must re index. Rebuilding the settings can take time if you have added file types and changed update times. Also, when your index is large it can take many hours to rebuild. Unfortunately, Copernic has not added a recovery feature (even the ability to store current settings) after several years of customer requests. Coperninc's tech support is horrific. It takes a minimum of three days for them to answer. One week ago I had a system crash and had to rebuild the system. My Copernic license key was not accepted and I contacted Copernic for help. I still have not heard from Copernic. I did some research and installed Agent Ransack. It is quick, does not create a large index unless you wish and their tech support replies in a few hours rather than days. It costs more than Copernic, but I believe the cost is worth it based on the quality and speed of the product and their tech response time. They have a free version and I recommend if you want reliability and good tech support try them Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MM MARIA M. Office Manager / Lead Paralegal Legal Services ### "Where have you been all my work life?" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 3, 2021 It has become one of the most useful tools in finding items that were done prior to my employment or from years past. Pros The search of not only documents but e-mails is quick and efficient. I only need to come up with 3 to 4 unique words and I get my document. Cons Having to put the unique words (identifiers) in order of priority because the search window allows visualization based on placement within search engine. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. BC Bert C. CTO Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing ### "Now became completely useless, waste of time, waste of money. After 12+ years of use." 1.0 Overall Rating 1.0 1.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 2.0 2.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 1/10 February 6, 2021 I need to search local files by name and contents, which quick contents preview. Pros On the paper, it offers key functions that I need : file search by name \_and\_ by contents, a quick preview. I have been using CDS for more than 12 years. Cons It now has recurrent indexing problems on basic things. I use it only to index local files (I have 20+ years of files). The current Indexer is unfortunately completely buggy. After reindexing from scratch (many hours of work using highest priority), it finds the expected files. After a while (no more than a couple of weeks) it only finds a few files. Older version didn't have this problem. I just reported (again) the situation : using a a small string in the file name find 6 files while Windows 10 find 20 files matching this string. Conclusion : it is a DANGEROUS tool (and indeed VERY frustrating). You may think you lost files while it's just a very buggy indexer. It is frustrating because there are very few tools who offer speedy search, contents indexing and preview. Moreover, this tool is EXPENSIVE. If you want it on your home desktop, your laptop, and your office desktop, you'll have to buy three licenses :-( for a basically unsuable program. How frustrating. Reasons for choosing Copernic Desktop Search I failed to locate viable alternatives. Windows search is slow and UI isn't very efficient. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. BM Bruno M. Senior Accelerator Physicist Think Tanks ### "Very poor customer support for an excellent product" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 May 9, 2020 Probably the worst customer support I have ever encountered. Pros The search is fantastic and probably the best search engine I know. It goes through every single document to find all the words etc. It makes proper filing of downloaded files obsolete to a large extent because you can find anything on your computer with this search engine. Cons I had installed CDS many years ago, when they first came out. I started with the free version and then upgraded because I thought it was simply fantastic. After that, I had to change laptops and was unable to use it because it would not instal properly, however, I still had the license number for it. Recently, I had to change laptops again and gave it another try. Somehow it still did not work. I then contacted customer support almost three weeks ago. I am still waiting for an answer from them today ... Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. BM Beth M. Managing Partner Airlines/Aviation ### "Inexpensive destop search - but can really slow down processing times" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 2.0 2.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 6/10 July 29, 2019 Pros Searches in the background, by file type, with some control over what you do and do not wish to scan. Once everything is indexed, response times are fairly quick. Very good value for the price, especially if you don't need 100% accuracy with PDF files. Cons Indexing can really slow down processing times, even when it's set to run in a minimally intrusive way in the background. We had problems with false positives and false negatives - ie: thinking something was there, then when you went to look it wasn't the thing, and also missing strings that were clearly there. This was mostly a problem with scanning OCR'd PDF files. The OCR may be the problem, but other products come with a better OCR product included. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Malcolm K. Editor Health, Wellness and Fitness ### "Copernic is much better than the old Google Desktop " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 2.0 2.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 May 8, 2019 I had used Google Desktop successfully for many years in my business despite it being discontinued some time ago. Recently, it stopped working and I was forced to look for an alternative desktop search program. I run a media monitoring business and it is essential that earlier articles or sections thereof that have appeared in my prior reports are not repeated. Google Desktop was used to perform that checking task. After evaluating several options, I finally selected Copernic and it is now in daily use and works much better than the old Google Desktop. It has many advantages but also challenges. The company did not offer a trial, so it had to be purchased and then evaluated. The cost was reasonable so that was acceptable. It was difficult to set up compared to Google Desktop, but then again, perhaps my computer skills or lack thereof, was the problem! The indexing process was rapid, and I could readily identify the specific USB flash drive which needed to be searched. This had been a difficult task with Google Desktop. Copernic stopped working every few days and had to be re-indexed. I finally found out that this was my fault, as I had set up the indexing process not entirely correctly. This had never happened with Google and the indexing was simple never gave problems. I attempted to install Copernic on my second computer, but to my surprise discovered that the license was per computer. Pros The search results are rapid, accurate and comprehensive. The search findings are presented in date order, and useful search options are offered. I could readily set up the specific USB flash drive which needed to be searched. I do need my entire hard drive to be searched. Reasonable cost. It also updates regularly and easily. Cons Difficult to install and index and this was a long learning curve! A trial is not offered. The license is per computer. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. BD Bo D. Owner Translation and Localization ### "Atrocious customer support" 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 February 12, 2019 I have a nonworking license file and customer support has done nothing to help. Dead silence! Pros It works well, when it does, but it suddenly failed and has not worked since, despite new install. Cons Unresponsive customer support. I have pointed out numerous times that the license files does not work. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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