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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Algolia

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAlgolia offers AI-powered solutions to improve online search and discovery experiences, with tools for business teams and APIs for developers that help to improve user engagement and conversions across websites, apps, and e-commerce platforms.

    $0

    for 10k search requests + 100k records per month

    Jaspersoft Community Edition

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AJaspersoft Community Edition is a free product that offers embeddable pixel-perfect reports for Java apps and small workgroups.

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    AlgoliaJaspersoft Community Edition
    Editions & Modules
    Build
    Free
    Up to 10,000 search requests + 1 Million records
    Grow Plus
    Free to start, then pay-as-you-go
    10,000 search requests/month and 100,000 records included; $1.75 per additional 1K search requests and $0.40 per additional 1K records
    Grow
    Free to start, then pay-as-you-go
    10,000 search requests/month and 100,000 records included; $0.50 per additional 1K search requests and $0.40 per additional 1K records
    Elevate
    custom
    per year
    Elevate
    Custom
    Custom Custom search requests and records; volume-based discounts available
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AlgoliaJaspersoft Community Edition
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPay as you go, scale instantly, or upgrade anytime for advanced features and capabilities.
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    Community Pulse
    AlgoliaJaspersoft Community Edition
    Considered Both Products
    Algolia
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    57 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    57 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    AlgoliaJaspersoft Community Edition
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Algolia and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Algolia
    -
    Ratings
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    28 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Algolia and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Algolia
    -
    Ratings
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.025 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Algolia and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Algolia
    -
    Ratings
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.4
    27 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Algolia and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Algolia
    -
    Ratings
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    21 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Algolia and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Algolia
    -
    Ratings
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Algolia and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Algolia
    -
    Ratings
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.3
    21 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Algolia and Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Feature
    Algolia
    -
    Ratings
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    9.5
    23 Ratings
    20% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.019 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AlgoliaJaspersoft Community Edition
    Small Businesses
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    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AlgoliaJaspersoft Community Edition
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (68 ratings)
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    5.8
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (6 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AlgoliaJaspersoft Community Edition
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Algolia
    Algolia is perfect if you need an excellent search engine and want to transfer your PLP management (browsing) to a third party. Algolia is good at mixing products, user behavior, interests, and business rules. Maybe it's less appropriate if you are using an all-in-one e-commerce platform where you get a good search engine or a marketing platform that also connects other features like a client database, first-party data, recommendation services, etc., all included in the same bill/integration.
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    Cloud Software Group
    Any scenario where you need to reach back into TIBCO support is something I would highly avoid. Most responses at the second round get you pointed to engaging their professional services. The general mentality seems to be "since our product acquisition cost is low, why don't you engage PS to get the value you need" If you are looking at enterprise scenarios, I would highly recommend looking at other more established products.
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    Pros
    Algolia
    • Users get instant feedback as they type, even with complex filters like brand, model, price range, and financing eligibility. This speed significantly improves engagement and reduces bounce.
    • A user searching for “Camry 2020” or even “Camary 20” still sees relevant Toyota Camry listings from 2020. This reduces friction, especially on mobile where spelling errors are common.
    • Algolia handles multi-faceted filters efficiently. For example, a user can filter by location, transmission type, color, or inspection status without any lag.
    • We fine-tune the ranking of search results based on what matters to our business—like prioritizing cars with higher margins or better availability in key cities.
    • We can experiment with different ranking formulas or UI variations to improve KPIs like lead conversion or time-to-first-interaction.
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    Cloud Software Group
    • Very intuitive tool - An Advanced reporting user can figure out in a day on the end to end operations.
    • Easy customization - Simple changes in UI makes it less headache for the end user who maintains the tool. Being an open source product (offers Jasper web services) makes a lot developer friendly compared to SSRS, Cognos etc.
    • Easy Connectivity - Can connect to any data source (can connect to multiple data sources) for a single report - can be customized.
    • Community - A very strong community available online, videos - on basic how to questions, also provides assistance to use case specific scenarios.
    • Ease of Reporting - Can create a reports with in few clicks with out struggle.
    • Domain Designer - A very powerful tool you can create a dataset using clicks with out writing SQL code.
    • OnDemand Scheduling - A very good scheduling feature and a has got lot more simplistic compared to other popular tools like Cognos.
    • Jasper Studio - Very good programmatic tool (desktop tool) lets you customize the reports more company specific, can embed complex coding with 3rd party languages like Java, Groovy (scripting language).
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    Cons
    Algolia
    • Better integration of features (ex. synonyms feature is great but isn't respected by their re-ranking product)
    • Tooling to reduce spam search queries being triaged by system/logged to analytics panels
    • More automated summaries of analytics (ie. recommend synonyms to add, trends noticed in search volume in specific areas of site, easier ways to leverage API vs using website UI)
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    Cloud Software Group
    • Easier to customize the Jasper Server GUI. More flexibility with the input controls look and feel and maybe more input control types to select from.
    • Have browser event functionality in the reporting itself.
    • An easier way to iterate through an object. Maybe an option that tells the report Java run-time to stop following the report sequential flow and first integrate through this stated object many times.
    • An easier way to create a list and add values to this list.
    • Maybe one could stipulate the process flow of what needs to be computed first in a given field.
    • The crosstab is a bit buggy on the Jasper studio side, so if that could be improved.
    • Better and more examples of custom components
    • The jive functionality on the tables needs an update. It looks so old and outdated.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Algolia
    After working 8 years and through 100+ implementations on international sites, Algolia beats the alternatives on several grounds. It offers a fair price that brings a ROI ; It has the financial backbones and the interest in investing in R&D more than any other competitors. It is a true specialized and not an add-on, and thus benefits from a very strong engineering and innovative approach. The tool is very reliable and fast
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    Cloud Software Group
    Even though there are challenges with Architecture, sizing and other areas with Jaspersoft provided that Jaspersoft comes up with the right set of innovation, performance, scalability, and documentation in future it will be great expansion (win-win) situation for the clients and as well as Jaspersoft.
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    Usability
    Algolia
    Most of the setup is easy enough if you have some technical/web dev/IT background, but once it's set up, you can have end/power users maintain some settings, like adding search terms. Algolia is a powerful search tool and integrates easily with Shopify.
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    Cloud Software Group
    The overall performance of this platform has been excellent. It is easy to work with the user interface. Creation of digital content and publishing on our social media platforms during marketing has been easy. Running our applications and upgrading our system to meet international standards has been successful. The user dashboard displays reports and performance of all departments effectively.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Algolia
    100% uptime for as much as we were aware :P
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    Cloud Software Group
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    Performance
    Algolia
    Performance is always a major concern when integrating services with our client's websites. Our tests and real-world experience show that Algolia is highly performant. We have more extremely satisfied with the speed of both the search service APIs and the backend administrative and analytic interface.
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    Cloud Software Group
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    Support Rating
    Algolia
    It’s non existent. No tech support and no customer service… my application was blocked and is currently inactive causing huge business disruption, and I’m still waiting days later for a response to an issue which could be resolved very very quickly if only they would respond. Very poor from a company of that size
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    Cloud Software Group
    We have only had a couple of tickets to be open while using Jaspersoft. Each time we have a very prompte responses that would meet our expectations. We always felt that our issues were being address in a timely manner
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    Online Training
    Algolia
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    Cloud Software Group
    While the training was somewhat beneficial, a lot of what was taught to us was what we managed to figure out in the weeks prior. It did provide some useful tips and reference material, but overall something more tailored to our requirements would've been better.
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    Implementation Rating
    Algolia
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    Cloud Software Group
    New releases can be very buggy, also lacking when it comes to standard time zones and formats that are outside the US. As a company we never feel comfortable implementing a new release for at least 3-6 months due to errors that are found
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    Alternatives Considered
    Algolia
    Algolia gives way more control for a non-developer than AWS Elasticsearch Service. Previously we'd have to have our developers make adjustments to site search relevancy, typos, prioritizing certain attributes over others, etc. but now the marketing and website team can do that themselves in the Algolia dashboard
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    Cloud Software Group
    Crystal reports is very expensive and does not integrate well with java based servers. Jasper also provides community edition, if we every want to downgrade the use, we always have the option of eliminating the server and using the reports as they are. Jasper also give you the opportunity to build BI on case by base basis including Dashboards.
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    Scalability
    Algolia
    Algolia has been a consistent product that works flawless with very few errors or downtime. With the plan options it’s very easy for us to scale especially with this usage pricing. We have 100% gotten our ROI on this product.
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    Cloud Software Group
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    Return on Investment
    Algolia
    • Users who had abandoned our product (attributing slow search speeds as the reason) returned to us thanks to Algolia
    • We used Algolia as our product's backbone to relaunch it, making it the center of all search on our platform which paid off massively.
    • Considering we relaunched our product, with Aloglia functioning as its engine, we got a lot of press coverage for our highly improved search speeds.
    • One negative would be how important it is to read the fine print when it comes to the technical documentation. As pricing is done on the basis of records and indexes, it is not made apparent that there is a size limit for your records or how quickly these numbers can increase for any particular use case. Be very wary of these as they can quite easily exceed your allotted budget for the product.
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    Cloud Software Group
    • Jaspersoft Community Edition has not had any significant impact on our ROI as we have purchased the commercial edition of the product.
    • The only impact on ROI is that when we bring on new developers, he or she can begin work using the community edition while awaiting the installation of the commercial edition.
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    ScreenShots

    Algolia Screenshots

    Screenshot of Index & Query Rules Management. Query Rules help to enhance an engine's ranking behavior for specific queries. Setting up rules can uncover and enable users to respond more specifically to the intent behind users' queries.Screenshot of Query Monitoring. This offers insight into the status, performance and overall activity happening within the search engine.Screenshot of Algolia Analytics. The search bar is a feedback form. Algolia's analytics drives insights from search to click to conversion.Screenshot of The Algolia Dashboard, offering products to accelerate search and discovery experiences across any device and platform.Screenshot of The advanced front-end libraries, API clients, and extensive documentation that help developers build, deploy, and maintain.Screenshot of Where users getting started simply choose an index, denote the events, and choose a model.