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Overview

What is Algolia?

Algolia in San Francisco, California offers enterprise search as a service.

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Recent Reviews

Algolia is Fast

9 out of 10
December 08, 2023
Incentivized
Algolia has revolutionized the way we approach search functionality on our websites and applications. As a developer, I've had the …
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Streamlined platform

10 out of 10
December 02, 2023
Incentivized
Algolia helps us both AB test and roll out optimizations to our search experience without the need for any significant code changes and …
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Pricing

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Build

$0

Cloud
per month Up to 10,000 search requests + 1 Million records

Grow

$0.50

Cloud
per month per 1,000 search requests

Algolia Recommend

$0.60

Cloud
per month per 1,000 Recommend requests

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.algolia.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Algolia?

Algolia is an API platform for dynamic experiences that helps businesses maximize the speed of search and discovery, while solving the pain of relevance tuning through AI. The solution aims to make accessing the right piece of content on websites and apps faster and more intuitive.

  • Algolia Search is a fully hosted API that delivers content to users in milliseconds. Developers can customize the relevance of their user experience and get insights on how users interact with it.
  • Algolia Recommend is an API that allows users to build unique product recommendations into any digital ecommerce experience.

Algolia Screenshots

Screenshot of Index & Query Rules Management: Query Rules helps 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: 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 Algolia Dashboard: Products to accelerate search and discovery experiences across any device and platform.Screenshot of Advanced front-end libraries, API clients, and extensive documentation to help developers build, deploy, and maintain.Screenshot of To get started users simply choose an index, denote the events, and choose a model.

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What is Algolia Search?

Algolia Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesGlobal
Supported LanguagesAll

Frequently Asked Questions

Algolia in San Francisco, California offers enterprise search as a service.

Algolia starts at $0.

Elasticsearch, Apache Solr, and Elastic Enterprise Search are common alternatives for Algolia.

Reviewers rate Availability highest, with a score of 9.6.

The most common users of Algolia are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In our organization, Algolia plays a crucial role in enhancing the search functionality for our documentation. It efficiently sifts through extensive documentation, providing developers with a seamless experience locating the required information. Since the implementation of Algolia, our search capabilities have not only improved but continue to evolve as we optimize the system further. The decision to leverage Algolia for indexing has proven highly effective, offering a more manageable and scalable approach compared to manual indexing of all content.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Algolia to power product searches on our website and app for all the brands. The search engine was easy to integrate and quick to set-up rather than building in house. It can perform all sorts of searches and synonyms or misspelt words too. Overall we went ahead with Algolia to save time and capital cost.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Algolia to deploy a custom API database for our University's events and user directories. It provides information feeds for our website to display information on various websites and apps. We also use it to feed the data that gets pulled into various components on our homepage without using complicating CMS fields. Algolia gives us the flexibility to store our data, import feeds from other APIs, and manipulate this across many frameworks in the way that we need it.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We primarily utilize Algolia as the search engine for our E-Commerce site, and we also employ Algolia in our Digital Library to present various content options to our users as references for our products.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have integrated Algolia into the online store to search for suitable products. All information per product is stored in Algolia's database and the customer receives a suitable search result for their input via the algorithms and search settings.
Thanks to Algolia, we were able to significantly optimize the user experience on our website. The nice thing is that adjustments were immediately reflected in the analytics data, so it quickly became clear which adjustments had a positive and negative impact. We were now able to either assign many idle search queries to relevant search results or determine the corresponding need for new content.
December 11, 2023

Algolia at a glance

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Algolia to manage our indices for both our Production and Staging environments. Without having Algolia we would have to come up with our own solution for managing millions of entries dealing with multiple different customer accounts. The ability to have a quick and seamless search experience within our application is required. We have many field techs that rely on finding parts and service orders.
December 08, 2023

Algolia is Fast

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Algolia has revolutionized the way we approach search functionality on our websites and applications. As a developer, I've had the pleasure of integrating Algolia into multiple projects, and each time, it has exceeded expectations.Speed and Performance: ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡ (5/5) Algolia's search is lightning-fast, delivering instant and relevant results. The speed at which it indexes and retrieves data is unparalleled, ensuring a seamless and efficient user experience.Intuitive API: 🤖🔄 (5/5) The API is a developer's dream. It's well-documented, easy to understand, and integrates seamlessly with various platforms and languages. Setting up search functionality becomes a straightforward task, even for those new to Algolia.Relevance and Customization: 🔍🎨 (5/5) One of Algolia's standout features is its ability to provide highly relevant search results out of the box. The ranking and relevance settings are customizable, allowing developers to fine-tune search results based on their specific needs.User-friendly Dashboard: 🖥️🎛️ (5/5) The Algolia dashboard is a gem. It provides a user-friendly interface for managing indices, configuring settings, and monitoring usage. The real-time analytics are particularly valuable, offering insights into user behavior and search patterns.Scalability: 🚀🌐 (5/5) Whether you're working on a small website or a large-scale application, Algolia scales effortlessly. The infrastructure is robust, ensuring consistent performance even as your data and user base grow.Exceptional Support: 🛠️🤝 (5/5) Algolia's support team is responsive and knowledgeable. Their documentation is comprehensive, and in the rare event of an issue, the support team is quick to provide assistance, ensuring minimal downtime.Cost-effectiveness: 💵💰 (4.5/5) While Algolia may not be the cheapest option on the market, the value it adds to your search functionality justifies the cost. The pricing model is transparent, and the benefits in terms of user experience and developer efficiency make it a worthwhile investment.In conclusion, Algolia is a game-changer in the world of search. Its speed, customization options, and developer-friendly approach make it a top choice for anyone looking to enhance their search functionality. Whether you're working on a small project or a large enterprise application, Algolia's capabilities will undoubtedly elevate your search experience to new heights.
December 04, 2023

The best search solution!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I've used Algolia on several projects from a search on an e-commerce website, to a search solution for our internal company portal. We wanted to have a robust search solution for our customers and employees and building our own solution would have taken months, if not years. The fact that we could use Algolia to quickly implement a robust search solution in days was a huge selling-point for our stakeholders.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As part of the SEO team, I understand the internal searches users perform on the brand website. Then using Alogia reports I work to optimize those search results. My goal is to make sure that my sites and resources are connected correctly, then optimize them to avoid zero search results.
December 02, 2023

Streamlined platform

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Algolia helps us both AB test and roll out optimizations to our search experience without the need for any significant code changes and without a need for engineering hours. Ultimately, we want to make sure our customers are always able to find what they're looking for, and Algolia allows us to maintain a pulse on our search success rate as well as any pro-active signals on items we don't have inventory for that is being actively searched for.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Algolia is used as our primary search tool on www.opieoils.co.uk , providing search results primarily for products, but also matching relevant categories. Our previous search implementation was not as fast and did not allow us to tweak relevancy in the same way that Algolia does.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Algolia to power Product search on our e commerce websites, so that user can discover the products they would like to purchase easily. The search service is used to suggest most relevant products for the search queries. The Algolia search also uses users past history such as clicks and purchase events to train its models and improve results for further queries.
November 29, 2023

Algolia for sme is great

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Algolia is quick to set-up. Works great for small ecommerce companies. However their support is bad, we had 1 day of outage that impacted our sales. There is no regular support team that will help us how Algolia works and if we are getting the best out of the Algolia. Rest all is fine, it just works.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Algolia has transformed our client's e-commerce search experience. By leveraging Algolia, we showcase the most relevant products instantly across the entire catalog in 10 languages. The visual merchandiser and rule engine also promotes product lines strategically. Algolia's provide personalized recommendations and cross-selling opportunities in the user's purchase journey.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
To search amongst high data volumes, Algolia is the best partner for developers.
You can store, get, and retrieve the data with a very simple API provided.
It helped us to speed up a lot of data processings by at least 50% : for reviews, descriptions, business data, and even internal sales data.
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Algolia for search and collection ordering, for a large number of single item SKUs. Our key problem is that we don't have stock depth, so it is difficult to use search to show customers what they want, when items can sell out quickly.
Russell Preston | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Algolia allowed us to set up and configure product and category search very quickly without managing and maintaining additional services such as elastic search. It took the burden of lengthy configuration away and allowed engineering teams' time to be focused much less on interpreting product requirements for search bugs and features to managing or pointing others to a well designed set of options in Algolia.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Algolia to manage mostly search functionalities of an e-commerce, sorting of products, and automatic recommendations.
So in detail, it solves the problem of showing the most relevant products to our customers needs giving than a better experience, and the scope of use is in the main sections of interaction of a product.
Evelyn Dickinson (She/Her) | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As software developers, we are often called upon to develop web applications that offer enterprise-grade search experiences, with analytics and all the bells and whistles. Fortunately, Algolia makes this a snap. Our primary development framework is Laravel and Algolia integrates with Scout beautifully. Algolia also provides a backend for our clients to access analytics, salt their indexes with synonyms, etc. Algolia offers an incredibly fast and full-featured powerful solution set at a very reasonable price point. We love the ease of implementation and our clients couldn't be happier with the results.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Currently used as a search engine for our bill payment service www.paysimply.ca . Customers are using it to find the biller that they need to pay. The fuzzy logic works well and the search is better than anything we would have developed internally.
Andrew Derick Vorster | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The main problem we have experienced is typos in search term queries made by users visiting our online store. Algolia addresses this problem with its best in class typo tolerance. This prevents a search result with no products for the end user and leads to an increase in conversions for our online store. In our organization we also started to use Algolia for personalized search results based on a users past search and click behaviour to tailor the results according to his preferences. This leads to a better customer experience overall.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We were looking for a robust search tool that enabled us to personalize search results utilizing AI, while also solving other problems and automating other tasks like Synonyms, Common Misspellings/Typo Tolerance.
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