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    SearchStax Managed Solr Service

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    SearchStax Managed Solr Search service is a fully managed SaaS solution that automates, manages and scales Solr infrastructure on AWS Cloud. Features include: cloud automation, high availability, monitoring and alerting, disaster recovery and security options.

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    SearchStax Managed Solr Search service is a fully managed SaaS solution that automates, manages and scales Solr infrastructure in public or private clouds on the AWS Cloud. Features include cloud automation, high availability, monitoring and alerting, disaster recovery, security options and HIPAA Ready. Developers use SearchStax Managed Search service to implement faster with less risk, focus resources on building better search experiences, and spend less time managing and supporting Solr. Use cases include Custom Apps, Data Analysis, Geospatial Search, Multimedia Search and Retrieval Augmented Generation.

    Highlights

    • Cloud Automation - SearchStax provides Solr cloud automation and automates the deployment, management and scaling of your Solr clusters.
    • High Availability Solr - SearchStax offers highly available Solr deployments that are robust and scalable, ensuring maximum uptime and minimal downtime for your mission-critical applications.
    • Solr Monitoring and Alerting - Maintain the health and reliability of your Solr deployment and detect potential issues and failures before they can cause significant problems or outages.

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    SearchStax Managed Solr Service

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    Pricing is based on the duration and terms of your contract with the vendor. This entitles you to a specified quantity of use for the contract duration. If you choose not to renew or replace your contract before it ends, access to these entitlements will expire.
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    12-month contract (2)

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    Cost/12 months
    4gb_and_32gb SSD
    2-Node Cluster with Gold Business Support
    $7,488.00
    ndc16_aws_platinum
    NDC16 Cluster with Platinum Support Plan
    $15,708.00

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    Ranjini R.

    SearchStax helps you deliver the right search experience on your website

    Reviewed on Aug 18, 2025
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    SearchStax Site Search stands out for its user-friendly design. The intuitive interface makes it easy for non-technical users, digital marketers, and agencies to navigate and manage. It’s especially valuable during time-sensitive events or campaigns, allowing marketing teams to quickly implement website changes without lengthy development cycles. The platform strikes an excellent balance, offering the right level of flexibility for both developers and non-developers alike.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Nothing specific since every product evolves as we provide feedback.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    SearchStax addresses several key challenges for us:

    - Simplifies search management: It removes the complexity of managing and optimizing on-site search, making it accessible for technical and non-technical users.

    - Faster content updates: Marketing teams can quickly update search results and relevance for campaigns or new content without waiting for development resources.

    - Improves user experience: By delivering relevant and accurate search results, it helps our website visitors find what they need faster, increasing engagement and satisfaction.

    - Reduces IT dependency and lengthy development cycles: The intuitive interface and built-in tools minimize our reliance on developers for daily search adjustments.

    - Provides actionable insights: Search analytics help us understand user needs, allowing us to continuously enhance our content and offerings.

    Overall, SearchStax has made our search experience more agile, efficient, and user-focused, benefiting both our team and website visitors.
    Hospital & Health Care

    SearchStax Site Search & Managed Search

    Reviewed on Aug 12, 2025
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    What I like best about SearchStax is that it makes search management straightforward. Our IT team no longer has to maintain Solr, and my team can adjust the search experience without relying on developers. We can update results, run promotions, and review search analytics quickly, which helps us respond to user needs more efficiently.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    There’s a bit of a learning curve in figuring out how different tweaks affect the search results, but once you get familiar with it, the process becomes much smoother.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    SearchStax enables a faster, more relevant search experience while removing the need for our IT team to manage Solr. My team can adjust the search experience without involving developers, which makes it easier to keep content and results aligned with user needs. The analytics tools also help us understand search behavior and identify areas where the site can be improved.
    Higher Education

    Great web partner

    Reviewed on Aug 06, 2025
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    SearchStax has been a really strong addition to our digital infrastructure, particularly in improving the on site search experience across PLNU. SearchStax provides a noticeable upgrade over other default CMS search tools, allowing for more relevant, accurate, and user friendly results.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    The UI for backend configuration and analytics aren't always intuitive. While the tool offers great flexibility, it can take time to understand how to fully leverage features like relevance tuning or custom ranking logic.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    I would say the search capabilities and overall support have also made a real difference. Students searching for “dorms” can be directed to “Residential Life,” and results for majors or faculty are more logically grouped. This helps create a smoother and more intuitive experience for users.
    Leo A.

    Searchstax Surpassed My Expectations - A Developer’s Take

    Reviewed on Aug 06, 2025
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    As we approach the one-year milestone of our Searchstax implementation, we've had time to reflect on just how transformative the platform has been - not just in terms of enhancing search, but in how it’s empowered our broader digital strategy. What started as a quest for better relevance and control over search results has evolved into something much more dynamic. The most powerful part of Searchstax is that search isn’t static - it’s fluid. And that fluidity has enabled us to push the boundaries of what’s possible.

    One of the standout strengths of the platform has been its robust API capabilities. We’ve been able to integrate Searchstax deeply into our ecosystem, going far beyond the standard out-of-the-box implementation. In fact, one of our most exciting innovations this year has been incorporating Searchstax directly into our AI-powered chatbot experience. Through the API, we’ve enabled the bot to pull live search results, refining context based on user input, and provide conversational responses that feel genuinely useful - all driven by real-time, query-aware search intelligence.

    The Searchstax APIs have been remarkably flexible and developer-friendly, allowing us to query the index, apply custom filters, and handle facets dynamically within the chatbot framework. But beyond the technical wins, what we’ve really embraced is the mindset shift. With Searchstax, we’re not limited to periodic search updates - we’re living in a continuous improvement loop. As our content evolves, as user behavior shifts, and as our chatbot grows smarter, we’re able to fine-tune the underlying search mechanics quickly and confidently.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    One area that initially posed some friction was the user interface. In earlier versions, the GUI felt a bit clunky and less intuitive for non-technical users, which sometimes slowed down configuration and onboarding. However, to Searchstax’s credit, the platform has since undergone a noticeable transformation. The new UI is far more streamlined, responsive, and user-friendly - a reflection of their clear investment in product usability.

    Searchstax has been very responsive to feedback, especially the critical kind. Any time we've raised concerns, whether it was about usability, feature limitations, or performance questions, their team has been quick to engage, listen, and act. In some cases, we've even seen fixes or improvements rolled out within hours or days of our input. That kind of agility and willingness to evolve based on real user experiences speaks volumes about their commitment to the platform - and to their customers.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    SearchStax is solving critical challenges around search relevance, scalability, and cross-domain integration - all of which have had a meaningful impact on our user experience. Prior to implementation, we faced difficulties delivering consistent, high-quality search across multiple web properties. Managing search configurations separately for each domain was inefficient and limited our ability to optimize holistically. SearchStax gave us a unified, flexible platform that allows us to manage and fine-tune search behavior across multiple domains from a central interface, streamlining oversight and drastically improving consistency.

    Additionally, the platform's powerful APIs enabled us to go beyond traditional search use cases - most notably by integrating directly with our AI-powered chatbot, which now delivers contextual, real-time search responses across all supported domains. We’ve also seen steady platform evolution, from major UI improvements to a high level of responsiveness from their support team when we’ve provided feedback. What makes SearchStax truly stand out is its adaptability - we’re not locked into a rigid solution. Instead, we have a platform that continues to grow with us, turning search into an intelligent, scalable, and dynamic part of our digital strategy.
    Financial Services

    We use SearchStax for Sitecore search indexing

    Reviewed on Aug 05, 2025
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    Search indexing for content management system like Sitecore is very efficient and reliable, no issue and no management needed since we engaged and integrated.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Nothing we can thinking about or experienced that we wouldn't like SearchStax.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    SearchStax manages our Sitecore CMS search indexing and enable CMS efficiency and website performance.
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