Linda Probe vs dtSearch

Choose dtSearch if

You need search across folders, email attachments and databases, or web content through the built-in Spider. The Desktop / Network feature page lists these sources, highlighted hits and multiple search options. Check the edition for your deployment.

Choose Linda Probe if

Your task is finding files on your Windows PC, including scans or documents you remember by subject. Probe Pro adds local OCR, search by meaning and photo search by description or example. This comparison does not establish that Probe is faster or more accurate.

What Linda Probe does not offer

It is closed source and runs only on Windows 10 and 11. The free edition covers file names and exact words only. OCR and meaning-based search require Probe Pro, unlocked with a paid or gift licence key. The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn. OCR can make mistakes on poor scans and handwriting.

Price

Linda Probe Free is for personal, non-commercial use. Probe Pro Personal costs USD 10 once for one named user on up to 3 devices; Team costs USD 30 once for up to 10 named users on 20 devices. These cover the purchased version and fixes; future major versions or models may require payment. Organization costs USD 500 per year for one organization at one site on up to 200 devices and renews automatically until cancelled. Taxes and the final total appear before payment. Personal and Team include a full refund on request within 14 days.

The dtSearch store lists a $249 Desktop single-user licence for one person on up to two computers. A separate investigative licence covers successive installations on different machines for forensics, e-discovery and similar work. dtSearch also offers a 30-day evaluation and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

dtSearch documents indexing and hit highlighting for PDFs processed with a separate OCR product, such as Adobe Acrobat. This documents an external OCR workflow, not OCR performed inside dtSearch. We have not verified an equivalent to Probe’s meaning-based search.