Looking for an alternative to DocFetcher?
Get to know Lookeen. If you are looking for a DocFetcher alternative, you want to find documents by content – with a solution that includes Outlook and email archives and comes with professional support.
Why Lookeen for document search
What Lookeen does differently and what that means for your daily work.
With vendor support
Lookeen is developed and supported by Lookeen GmbH in Karlsruhe, Germany – with regular updates, support and solutions for teams and organizations.
20 years of search technology
For around 20 years we have built indexing and search for large, grown data collections – in use with more than 50,000 customers in 130 countries.
Almost 100 file formats
Office and LibreOffice, PDF, text, images, CAD files, archives and source code – Lookeen searches files by content, not just by name. You decide which types are indexed.
Scanned documents become searchable
OCR makes text in scans, faxes and image PDFs findable without changing the originals. With Lookeen Server, recognition can run locally.
Typical use cases
This is where Lookeen plays to its strengths, each with its own page and details.
File servers & network drives
Find documents by content, with filters for path, type and date.
Frequently asked questions
What to know before you switch from DocFetcher to Lookeen.
Is Lookeen an alternative to DocFetcher?
Lookeen is a desktop search for Windows that searches documents in almost 100 formats by content and also includes Outlook, Exchange and PST archives.
Is professional support available for Lookeen?
Yes. Lookeen is developed, maintained and supported by the vendor in Germany – for single workstations as well as server installations.
Which file formats does Lookeen search?
Almost 100 formats, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, LibreOffice, RTF, HTML, images, CAD files, archives and source code. File names are always searchable; you decide which types are indexed by content.
Desktop or Server – which fits us?
Lookeen Desktop suits single workstations and small teams. Lookeen Server provides one central, permission-aware index for organizations with many users, Exchange and file servers.
How much effort is switching?
Little: Lookeen indexes your data where it already lives – nothing has to be migrated. After installation you choose your sources and indexing runs in the background.
Can I try Lookeen for free?
Yes. You can test the full functionality of Lookeen free for 14 days – with your own data.
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