# X1 Search review (2026): is it worth $79 a year? > Windows search across local files, email, chats and cloud storage Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. X1 Search indexes email, attachments, local files, chats and cloud data on a Windows PC so one search covers Microsoft 365, Gmail, Google Drive, Slack and other sources. It is sold as a 1-year or 3-year license. Version 12 adds a connector that lets Claude query the X1 index. - **Category:** Desktop Utilities - **Made by:** X1 Discovery - **Website:** https://www.x1.com/ - **Runs on:** Windows - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you use a Mac or an Arm Windows PC, as neither is supported. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, X1 Search is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $79 per year. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** A free trial is offered; its length is not stated on the pages read. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 Year Term | $79 per license, for 1 year of support and updates | Bought online by credit card; the license is for one person. | | 3 Year Term | $189 per license, for 3 years of support and updates | Listed as normally $237; the page shows the $189 price with no end date. | Read from https://www.x1.com/solutions/purchase-options/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with X1 Search before buying. ## Key features - **One search across sources:** Covers email, local files, Microsoft 365 (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange, Outlook), Google Drive, Box, Dropbox and Slack. - **Mail connectors:** Gmail, Outlook mail and Yahoo are supported; the Gmail connector is API-based. - **In-place indexing:** Indexes data where it sits instead of moving it. - **Claude MCP connector:** Version 12 and later purchases include an MCP connector so Claude can search the X1 index. - **Chat search:** Searches Teams chats and channels and Slack conversations alongside email and documents. ## Good for - Windows users who keep information spread across email, chat and cloud drives - Professionals who search years of Outlook archives ## Worth knowing - Windows 10 and 11 only; Macs and Snapdragon ARM Windows PCs are not supported. - Sold by the term, not as a one-time purchase: 1 year or 3 years. - Purchases of 50 or more licenses go through sales. - A separate X1 Enterprise platform for eDiscovery is sold on a quote basis. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. X1 Search indexes email, attachments, local files, chats and cloud data on a Windows PC so one search covers Microsoft 365, Gmail, Google Drive and Slack. It is $79 a year per license, with no one-time option and no stated trial length. - **Value for money: C.** $79 a year, or $189 for 3 years. That is above the dearer quarter of this category's subscriptions, though not in the dearest tenth. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free trial is offered, but the pages read do not state its length or whether it needs a card. - **Features: B.** One search across mail, chat, files and cloud sources, in-place indexing and a Claude connector in version 12. The listing names no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating is on record. Each mail, chat and cloud source has to be connected before it is searchable. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** Windows 10 and 11 only. Macs and Snapdragon Arm PCs are not supported. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from X1 Discovery's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among desktop utilities - X1 Search's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 186 other desktop utilities we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on features (B, above 113 of 186) and worst on platforms and integrations (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $6.58 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $2.99 for the category: 30 of the 36 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 39 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/utilities ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing X1 Search does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 5 things listed below take a company. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 174 of the 186 other desktop utilities grade higher. It costs $79 a year. - You could not: A file manager working directly on your disk. - You could not: A real app for Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Gmail, Google Drive, Slack, Dropbox **Tags:** File management, AI features ## Alternatives - [Copernic Desktop Search](https://toolgpa.com/tools/copernic-desktop-search): Windows desktop search that indexes files, email and cloud drives. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/copernic-desktop-search-vs-x1-search) - [Lookeen](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lookeen): Windows desktop search for email, attachments and files. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lookeen-vs-x1-search) - [dtSearch](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dtsearch): Windows full-text search for terabytes of documents and email. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dtsearch-vs-x1-search) - [Everything](https://toolgpa.com/tools/everything): Instant file and folder name search for Windows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/everything-vs-x1-search) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.x1.com/ - https://www.x1.com/solutions/purchase-options/ - https://www.x1.com/solutions/x1-search/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/x1-search Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).