Search Appliance SBE Comparison
Compare Thunderstone's Search Appliance SBE with the Google
Mini™
to see the clear advantages of the Thunderstone™ Search Appliance.
| Search Appliance |
Thunderstone™ SBE |
Google™ mini |
| PERFORMANCE |
|
|
| Number of Pages Supported |
100,000 |
100,000 |
| Queries per Minute at Peak |
1,000 |
60 |
| INVESTMENT (Cost of Ownership) |
|
|
| Startup Cost |
$4,995 |
$2,995 |
| License Type |
Perpetual |
Perpetual |
| Maintenance and Support (first two years) |
included |
Year 2: $995 |
| Maintenance and Support (years 3+) |
$1,200/year |
??? |
| QUERIES |
|
|
| Detect misspellings and suggest corrections |
Yes |
Yes |
| Search multiple file types, including HTML,
Office and PDF |
Yes |
Yes |
| Standard Thesaurus |
250,000 terms |
No |
| Custom Thesaurus |
Yes |
Synonyms only |
| Advanced Search |
Yes |
Yes |
| Stemming |
Yes |
No |
| Wildcard |
Yes |
No |
| Metasearch (across collections) |
Yes |
No |
| RESULTS |
|
|
| Relevance Ranking |
Customizable |
Fixed |
| Sort results by date |
Yes |
Yes |
| Query terms highlighted |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dynamic summaries |
Yes |
Yes |
| Highlighting PDF hits |
Yes |
No |
| Force to top (Best Bets, Keymatch) |
Yes |
Yes |
| CRAWLING |
|
|
| Crawl third-party websites |
Yes |
No |
| Index documents on multiple servers |
Yes |
Yes |
| Filter by file types, meta tags, web sites |
Yes |
Yes |
| Crawl dynamic content |
Yes |
Yes |
| Crawl password protected areas |
Yes |
Yes |
| Forms-based authentication |
Yes |
No |
| Continuous crawl |
Yes |
No |
| Multiple collections |
Yes |
No |
| Read, index and follow JavaScript |
Yes |
No |
| Read, index and follow Shockwave/Flash |
Yes |
No |
| Index file servers without setting up a web
server |
Yes |
No |
| Remove common (navigation menus etc) |
Yes |
No |
| Duplicate Removal |
Yes |
No |
| Lotus Domino |
Yes |
Yes |
| Proxy Server Support |
Yes |
Yes |
| ADMINISTRATION |
|
|
| Web-based Administration Console |
Yes |
Yes |
| Search results customizable with XSLT templates |
Yes |
Yes |
| Document Level Security |
No |
No |
| Web-based reports |
Yes |
Yes |
| URL Tracking |
Yes |
Yes |
| Remote Management - anytime anywhere |
Yes |
Yes |
| Remove URLs in real-time |
Yes |
No |
| Add URLs in real-time |
Yes |
No |
| Remote Diagnostics |
Yes |
No |
| Support includes major releases |
Yes |
No |
| Telephone support |
Yes |
No |
| INTEGRATION |
|
|
| Content Management |
Yes |
Yes |
| Index most languages |
Yes |
Yes |
| XML output option |
Yes |
Yes |
Based on Google "Product Features" web page as of 5/1/2005
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Appliance and to set up a demonstration with your own data.
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