DISKOVER PLATFORM FEATURES

Core features.

The foundation of the Diskover platform. Core features deliver global visibility, powerful search, and metadata-driven control over your entire data estate—on-prem or in the cloud. They’re designed to help teams index faster, find smarter, and act with confidence across billions of files.

Indexing.

                                                                                                       

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Base and distributed indexers	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Scans local and network-attached storage	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Index to a single Elasticsearch shard, no replicas	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Index to unlimited Elasticsearch shards and replicas		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Multiple Elasticsearch clusters		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Optimized directory caching for faster scans		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Advanced Elasticsearch performance settings via Web UI		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Task scheduling and management via Web UI		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Generates change lists for efficient syncing		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Real-time directory view with Live View File Action		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵

Alternate scanners.

                                                                                                         

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Atempo Miria		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Dell PowerScale			🔵	🔵	🔵
Dropbox		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
FTP		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Generic JSON/CSV		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Microsoft Azure Storage Blob		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Offline media		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
S3 with or without AWS endpoints		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Spectra RioBroker and BlackPearl		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵

Indices management.

                                                         

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Manually select a single index to perform specific searches/analysis	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Manually select multiple indices to perform specific searches/analysis		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Automated latest indices selection		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Secure index access/visility based on user authentication		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵

Global findability.

                                                                 

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Search within single a pane of glass	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Built-in search tools: filters, quick search, search within results	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Advanced search with Elasticsearch query strings	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Metadata search across several indices		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Federated search across multiple Elasticsearch clusters		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵

Actionable results.

                                                                 

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Copy search result paths to clipboard	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Export search results with all metadata to JSON/CSV		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Share search results URL and/or query syntax		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Run user-triggered File Actions			🔵	🔵	🔵
Manual tagging			🔵	🔵	🔵

Data intelligence.

                                                                                                                     

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Search page charts → snapshot of a path by aging, top file types, and top directories	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Dashboard → snapshot of a repository	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
File Tree → instant profiling of directories by size and aging		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Treemap → hierarchical profiling		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
User Analysis → insights into data consumption and cost per user and group		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Smart Searches → fully customizable reports tailored to meet your business needs		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Reports → fully customizable to find your top unknowns		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Cost Analysis → customizable report to put a price tag on your digital assets		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Directory Explorer → easy storage usage assessment for quick decision-making		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Heatmap → compares 2 indices from 2 points in time, giving an instant visual of data growth or shrinkage		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Supports standard Elasticsearch indexes as data sources for reporting in Kibana, Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, and more	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Grafana plugin provides the ability to visualize and trend data metrics over time		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵

Tags.

                                         

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Manual tagging			🔵	🔵	🔵
Automated tagging via AutoTag			🔵	🔵	🔵

Core metadata enrichment.

                                                                                                                                 

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Unix permissions	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Windows owner	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Windows attributes		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Hash values/checksum		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Breadcrumb → adds metadata from files’ breadcrumbs			🔵	🔵	🔵
Dell PowerScale attributes			🔵	🔵	🔵
Dell SmartPools attributes			🔵	🔵	🔵
Dell Quota attributes			🔵	🔵	🔵
Filesystems contextual metadata harvested from various platforms			🔵	🔵	🔵
File kind → categorize file types by groups			🔵	🔵	🔵
First index/arrival time			🔵	🔵	🔵
Path tokens → breaks down concatenated directory/file names			🔵	🔵	🔵
PDF info → adds several metadata fields from your PDF files			🔵	🔵	🔵

Core file actions.

                                                                         

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Live View → real-time directory view		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Export → formats CSV file for applications triggering workflows based on the file’s arrival			🔵	🔵	🔵
Fix Unix permissions			🔵	🔵	🔵
Make links → creates symlinks and hard links			🔵	🔵	🔵
PDF viewer → enables authorized users to view PDF files without accessing the source files			🔵	🔵	🔵
Spectra → queries to verify additional status (ex: tape in library or on shelf)			🔵	🔵	🔵

Orchestrate.

Automated data curation and integrity.

                                                         

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Dupes finder → identifies duplicate files using hash values		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Hash differential checksums → alerts on checksums inconsistencies			🔵	🔵	🔵
Workflow automation for data lifecycle management, tiering, and more (delete, copy, move, rename, and custom tasks)				🔵	🔵
Illegal and long file file name reporting, tagging, and optional remediation				🔵	🔵

Data mobility.

                                                                 

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
CloudSoda Data Mobility/td>				🔵	🔵
Dell SmartSync data mover				🔵	🔵
Rclone data mover				🔵	🔵
PixitMedia Ngenea Data Orchestrator				🔵	🔵
Vcinity data mover				🔵	🔵

AI/BI, data lakes, lakehouses.

                                                 

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Feed curated datasets to AI/BI pipelines					🔵
Super-connector to data lakes and lakehouses					🔵

Authentication.

                                                              

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Native Diskover login	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
LDAP login		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
OAuth2 OKTA		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
OAuth2 Azure Active Directory		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵

Extensibility.

                                                 

FEATURE	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Allows users to develop their own alternate scanners		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Diskover-Web REST API		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Allows users to develop their own File Action plugins			🔵	🔵	🔵

Support.

                                                                                                         

SUPPORT LEVEL	COMMUNITY	ESSENTIAL	PROFESSIONAL	ENTERPRISE	MULTISTREAM
Community support on Diskover Slack	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Access to multiple online resources	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Software updates/upgrades	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Dedicated remote support via Zendesk | Mon-Fri 8am-5pm PST		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Phone support | Mon-Fri 8am-5pm PST		🔵	🔵	🔵	🔵
Remote user training		PAID OPTION	PAID OPTION	PAID OPTION	PAID OPTION
Professional services		PAID OPTION	PAID OPTION	PAID OPTION	PAID OPTION
Development services		PAID OPTION	PAID OPTION	PAID OPTION	PAID OPTION