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 dtsearch. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Apache Solr or Mayan EDMS. Other great apps like Ambar are PDF Search, Paperless-home, Search Text In Files and OpenKM.

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Ambar alternatives page was last updated Mar 26, 2025
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  1. dtsearch icon

    dtsearch

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    dtSearch - The Smart Choice for Text Retrieval since 1991.

    11 dtsearch alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    Web setup

    dtsearch Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Built-in viewer
    4.  Full-Text Search
    5.  WordNet synonyms
    6.  Exchange

    dtsearch VS Ambar

     
    Comments about dtsearch as an Alternative to Ambar
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    Deep document parsing e.g. a zipped Powerpoint with an embedded Excel sheet

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    • dtsearch is the most popular Windows alternative to Ambar.

    • dtsearch is the most popular commercial alternative to Ambar.

    • dtsearch is Paid and ProprietaryAmbar is Freemium and Open Source
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    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.

    46 Apache Solr alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Azure
    The Velocity Search UI

    Apache Solr Features

    1.  Indexed search

    Apache Solr VS Ambar

     

    • Apache Solr is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Ambar.

    • Apache Solr is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Ambar.

    • Apache Solr is Free and Open SourceAmbar is Freemium and Open Source
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    PDF Search

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    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.

    32 PDF Search alternatives

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    PDF Search screenshot 1

    PDF Search Features

    1.  Full-Text Search

    PDF Search VS Ambar

     

    • PDF Search is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Ambar.

    • PDF Search is Paid and ProprietaryAmbar is Freemium and Open Source
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    Mayan EDMS

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    Document management without the headaches.

    27 Mayan EDMS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Mayan EDMS screenshot 1

    Mayan EDMS Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  DMS

    Mayan EDMS VS Ambar

     

    • Mayan EDMS is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Ambar.

    • Mayan EDMS is Free and Open SourceAmbar is Freemium and Open Source
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    Paperless-home

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

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Documents overview

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  File Archiving
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  OCR
    4.  File Tagging
    5.  Document Sharing
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Mail Filtering
    10.  Built-in viewer
    11.  AES-256 Encryption
    12.  Mobile Scanner

    Paperless-home VS Ambar

     

    • Paperless-home is the most popular SaaS alternative to Ambar.

    • Paperless-home is Freemium and Open SourceAmbar is also Freemium and Open Source
    • Paperless-home is Privacy focusedAmbar is not according to our users
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    Search Text In Files

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    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.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • TR flagTürkiye

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Search Text In Files screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Full-Text Search

    Search Text In Files VS Ambar

     
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    OpenKM

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    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.

    21 OpenKM alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • ES flagSpain
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
    OpenKM screenshot 1

    OpenKM Features

    1.  DMS
    2.  On Demand
    3.  Community-based
    4.  Workflow Management

    OpenKM VS Ambar

     
  10. Paperless icon

    Paperless

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    Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents.

    14 Paperless alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Paperless screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The last release was in January 2019, and the GitHub repository has been archived by the owner. It is now read-only and no further development will be done.

    Paperless Features

    1.  DMS

    Paperless VS Ambar

     
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    OpenSearchServer

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    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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    OpenSearchServer Features

    1.  Jquery crawler

    OpenSearchServer VS Ambar

     

  12. Azure Search

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    Azure Search makes it easy to add powerful and sophisticated search capabilities to your website or application. Quickly and easily tune search results and construct rich, fine-tuned ranking models to tie search results to business goals.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Azure
    Azure Search screenshot 1

    Azure Search Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Indexed search

    Azure Search VS Ambar

     
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    ArchiveKeep

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    ArchiveKeep screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Works Offline

    ArchiveKeep VS Ambar

     
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    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.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PDF to Text screenshot 1

    PDF to Text Features

    1.  Convert PDF to Text

    PDF to Text VS Ambar

     
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