Enterprise DNA

Instead of SearchBlox

Stop renting SearchBlox. Own your document search system.

We build your version around the documents your business uses, bring across authorised source records from your SearchBlox collections and run it for you. Your content owners, your review rules and your connections.

SearchBlox lists its self-managed single-server licence at $25,000 per year. Compare that with the search work your team actually needs.

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The SearchBlox bill

An annual search platform licence is a broad bundle

SearchBlox sells managed and self-managed search packages. Separate the capabilities you rely on from the ones your own version needs to include.

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A single-server annual licence

The self-managed single-server package is listed at $25,000 per year. Hosting and operating your own server still need a plan.

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A larger availability package

The self-managed three-server cluster is listed at $75,000 per year. Availability requirements belong in the comparison.

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A managed search allowance

Managed Hybrid Search is listed at $24,000 per year, with document and monthly search allowances.

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Content collection and connections

The self-managed package includes connectors and scheduled crawlers. Identify which sources your team uses before replacing that work.

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Several ways to retrieve content

Keyword, vector and hybrid retrieval sit in the platform bundle. Your own version starts with keyword search over supplied text.

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Support and identity services

The listed package includes premium support and identity integration. Your managed version needs an agreed support and access plan.

Search around your business

The source, its owner and the work still due

Evidence

Every result leads back to a source

An administrator searches approved text and receives evidence to check before answering.

  • check Ranked keyword matches across the chosen collection audience
  • check The source reference beside each result
  • check A recorded review date and an identifying fingerprint
  • check A private citation pack for a person to review

Content review

Old guidance stops appearing as current

The free base holds content back when approval or a required review has expired.

  • check Imported documents start in draft
  • check Changed imports require another approval
  • check Overdue content and retention reviews exclude a result
  • check A collection access review can hold its whole set of documents

Monday review

Give the missing answers an owner

Combine content coverage, overdue follow-up and the searches you chose to record.

  • check An owner list for the documents held back
  • check Exact content duplicates across collections
  • check Explicitly logged searches with no matching approved source
  • check Dated follow-up actions and recorded resolutions

Your version

Keep the evidence and change the rules

Your source records, original imported values and review history remain together.

  • check Mapped CSV source records from a SearchBlox collection
  • check Private branded access reviews and retention worksheets
  • check Your own questions and reports built from the same records
  • check Enterprise DNA adds your source connections and staff access checks

Make it yours

Design your own SearchBlox replacement

Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from SearchBlox. Try it here, and we build the real one.

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Answered from your own database

Build my version

We build it from the open-source base, bring your SearchBlox data across and run it for you.

What it looks like

Ask it like you would ask a colleague

Real answers from the demo data that ships with Document Search for Claude Code. It runs in Claude Code inside the Claude app, so it feels like any chat you already use.

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Document Search for Claude Code

Connected to your own database

Which current source explains supplier onboarding?

OPS-001

Title
Supplier onboarding
Review on
2026-12-08
Source url
https://example.invalid/documents/ops-001

Ask it anything

Ten questions for your document owner

These are questions the working base answers from its records. They are not claims about features SearchBlox lacks.

chat_bubble Which approved source explains supplier onboarding?
chat_bubble Which documents are currently excluded from search?
chat_bubble Which owners have overdue content reviews?
chat_bubble Which records need a retention-purpose review?
chat_bubble Which collection needs its access reviewed?
chat_bubble Where does identical content appear twice?
chat_bubble Which recorded searches found no approved answer?
chat_bubble Who has the largest pile of held documents?
chat_bubble Which follow-up action is overdue?
chat_bubble What evidence was recorded when a document was approved?

Switching

How to switch from SearchBlox

A move usually involves exporting your source records, mapping them into the new database, checking the imported content and access, then running both systems side by side before switching.

  1. 1

    Get your source records

    For a SearchBlox CSV collection, use the original CSV file that feeds it and include the field configured to identify each record. A SearchBlox configuration export contains settings, not the document collection, and a full index export is not claimed. For other content, export what your account allows, usually CSV or Excel, and check with SearchBlox about the available options.

  2. 2

    Preview, then load

    Map the columns in your source records to the fields in the new database. Run the import as a test first and inspect its preview before saving the records. When the mapping looks right, load them. The import preserves source columns, so you can check the original values as you review the results.

  3. 3

    Check import issues

    Review the preview and any issues the import reports before relying on the records. Check for duplicate identifiers, which can cause the batch to fail, and confirm that key fields such as ownership and source details are mapped correctly. Missing privacy classification defaults to personal data. Changed content, source details or ownership withdraws approval, so review those records before staff rely on them.

  4. 4

    Run both systems together

    Keep SearchBlox available while you test the replacement against your real content. Compare results and source details, and check that the right people can access the right information in the version you plan to use. The free base is for a trusted administrator, not a staff login. Keep your existing service until the replacement passes your content and access checks.

  5. 5

    Switch off SearchBlox

    Once the replacement passes the checks you agreed, move staff to the new search process and switch off SearchBlox. Confirm that the records you chose to bring across are present and that the right owners and review details are in place. Keep any records or history you did not migrate available according to your business process.

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Where the real effort goes

The import is only part of the work. The main effort is usually mapping your own fields and rules, reconciling content from different sources, and deciding which records and history to bring across. If you have Enterprise DNA run your version, they handle the source reconciliation and mapping as part of the work, including mapping other content sources.

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Get your SearchBlox switch plan by email

We will send you the step-by-step plan for moving your business off SearchBlox, what the move really involves, and how we would do it for you.

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Three ways to own it

Choose how much you want us to handle

Open source

Do it yourself

Free, open source

  1. 1 Clone the repo and run npm install, then npm run demo
  2. 2 Open it in Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Cursor
  3. 3 Try the searches, review lists and private HTML reports
  4. 4 Map your original SearchBlox collection CSV, preview the import and approve checked documents
Get it on GitHub

Built around your business

We customise it

One setup fee, then a retainer

  • check Your source mapping, content fields and review rules
  • check Your SearchBlox collection records brought across and reconciled
  • check A staff search screen and a different technology stack if you want them
  • check Your authenticated access and source connections built and tested
Get your version built

Omni by Enterprise DNA

We run it for you

One setup fee, then a retainer

  • check Installed and operated through Omni by Enterprise DNA
  • check Your agreed sources connected and monitored
  • check Your content review process fitted around the people responsible
  • check Ongoing support, backups and changes as your business evolves
Talk to Sam

Questions

Instead of SearchBlox, answered

What does SearchBlox cost today? expand_more

Its published pricing lists the self-managed single server at $25,000 per year, the three-server cluster at $75,000, and managed Hybrid Search at $24,000. These are vendor list prices, not a claim about your invoice. Bring your actual package to the call. <a href="https://www.searchblox.com/pricing">SearchBlox pricing</a>, checked 8 November 2026.

Can you bring our SearchBlox documents across? expand_more

For a CSV collection, the free base imports the original source CSV with an explicit column mapping. The SearchBlox configuration export contains settings, not the document collection. We reconcile your source records and map other content sources as part of your version. <a href="https://developer.searchblox.com/docs/csv-collection">CSV collection guidance</a> and <a href="https://developer.searchblox.com/docs/configuration">configuration guidance</a> explain that boundary.

Will staff see confidential board papers? expand_more

The free base is for a trusted administrator. Its audience filter separates search results, but it is not a staff login or permission boundary. We build and test authenticated access against your source permissions before a shared version goes to staff. Private review reports stay with the administrator.

What about our live connections and search screen? expand_more

Tell us which sources, identity service and search experience you rely on. We scope those into your version, including a staff screen, document extraction or broader retrieval where needed. The free base demonstrates keyword search over supplied text. Keep your existing service until the agreed replacement passes content and access checks.

Does a clear review list mean our information is compliant? expand_more

No. It means the recorded checks found no missing evidence under the configured rules. A person still decides lawful use, appropriate access and retention. Withdrawing a document removes it from search but keeps its history. We fit your review and disposal processes around the information your business holds.

Bring your SearchBlox bill and a source collection

Spend 30 minutes with Sam. Show the annual bill, the content your people search and the connections you depend on. We will work out what your own version needs, what comes across and what Enterprise DNA would run for you.

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