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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Search Appliance (discontinued)

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AThe Google Search Appliance provided document indexing. The product was discontinued in favor of Google's cloud-based options.N/A

    Luigi's Box

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/ALuigi’s Box solutions understand customer behavior, and use data to provide better search results, recommend relevant products, and enhance the shopping experience to boost your e-commerce conversion rates and average order values. Search and Autocomplete Recommender Product Listing Shopping Assistant Conversational Agent AnalyticsN/A
    Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Search Appliance (discontinued)Luigi's Box
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Luigi's Box
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    49 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    46 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
    49 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Google Search Appliance (discontinued)Luigi's Box
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (49 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (24 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Google Search Appliance (discontinued)Luigi's Box
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    The Google Search Appliance is well suited to most site search needs and it is possible to customize the front end seen by website visitors to produce a satisfactory basic interface with basic branding applied to it. However, in some situations it may be necessary to instead make API calls from a web page to retrieve search results and the format in which those results are returned might be a little more difficult to work with.
    Incentivized
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    Luigi's Box
    Luigi's Box is the perfect solution for sales platforms that have search engine problems on their site. Luigi's Box allows you to go to the next level and enable customers to find what they are looking for. With additional options to recommend and indicate substitutes and add-on products, it can work great as a sales-boosting element.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Homes in on key searches.
    • Immediate response.
    • Simple UI, very user-friendly.
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    Luigi's Box
    • Recognising synonyms and mis-spellings to still show our customers accurate and relevant search results.
    • Great analytics section showing trending searches and non-converting searches, aiding in future product development and our priorities for what products we want to show the customer.
    • The boost function which allows us to prioritise showing customers certain products over others, which improves conversions.
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    Cons
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    • It's my understanding that Google is ending support for the appliance soon. This is obviously an important consideration.
    • The administrator interface is far from easy to use.
    • There is a significant learning curve for new users.
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    Luigi's Box
    • More choice for customisation and layout would be good.
    • More payment options for example the choice to pay via direct debit.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    Luigi's Box
    As I mentioned in the previous points, Luigis Box helped us to improve the overall services for our customers, whether in the area of ​​product search, optimization of various processes, improvement of service quality, etc. Within our company, all of us who work with him are really satisfied with him. If we were to recommend the tool we use to other companies, Luigi's Box would be a clear choice for us :)
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    Support Rating
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    Neutral rating because I've never needed support.
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    Luigi's Box
    Their support is excellent. Quick and helpful.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Google search has always been superior. No other search engine application can even come close.
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    Luigi's Box
    The price is a lot better than Clerk, and the speed of integration is much simpler. Our IT team had so many issues intergating Clerk and the price kept on increasing. Whereas with Luigi's Box it was the exact opposite. Price is good for the system you receive and the integration is easy.
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    Return on Investment
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    • The GSA was not cheap. At all.
    • There has also been a cost associated with our need to switch to another site search solution in the near future, due to Google ending support for the sppliance.
    • That said, we have so much support content that we owed it to our customers to offer a comprehensive search tool to help them find the most relevant content - and of course Google are the masters of this. However, it's worth noting that the alogorithms used on the GSA are far older than those used on google.com.
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    Luigi's Box
    • Simple construction of a data feed = low cost
    • Easy to implement with the provided script - without having to hire a programmer
    • The search results presented after minor configuration are much better than in search engines built into SaaS e-commerce
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    ScreenShots

    Luigi's Box Screenshots

    Screenshot of the main dashboard that analyzes search effectiveness, highlights trends, and flags lost or no-result queries. This is used to add synonyms or include sought-after products and services.Screenshot of an overview that presents a timeline of query performance along with a heatmap of the most clicked products.Screenshot of a funnel chart that shows impressions, clicks, and conversions for each recommendation, with options to analyze assisted or direct conversions.Screenshot of the Product Listing overview, which shows data like conversions, transactions, clicks, and more. Explore conversion rates by category or product, and analyze low-traffic products.Screenshot of a screenshot that demonstrates how Notino utilizes Luigi's Box to suggest relevant products to users.Screenshot of a showcase of how Ledvance uses Luigi's Product Listing to enhance product filtering.