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AI search and recommendations API with a free tier and usage pricing
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Algolia is an AI search and discovery platform that adds fast keyword search, AI ranking and recommendations to websites and apps. Teams use its APIs to build search for e-commerce, content and product catalogs.
Developers send records to Algolia indices and query them through APIs and front-end libraries. Rules and synonyms tune results, while higher plans add AI Ranking and AI Synonyms. On the Elevate plan, NeuralSearch blends semantic and keyword matching, and real-time personalization adapts results per user.
Algolia is used by engineering, e-commerce and merchandising teams that need site search and product discovery. Its free tier suits prototypes, and the Elevate plan targets enterprises needing SSO and a 99.99% availability SLA.
Algolia has a Free plan with 10K search requests, 50K records and 5K recommendations per month. Grow charges $0.50 per 1K extra requests, Grow Plus charges $1.75 per 1K, and Elevate is custom annual pricing.
Alternatives include Elasticsearch, which is a self-managed search engine, Coveo, which focuses on enterprise relevance and personalization, and Typesense, which is an open source search engine.
Pricing Model
USAGE BASED
Starting Price
$0/mo
Free Options
Free version
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