07-30-2023, 01:46 PM
I wrote a long post about my experiences and features of all the engines I listed below but I scrapped it because formatting is a pita. But quite simply if you don't want to shell out money Solr/Lucene or Fast (now MSSE) is really about the best you can do.
Excluded because I have no experience of this product:
Seamark,
### Price High to Low
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Google Mini,
- Microsoft Search Server,
- Autonomy,
- Microsoft Search Server Express,
- Solr/Lucene
### Speed Fast to Slow
- Google Mini/Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Autonomy,
- Solr/MSS/MSSE
### Features High to Low
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Solr,
- Autonomy,
- Lucene,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Google Mini
### Extensibility High to Low
- Solr/Lucene,
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Autonomy,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Google Mini
### Java API
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Autonomy,
- Solr/Lucene
### .NET API
- Endeca,
- Solr/Lucene,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Autonomy
### XML API
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Solr/Lucene,
- Autonomy,
- Google Mini (limited)
### Faceted Search
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Seamark,
- Solr
### Natural Language Search
- Endeca,
- Fred Hopper,
- Solr,
- Mercado,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Autonomy,
- Google Mini
### Document Crawling
- Endeca,
- Mercado,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Autonomy,
- Google Mini
### ITL
- Endeca,
- FredHopper
### Merchandizing/Content Spotlighting
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado
### Distributed Search
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Solr/Lucene,
- Autonomy,
- Google Mini
### Analytics
- Endeca
### Platform x86 Windows
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Solr/Lucene,
- Autonomy
### Platform x64 Windows
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Solr/Lucene
### Platform x86 Unix Variants
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Solr/Lucene,
- Autonomy
### Platform x64 Unix Variants
- Endeca,
- Solr/Lucene
### Other
- Google Mini
Excluded because I have no experience of this product:
Seamark,
### Price High to Low
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Google Mini,
- Microsoft Search Server,
- Autonomy,
- Microsoft Search Server Express,
- Solr/Lucene
### Speed Fast to Slow
- Google Mini/Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Autonomy,
- Solr/MSS/MSSE
### Features High to Low
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Solr,
- Autonomy,
- Lucene,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Google Mini
### Extensibility High to Low
- Solr/Lucene,
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Autonomy,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Google Mini
### Java API
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Autonomy,
- Solr/Lucene
### .NET API
- Endeca,
- Solr/Lucene,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Autonomy
### XML API
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Solr/Lucene,
- Autonomy,
- Google Mini (limited)
### Faceted Search
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Seamark,
- Solr
### Natural Language Search
- Endeca,
- Fred Hopper,
- Solr,
- Mercado,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Autonomy,
- Google Mini
### Document Crawling
- Endeca,
- Mercado,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Autonomy,
- Google Mini
### ITL
- Endeca,
- FredHopper
### Merchandizing/Content Spotlighting
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado
### Distributed Search
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Solr/Lucene,
- Autonomy,
- Google Mini
### Analytics
- Endeca
### Platform x86 Windows
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- MSS/MSSE,
- Solr/Lucene,
- Autonomy
### Platform x64 Windows
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Solr/Lucene
### Platform x86 Unix Variants
- Endeca,
- FredHopper,
- Mercado,
- Solr/Lucene,
- Autonomy
### Platform x64 Unix Variants
- Endeca,
- Solr/Lucene
### Other
- Google Mini