How to evaluate hosted full text search solutions?

Question

What are the options when it comes to SaaS/hosted full text search? How should I evaluate the different options available?

I\'m looking for something that uses Lucen

Answer 1

Have a look at Artirix - UK company but also in the US http://www.artirix.com. I know they power some sites such as Globrix.com in the UK based on SOLR and have a bunch of other products for crawling and data processing