Where is it half the time
Search your existing drive
Plain language search across the drive you already use, without moving anything.
File · Middle of the 3 to 11 week range.
A search for last year's Kowalski T4 and RRSP returns zero results with keyword search. Switching to Firmstack search finds three files on the firm's Z drive with the matched terms highlighted, and opening one is logged.
How it works
Step by step.
01
We index the drive in place
Your Z drive, SharePoint or Google Drive. Nothing moves.
02
You search in plain language
'Last year's Kowalski T4 and RRSP' finds the files, even when the filenames are SCAN_0047.pdf.
03
Every open is logged
Who opened what, and when.
What you get
Included in the build.
- Searches by client, year, slip type and contents
- Works on the drive you have, in place
- Highlights the matched terms
- Logs every document opened
- Respects the folder permissions you already set
Works with
- Local file server
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
Your data on this system
Nothing moves. The index lives on infrastructure in your name, in Canada. Reading the contents of files runs in a Canadian region, and every open is logged.
Typical timeline
Middle of the 3 to 11 week range.
FAQ
Search your existing drive questions
No. It reads them where they are and keeps an index. The files stay on your drive.
The folder permissions you already set still apply. Staff only find what they could already open.
The firm you'd have if you could actually staff it.
30 to 45 minutes. You leave with a written breakdown either way.