Hmm.. I am doing apples to apples comparisons from the same location with a very high number of repeated searches. Network latency alone cannot account for the drastic differences in search performance in an apples to apples comparison with huge volume (8x over thousands of searches).

I mentioned some serious flaws and limitations. The different authentication methods for different hosting levels is just not acceptable devops practice. Do you disagree? Lack of hybrid search is also a severe limitation. Let me know when that is addressed and I may do a more thorugh revisit of your product.

I made some other edits to the article based on your comments.