Diskover
Diskover indexes files across storage platforms and organizes their metadata in a searchable catalog for unstructured data management.
What Diskover is
Diskover indexes files across storage platforms and organizes their metadata in a searchable catalog for unstructured data management. It targets large estates, including those with billions of files, and describes its distributed engine as scanning in parallel. Cached scan results can be reused to speed up later indexing. The catalog combines core file details with enriched business and technical attributes, while browser access lets users search metadata without moving or copying the underlying data. Rules and plugins can automate cleanup, tagging, tiering, data movement and other repetitive work. Diskover describes more than 50 plugins that can be used without code, with integrations including Azure Blob, OneDrive and SharePoint, Amazon S3-compatible storage, Grafana, Dell PowerScale and Snowflake. Multistream adds a connector for data lakes and lakehouses and curated datasets for AI/BI pipelines; an optional AI connector enables natural-language interaction and use of the customer's chosen LLM. Plans have annual platform fees, but dollar prices are available only on request.
Good
- Indexes metadata without copying underlying data.
- Parallel scans and cached results support indexing.
- More than 50 no-code plugins are described.
- Browser-based access to a searchable catalog.
- Unlimited seats are listed for platform tiers.
Watch out
- Dollar pricing is available only on request.
- AI connector carries an optional annual fee.
- Industry add-ons carry an optional annual fee.
Who it suits
Diskover may suit teams managing large file estates, including organizations in media, life science, EDA and energy. It also offers AI-oriented data preparation and an optional natural-language connector.
Verdict
Diskover brings metadata search and automation to large unstructured-data estates, with optional AI and industry capabilities. Buyers should request pricing and account for optional connector or add-on fees.
Plans and prices
From Diskover's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Community Edition | Free | free for unlimited time · no license key required |
| AI connector | Priced on request | works with Professional, Enterprise and Multistream · natural-language interface · desktop or mobile use · LLM choice · optional annual fee |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | unlimited seats/users · all Professional features · data-mobility plugins · orchestration plugins · annual platform fee · request a quote |
| Industry add-ons | Priced on request | Media · Life Science · EDA · Energy · optional annual fee |
| Multistream | Priced on request | unlimited seats/users · Enterprise features · data-lake/lakehouse super-connector · curated AI/BI datasets · annual platform fee · request a quote |
| Professional | Priced on request | unlimited seats/users · scanners · authentication options · analytics · tagging · metadata-enrichment and file-action plugins · annual platform fee · request a quote |
The facts
Each one read from Diskover's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access
- Diskover provides browser-based access and indexes metadata without moving or copying the underlying data.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Acquisition
- The same June 17, 2025 announcement said Diskover acquired CloudSoda, with deal terms undisclosed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI connector
- The optional AI connector lets users ask natural-language questions about cataloged storage and requires human approval before actions run.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI readiness
- The Multistream tier includes a super-connector to data lakes and lakehouses and curated datasets for AI/BI pipelines.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- Built-in analytics include dashboards, file trees, treemaps, heatmaps, user analysis, cost analysis and customizable reports.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Diskover identifies media, life science, EDA, and energy as industries with specialized add-ons.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Automation
- The platform supports cleanup, tagging, tiering, and repetitive task automation through rules and plugins.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Community release
- The GitHub repository lists Community Edition v2.3.4 as released in January 2026 and says version 1.x is end of life.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Customer count
- The June 17, 2025 press release claimed more than 130 enterprise customers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data mobility
- Enterprise tiers provide data-mobility plugins for scheduled or policy-driven movement between storage tiers and locations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Documentation includes user guides, technical setup and administration guides, API guidance, troubleshooting, release notes and Snowflake integration material.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding
- A June 17, 2025 announcement reported a $7.5 million seed round backed by Park Partners Capital, The Hive, Snowflake Ventures and NetApp.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding database record
- Seedtable records one $7.5 million seed round dated June 18, 2025, with NetApp, Park Partners, Snowflake Ventures and another investor.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Global search
- The platform provides pane-of-glass search with filters, quick search, Elasticsearch query strings and searches across multiple indices or clusters.checked 15 Oct 2026
- High-speed indexing
- The vendor reports indexing 1.4 billion files in two hours, approximately 200,000 files per second.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Indexing
- Diskover scans data in parallel using a distributed indexing engine and reuses cached scan results to speed up re-indexing.checked 4 Oct 2026
- In-place cataloging
- The catalog is created without moving or copying source files; files move only when an approved workflow calls for it.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations and plugins cover Dell PowerScale, Dell Unity, Azure Blob, OneDrive, SharePoint, S3-compatible storage, Spectra Logic, Grafana, Rclone, CloudSoda, Snowflake and NetApp workflows.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: administrator skill
- The user guide says installation and configuration must be done by a system administrator or someone with equivalent expertise.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: developer adoption
- Blocks & Files reported that Diskover appeared to grow mainly by word of mouth rather than broad developer adoption.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal entity as Diskover Data, Inc.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Diskover Data as having 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- Diskover states that it was founded in 2016.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- The company lists 2033 Gateway Place Suite 420, San Jose, California 95110, USA.checked 15 Oct 2026
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