QuestAgent Features
| Document Indexing | Free | Lite | Pro |
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| Cross-platform indexer | |
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| Full text indexing | |
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| Index fields support Support for index fields allows indexing of document Meta data in separate section that can be searched later. |
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| Customizable stop-word list Terms that satisfy any stop-word condition won't be indexed. Stop term can be any word listed by user or term that satisfy other condition (e.g. term length). |
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| Customizable term filtering Terms can be lower-cased before indexing, accents removed, etc. |
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| Stemming Reducing morphological variants of a word to its stem or root form. |
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| Unicode support Single-byte and double-byte character sets are supported. |
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| Multi language support Text analysis with stemming and stop words list has been provided for Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian and Sweden. CJK group of languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) is supported too. Documents in other languages may be indexed although direct support in form of language-specific analysis rules is not available. |
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| File exclusion support You can make your own filters defining which files should be indexed or ignored. |
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| Index management application !QuestManager application covers the complete indexing cycle - from collection creation and configuration, to indexing and search interface deployment. |
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| Command line tools Command line tools can be used for indexing and deployment process automation. |
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| Search and Retrieval | Free | Lite | Pro |
| Cross-platform, cross-browser, zero-install search engine QuestAgent search engine is compatible with major web browsers. |
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| Google-like query syntax | |
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| Fielded search Search in document Meta data is available if it was indexed (e.g. search in document title or author field). |
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| Boolean queries More advanced queries can be made using parenthesis and Boolean operators. |
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| Phrase search | |
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| Proximity Find documents with search terms close to each other. |
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| Multi-collection search When search is deployed for more than one document collection, search can be narrowed to a single document collection or any combination of collections. |
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| Unicode enabled | |
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| Search snippets Search results list shows content excerpts containing search terms. |
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| Search term highlighting in HTML Users can open found HTML document |
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| HTML search interface Beside the classic applet window embedded in page, search engine can be completely hidden and user presented with familiar search experience in HTML. |
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| Customizable search interface Search engine can be easily integrated with different web layouts. QuestManager can deploys a set of examples as a starting point. |
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| JavaScript API QuestAgent search applet exposes a set of methods providing access to all its features from a script. |
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| Run as desktop application QuestAgent search applet can be started as a desktop application. Can be used as a fall-back search alternative if supported browser is not available. |
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| Supported file types | Free | Lite | Pro |
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| License and Support | Free | Lite | Pro |
| Support channels | online doc | online doc, email | online doc, email |
| Allowed use | non-comm. | commercial | commercial |
| Indexer installations (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1000 CD/DVD License Limited distribution (2) |
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USD 590 EUR 395 |
| 3000 CD/DVD License Limited distribution (2) |
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USD 1,100 EUR 735 |
| Business License Unlimited distribution (3) Free new versions through 12 months. |
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USD 2,690 EUR 1,790 |
| Premium License Unlimited search facility distribution. Non-expiring indexing engine. |
/ | USD 3,200 | USD 7,500 |
| Premium License with Source Code Unlimited search facility distribution. Non-expiring indexing engine. |
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- Indexing tools, as a "construction" part of the software are not re-distributable and can be installed on one machine only. Additional indexer licenses can be purchased as an addition to base license. Indexer license expires after 12 months. Business License can be extended at discounted rate.
- Limited distribution is suitable for distribution on a CD/DVD published in a known volume when end-user is not allowed further re-distribution of the content.
- Unlimited distribution means that search facility (search applet, scripts and index databases) may be distributed in unlimited number of copies. This includes distribution via CD/DVD, Internet, shared network disks, etc.







