Google Search Appliance Pricing

While doing research on the new version of the google search appliance, which is the beefier version of the google mini, I got my hands on the price sheet for the various models and licensing price points. While it does seem pretty steep, when you have a corner on the search market you can charge what you want!

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The following models include a two year license fee which covers hardware,
software, technical support, and product updates.*
Pricing is based upon the total number of documents (or unique URLs) in the index.
Google Search Appliance Models
Hot Backup and Premium Support
Google Search Appliance Price Sheet
Model
Documents Indexed
Price
GB-1001-500K
Up to 500,000 documents
$30,000
GB-1001-1M
Up to 1 million documents
$50,000
GB-1001-2M
Up to 2 million documents
$100,000
GB-1001-3M
Up to 3 million documents
$150,000
GB-7007-5M
Up to 5 million documents,
includes redundant appliance
$250,000
GB-7007-10M
Up to 10 million documents,
includes redundant appliance
$400,000
GB-8008-15M
Up to 15 million documents
$550,000
GB-8008-30M
Up to 30 million documents
$1,000,000
Model
Price
Hot backup / development unit for any GB-1001 model
$20,000
Hot backup / development unit for any GB-7007 model
$50,000
Hot backup / development unit for any GB-8008 model
$250,000
Standard Support for all models
Included
Premium support for GB-1001 (includes a hot backup)
$25,000
Premium support for GB-7007 (includes a hot backup)
$125,000
Premium support for GB-8008 (includes a hot backup)
$325,000
Choose Standard Support if access to support during business hours only is sufficient.
Choose Premium Support if 24X7 access to support for Critical (Severity 0) issues is required. The Premium Support option ensures maximum uptime for mission critical applications, by including the following features:
• An identical failover appliance is provided. This secondary appliance is required to be deployed in tandem with the primary appliance, crawling identical content.
• 24X7 pager coverage for Severity 0 issues
Google recommends obtaining the Premium Support, along with additional development units (as needed). This architecture ensures a separate development environment and maximum support on the production environment.
Support levels defined at http://support.google.com/enterprise/terms
*For customers who wish to upgrade to a higher license volume tier during the two year term, Google simply charges a prorated monthly fee for the remainder of the term.