Product Versions

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Voyager is available in four license options: Free, Analyst, Workgroup and Enterprise.

Voyager Free

This no-cost license is for becoming familiar with how Voyager works. This license is limited to 5,000 documents and can only be viewed on a single computer (laptop or workstation install). Support will be provided via web-based discussion forum.

Voyager Analyst

Analyst is for improving personal productivity and auditing data. The index size is limited to 1 million documents and the software is restricted to single-user access (laptop or workstation install).This license is ideal for small organizations with a single GIS analyst or multiple analysts that work independently.  Voyager’s Ask Us Anything technical support is available to assist users with installation, licensing, configuration and general technical issues that users may encounter.

Voyager Workgroup

Workgroup is an entry-level server based install. Voyager Workgroup can be used to share data across a team of people or an entire organization. This license does not have a limit on the number of documents and is based on the number of concurrently connected users (per-user license).  Voyager’s Ask Us Anything technical support is available to assist users with installation, licensing, configuration and general technical issues that users may encounter.

Voyager Enterprise

Enterprise is ideal for organizations with either a large number of users or with a need for more control over their configuration; including the look-and-feel, security access, load balancing and server-side processing. Voyager Enterprise supports both an unlimited number of documents and an unlimited number of concurrent users.  Voyager’s Ask Us Anything technical support is available to assist users with installation, licensing, configuration and general technical issues that users may encounter.

Product Comparison Matrix

Product Feature Descriptions

Network Accessible

Accessibility determines if Voyager can be accessed over a network. Voyager Free and Analyst run in single-user mode and may only be used on the machine running Voyager (localhost only). Voyager Workgroup and Enterprise run in a server environment allowing remote access.

Maximum Documents Indexed

Voyager Free and Analyst have a limit on the number of documents that can be indexed. Once this limit is reached Voyager will display a message and will not index new data. There are no document limits with Voyager Workgroup or Enterprise licenses.

Number of Concurrent Users

This indicates total number of people, or other computer services, with simultaneous connections to the Voyager Service. Voyager Free and Analyst allow a single connection. Voyager Workgroup is licensed per connection and Enterprise has no limit on the number of concurrent users.

Client-Side Processing (Voyager Desktop Application)

The ability to run search results through a process on the user's own computer. For example, selecting search results and running each item in the result set through geoprocessing tasks using the ESRI software installed on a user’s desktop computer.

Client--side processing is performed using the Voyager Desktop application.

Server-Side Processing

Server-side processing allows users to process search results without having any specific software installed on their desktop computer. Users can access Voyager using a web browser, search for data, and then use Voyager’s server-side processing framework to execute tasks on the server. Processing results can be downloaded and used locally.

Basic Authentication

Voyager includes an internal authentication system and authorization matrix.  In this system users can be added to roles that can perform actions in Voyager. For example users can be given rights to view or manage Voyager.

Configurable User Authorization

A flexible configuration allows for more defined role based access. Users can be added and assigned specific roles: view index, administration rights, limit access to certain data, run processes, etc.

Pluggable Windows/LDAP Authentication

Voyager is integrated with existing authentication systems such as Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Windows Authentication.

Custom Logo / Color Scheme

Custom logos and color schemes can be used to integrate Voyager with your organization’s visual standards.

Customized Interface / Direct Access to Index

Programmatic access to the Voyager web service allows direct access to the Voyager index. Designers and web developers can use this feature to build customized web applications as well as integrate Voyager with other systems.

Federated Search

Users can simultaneously search multiple Voyager instances. Federated Search helps organizations link multiple Voyager installations and indices to provide a single comprehensive view of their entire spatial data infrastructure.

Distributed Data Discovery

Use multiple computers to manage discovery process. This feature allows organizations with considerable processing needs to run tasks across many machines.  Job scheduling can be used to control Distributed Data Discovery so that it only runs at times when computers would otherwise be idle.

Index Replication (Load Balancing)

To increase performance and availability, identical copies of the Voyager index can run in parallel.

Index Sharding

Sharding is useful for an extremely large number of documents (>50 million). Voyager can be configured to split the index across multiple computers while still maintaining the appearance and usability of a single index.

Web Application Clustering (Load Balancing)

A load balanced configuration where Voyager runs in a clustered application server. In this configuration a group of servers running Voyager’s application appears as if it were a single server. To balance load, Voyager distributes requests to different nodes within the server cluster, optimizing system performance and resulting in higher availability and scalability – a necessary option in large-scale enterprise, web-based configurations.

Software Maintenance

The software maintenance program provides a number of technology and business benefits to you and your organization. Keeping your technology investment up-to-date with the latest technology updates and software releases and simplifying your maintenance and support budgeting process with predictable annual program fees are just two of the advantages.

Software Updates

Automatic software updates are released in the form of fixes, service packs and full releases. When a software update is available, it is delivered to customers with current software maintenance contracts via internet download.

Technical Support

Voyager’s Ask Us Anything technical support is available to assist users with installation, licensing, configuration and general technical issues that users may encounter. Technical support is available regardless of where you are working in the world--\- ensuring that workers are covered with the support they need when they need it.

Software Maintenance subscriptions include 12 months of technical support for one authorized caller. Organizations must provide the name of the authorized caller to Voyager Technical Support. Organizations can change the authorized caller at any time. If an organization does not notify Voyager with the name of the authorized caller, the first person to call Voyager to request technical support will become the authorized caller.

Cost

Software Maintenance is 20% of the software list software price. The first 12 months of maintenance complementary with each software purchase.