Ambar Alternatives

Ambar is described as 'Smart documents archive with automated crawling, OCR, deduplication and ultra-fast full-text search. Imagine having billion of files in different formats like xls, doc, txt, pdf, ppt, etc..., in any encoding' and is an app in the online services category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Ambar for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Ambar alternative is Apache Solr, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ambar are dtsearch, Mayan EDMS, ArchiveKeep and PDF Search.

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  1. Apache Solr icon

    Apache Solr

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    Solr is an open source enterprise search server based on Lucene search library, with XML/HTTP and JSON APIs. Its major features include powerful full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, dynamic clustering, database integration, and rich document handling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Azure
    The Velocity Search UI
     
  2. dtsearch icon

    dtsearch

     9 likes

    dtSearch - The Smart Choice for Text Retrieval since 1991.

    12 dtsearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Web setup
     
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    Deep document parsing e.g. a zipped Powerpoint with an embedded Excel sheet

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    • dtsearch is Paid and ProprietaryAmbar is Freemium and Open Source
  4. Mayan EDMS icon

    Mayan EDMS

     13 likes

    Document management without the headaches.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Mayan EDMS screenshot 1
     
  5. ArchiveKeep icon

    ArchiveKeep

     1 like

    Keep your files archived on multiple places, in a reliable and simple way.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    ArchiveKeep screenshot 1
     
  6. PDF Search icon

    PDF Search

     4 likes

    PDF Search is an app to search multiple documents insanely fast. It enables you to find any information in seconds within lots of documents. It uses its AI-powered algorithm to detect the best related pages. Just search your documents, reference books or notes using PDF Search.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    PDF Search screenshot 1
     
  7. Paperless-home icon

    Paperless-home

     14 likes

    Paperless-home is a hosting provider for paperless-ngx, your digital document archive that automatically organizes all your documents based on their content.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Documents overview
     
  9. OpenKM icon

    OpenKM

     14 likes

    OpenKM is a management solution that allows businesses to control the production, storage, management and distribution of electronic documents, yielding greater effectiveness and the ability to reuse information and to control flow of the documents.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
    OpenKM screenshot 1
     
  10. Search Text In Files icon

    Search Text In Files

     1 like

    Search Text In Files is an easy-to-use file search application for your computer. Search through plain-text files and PDF files using simple queries and this tool will quickly list the requested files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Search Text In Files screenshot 1
     
  11. OpenSearchServer icon

    OpenSearchServer

     5 likes

    OpenSearchServer is an open source application server allowing development of index-based applications like search engines. Main features of OpenSearchServer are : An integrated crawler for databases, web pages and rich documents; a user friendly GUI allowing development of most...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  13. Azure AI Search icon

    Azure AI Search

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    Simplify how agents connect to enterprise data. Build high-impact AI apps with one centralized solution for agentic retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Azure
    Azure AI Search screenshot 1
     
  14. PDF to Text icon

    PDF to Text

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    PDF to Text is used to quickly convert PDF documents to plain text files in batch mode. It works without Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader, and has Command Line Interface (CLI), fast and accurate conversion ability, friendly GUI, small size.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PDF to Text screenshot 1
     
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