FYI AlternativesFile Search Utilities and other similar apps like FYI

FYI is described as 'Get access to the documents you need, right when you need them, in a new tab. Connect FYI with G Suite, Slack, Dropbox, Box, Microsoft OneDrive, and more to search across the apps you use' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FYI for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Web-based, Google Chrome, Windows and Microsoft Edge apps. The best FYI alternative is Station, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FYI are ClickUp Brain, Dropbox Dash, File Metadata (FileMeta) and eesel.

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  1. Station icon
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    Station is the first open-source smart browser for busy people. A single place for all of your web applications.

    25 Station alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Brave
     
    • Station is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to FYI.

    • Station is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FYI.

    • Station is Free and Open SourceFYI is Paid and Proprietary
  2. ClickUp Brain icon
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    Integrated AI assistant combines task management, documentation, and communication, providing automated workflows, contextual search, content generation, task and document summaries, and secure in-platform knowledge retrieval using natural language commands.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
     
  3. Dropbox Dash icon
     3 likes

    Meet Dash, your personal universal search tool. Search all your apps. All your tabs. All in one place.

    33 Dropbox Dash alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
    • Dropbox Dash is the most popular Web-based alternative to FYI.

    • Dropbox Dash is Free and ProprietaryFYI is Paid and Proprietary
  4. What the software delivered here does is to connect up Explorer with the originally intended support for storing metadata as properties in NTFS in alternate streams in files. If programs had tag lines, then this one’s would be ‘Meta late than never’.

    8 File Metadata (FileMeta) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. eesel icon
     5 likes

    All your Google Docs, Notion pages and other work documents, right in your new tab.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  6. Meta Search icon
     9 likes

    Google for your files. Search your Desktop, Google Drive, Dropbox, Gmail, Evernote, and everything else the way you’d search the Internet.

    11 Meta Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Meta Search is the most popular commercial alternative to FYI.

    • Meta Search is Paid and ProprietaryFYI is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. Found icon
     4 likes

    Found provides a lightning-fast, intuitive search experience that finds files across your Mac and personal cloud services, including Dropbox, Google Drive/Docs, and Gmail (attachments).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Findo icon
     7 likes

    Findo is a search assistant that lets you communicate naturally to find things across multiple local and cloud services like email, your file system, notes in Gmail, Google Drive, Dropbox and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • Apple Messages
     
    • Findo is the most popular iPhone alternative to FYI.

    • Findo is Freemium and ProprietaryFYI is Paid and Proprietary
  9. Use the power of Google to search across your company’s content in G Suite. From Gmail and Drive to Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, and more, Google Cloud Search answers your questions and delivers relevant suggestions to help you throughout the day.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Apps
     
  10. Mulwi Search icon
     2 likes

    A single place to search all your internal data including Google Drive, Slack, Magento 2, Asana, Dropbox etc

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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