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Algolia
AI search & discovery — keyword + neural + personalization
Hosted search as a service. Keyword + AI ranking, NeuralSearch (vector), personalization, recommendations, rules. 15+ client SDKs, InstantSearch UI libraries.
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Build (Free) | Free | 10K search requests/mo, 1M records. Full features for dev/testing. |
| Grow (PAYG) | Free | Free up to 10K searches/mo + 100K records. $0.50 per 1K additional searches + $0.40 per 1K additional records. |
| Grow Plus (PAYG) | Free | Adds AI Ranking, Advanced Personalization, AI Synonyms, 10k rules/index. $1.75 per 1K searches. |
| Elevate | Custom | Annual. NeuralSearch + AI Collections + Smart Groups + real-time personalization. 99.999% SLA, SSO. |
Limits
| Tier | Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ai ranking | Dynamic Re-Ranking powered by ML on click/conv data | AI Ranking |
| — | analytics retention | 90 days (Grow) / 1 year (Elevate) | Analytics retention |
| — | dsn regions | 70+ regions globally (Distributed Search Network) | Edge regions |
| — | neural search | Semantic + keyword hybrid on Elevate | NeuralSearch |
| — | record size max | 100 KB per record (paid), 10 KB (free) | Max record size |
| — | response time p95 | <50ms median (distributed DSN) | Typical query latency |
| — | rules per index free | 2000 rules | Rules per index — Grow |
| — | rules per index plus | 10000 rules | Rules per index — Grow Plus |
Features
- A/B Testing — Compare two index configurations on live traffic.
- AI Ranking — Dynamic re-ranking based on clicks + conversions.
- Algolia Crawler — Hosted crawler to index websites.
- Autocomplete — JavaScript autocomplete UI library.
- Insights API — Send click + conversion events to train AI Ranking.
- InstantSearch UI — UI libraries: React, Vue, Angular, iOS, Android — prebuilt search components. · docs
- Keyword Search — Fast prefix + typo-tolerant full-text search. · docs
- MCP Tools — Algolia MCP server for agent integrations.
- Merchandising Studio — No-code UI for merchants to pin/bury/boost products.
- NeuralSearch — Hybrid vector + keyword search.
- Personalization — Per-user ranking based on click history.
- Query Suggestions — AI-generated suggestion index from past searches.
- Recommend — Product recommendations: Related, Frequently Bought Together, Trending. · docs
- Rules — Conditional overrides: pin results, banners, redirects, boost/bury.
- Search Analytics — Top searches, no-result searches, click-through rates.
- Synonyms — Equivalent term groups + typo-tolerance tuning.
Developer interfaces
| Slug | Name | Kind | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin-api | Algolia Admin API | rest | v1 |
| cli | Algolia CLI | cli | 2.x |
| rest-api | Algolia Search API | rest | v1 |
| sdk-go | algoliasearch-client-go | sdk | 4.x |
| sdk-kotlin | algoliasearch-client-kotlin | sdk | 3.x |
| sdk-swift | algoliasearch-client-swift | sdk | 9.x |
| sdk-java | algoliasearch-java | sdk | 4.x |
| sdk-js | algoliasearch (JS) | sdk | 5.x |
| sdk-php | algoliasearch-php | sdk | 4.x |
| sdk-python | algoliasearch-python | sdk | 4.x |
| sdk-ruby | algoliasearch-rails | sdk | 3.x |
| sdk-react-is | react-instantsearch | sdk | 7.x |
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