Item: Algolia
Rating: 10
Author: Ross Sedawie

Overall Satisfaction with Algolia

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Live Platforms needed a search platform that served consumers by helping them easily and quickly find what they are looking for, but also ensuring its sellers, who pay a commission for listing, were getting “bang for their buck.” Algolia made the cut due to its speed, flexibility, and features like Personalization.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Personailzation
Speed of results
relevance of results
Customer care

Cons

More data - a deeper dive into search terms would be great.

Return on Investment

Great ROI
average session durations increase by nearly one-third (32 percent), while individual item views have increased by 16 percent

Alternatives Considered

We researched heavily, tried Algolia and never had to look elsewhere for a provider.

Key Insights

Do you think Algolia delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Algolia's feature set?

Yes

Did Algolia live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Algolia go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Algolia again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

It is perfect for large websites with lots of inventory. Matching the right person to the perfect product is something they are great at.

Less appropriate would be smaller websites without a large catalogue to navigate through.

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Algolia Search - Invaluable For Large Catalogues