Is Enterprise Search Center an Enterprise Feature?

Question

I need to implement an enterprise search center for a customer, but the customer doesn't have SharePoint 2013 Enterprise Edition.

Is the Enterprise Search Center available within all SharePoint 2013 Editions or only in the Enterprise Version?

Answer 1

Yes the site template Enterprise Search Center is available in the SharePoint Server 2013 standard edition.

The features of search NOT available in standard version is:

• Content Search Web Part
• Custom entity extraction
• Extensible content processing
• Query rules—advanced actions
• Search vertical: “Video”
• Tunable Relevancy

Reference: SharePoint 2013 feature comparison chart all editions