Algolia Reviews & Product Details

The speed of algolia is fantastic, we send data and it syncs quickly. Responses are in milliseconds.

Figuring out how to do database syncing is tricky. We have somewhat realtime information we need to send and sometimes indexing speeds are >10 seconds which is a bummer.

Ultimately we are using algolia for global search. We're also using it for a few landing pages for users to browse their items.

Overal it's a very modern feeling service. Great documentation including good examples. I was up and running in about an hour, including integrating it with a static site build process and a basic front end.

So far there's nothing to dislike. I'm not sure how well the pricing scales for production but for my limited traffic site it's perfect.

I needed a search service that I could use with a static jamstack site with no access to a database. Algol is filled that need perfectly, and at no cost for my small use case.

It needs minimum amount of setup and boilerplate code. Has a generous free plan for small scale applications. Provides backend-instantSearch so that result can be fine tuned further. Comes with good default theme for frontend.

Deleting or modifying existing records is not that easy, also documentation regarding the same is not very straightforward. Comes only with one readymade theme.

I used algolia to add seach feature to documentation of an upcoming VueJs component library, and also used it on a webapp involving team recruitment, to make projects added by users searchable by others.

Fast performance and easy integration make this service a perfect alternative for the data storage layer in any small app or website. Ready-to-use libraries from .NET to Node.js simplifies the usage, and the standard REST API enables you to use it from practically anywhere.

When developing on the local machine, it might take hundreds of calls to the API, which comes out of the quota. Local emulators would help. Although it is possible to create search requests with authentication filters to make sure users get only permitted results, this whole process could be simplified. For instance, today, it requires me to have some server in the middle to generate the token, and if it were part of the Algolia services, it would be helpful.

Can use it from simple data storage solution to adding a powerful search experience to end-users and all this from the same index.

The search performances are stunning!!!!

There are lot of users that would like to use algolia for booking services in a certain geographical position. Problem is that there's no way to filter the results by their date availability. Algolia doesn't support this use case and it is suggesting to use another database for this purpose.

Having a production ready search. We manage to add it to our product in a couple of days.

The possibility of all coded or even by plugging it into your PLC system. The almost infinite possibilities are offered by the software to have a result as close as possible to reality. The fact that a sales representative from Algolia came to explain to us in more detail the possibilities and the functioning of the software (even if it would have been preferable for a technique from Algolia to explain the possibilities of the API). The possibility of testing the paid features for a while is also a plus, however if I would have known the complexity of use via API, I might have waited before being able to take advantage of this offer (an informational text is not available). would not be too much).

The documentation is unstructured. For a developer who wants to use your solution from A to Z, the documentation is too exhaustive and focuses more on the points that can be proposed by the Agoraio development team The integration complexity of an interface preferred for research which is not documented or if it is it is very difficult to find it.

I could group all my content which is managed from the front on a database which then allows me to do relevant research. In addition, the fact of using Algolia and better understanding it opens doors for us to use it for our future customers, whether for E-commerce or research in very dense documentation.

The get started setup, search algorithm, and its configuration.

Have not found such thing that I donkt like

Needle search in the haystack. Algolia gives excellent performance and efficiency in terms of cost and time.

Fast search results with all the filtering we've ever needed. Faceting allows us to organize our product around the site and then lets users drill down into the products that are relevant to them.

It takes a moderate amount of development time to integrate database records into Algolia. Building a system to manage changes to the index took us a few attempts.

Ecommerce faceted search. Excellent developer experience for building new pages. Wonderful experience for our front end users

I like the speed of the queries and along with the web UI provided for configuring indexes. There are lots of parameters to make the searches work as you expected, even with misspelled inputs. I like the idea of creating replicas of your data with different parameters for different search use cases. It then becomes very clear which index you wish to use later on and so you receive predictable outcomes.

I don't like the react plugin for instant search, at least the version I am on right now, because it is very difficult to clear the cache for the results. In my use case, the fields on the data change regularly. The results will return the old values until the entire component is unloaded and then reloaded. I also wish the logs were easier to filter and review in the web browser. Currently, I have the best results when I pull down all the logs locally and filter the text with another program. It would be nice to see more results on the browser, or be able to filter them by the contents of the operation.

Full-text fuzzy search is why we depend on Algolia. Being able to combine multiple data sets in one index is great for discoverability. Firestore lacks many querying features and so pairing it with Algolia covers our needs, though it does complicate things a bit and increase our bill.

The interface is clear, simple and direct Algolia have the ability and the means to adapt with different user directions, needs and vision for cross-industries. Algolia suport responds promptly to any issue issue you might face

We face some minor difficulties in Indices creations, in addition more advanced reports can be exported from Algolia dashboard.

Many problems can be solved with Algolia specially when you have a huge number of products (millions). and you need to choose the elite products for communication. - Visibility on your Top Products - Visibility on the products you want to improve - Search redirection based on your strategies - Cross language solutions Helps you build your weekly/monthly strategy

Algolia is the most seamless integration with its multiple SDKs. It is also easy to keep indexes synchronised. Algolia has a unique way of searching through attributes, also adaptable and able to provide you with business intelligence from your data such as if an item on your website is on offer. This will give you a competitive edge in the market by providing users with excellent experience, that's exactly what Algolia has helped us achieve. I'd recommend Algolia if you want to hit the ground running.

Algolia is a slightly expensive tool but provides better services than its competitors. Also doesn't seem to work well with unstructured data, also when your systems are on-premise you would leverage Algolia features, unfortunately.

I am building a job placement technology, search is critical here to find the right person for the job. Keywords are so important during recruitment for both the job seeker and the recruiter that's why we use Algolia's fast blazing APIs to deliver excellent experiences.

Search speed Autocomplete widget Simple indexing capability Search-related Reporting

Lack of WordPress Plugin Support. Had to take an existing fork of their WordPress plugin and further customise it... but was worth it.

eCommerce Search Realised: Fast and reliable user experience.

I really like the simplitity of algolia. It is easy to use and implement in various scenarios.

Now, after using Algolia for some time, there isn't much that I don't like. But one thing was a bit confusing at first for me: The Unit system. It was first hard to understand for me, that these units are used for both search querys and index records. Maybe a bit clearer description would be helpful there.

The biggest benefit I have over other solutions (for example ElasticSearch) is, that there are official, first-party search UI frameworks. Others have something simmilar as well, but by far not so feature rich. Especially React InstantSearch was a big time saver implementing search in our project.

Algolia offers detailed documentation on every topic of its API and modules for all popular JS frameworks, making it clear to implement and fun to work with.

The learning curve can be a little steep in the beginning, especially when you have a non-default use-case.

Implementing fast and reliable search in any webapplication. It is great for anything ranging from e-commerce search or niche usecases like hashtag autocompletion.

One of the qualities that stands out the most about the functionalities of this software is its extensive search speeds, which are extremely fast, which allows better management when conducting these investigations, in order to guarantee productivity, when we go to time that we use to determine a factor found through this very innovative and efficient system, without excluding that it maintains an incredible technical support team, so that all users can solve their problems or doubts presented in this server, in a fast way, with quality and very surprising, in its response time.

We can consider that it is very difficult to scale the product in a straight line, for a simpler and more direct knowledge, when we are going to use this software, since its functionalities are somewhat steep and difficult to understand, because its complex determinations are they are extensive and require a prudent and advanced understanding to start operating this system in its entirety, without excluding that it is divided into different functional packages, and most of them are very expensive.

We use Algolia throughout our organization, for a fundamental objective, which is to promote the searches that all our registered users to the platforms we have, in other words, it should be noted that we take advantage of the speed and efficiency that this software offers to improve in large quantities the experience of each of the operators who navigate through the instances that we maintain at our own disposal, mainly when it comes to searching for different types of records.

The best available solution to configure the search. Algolia presents visual search results that are attractive as well as being very fast in terms of displaying search results. The dashboard is very modern, like the brand, and offers a fairly comprehensive analysis. It is very easy to configure.

There are some limitations on the size of the record and the size of the facet. It also doesn't allow you to test based on the hypothetical user's geographic location, the price can go up very quickly if the outbound subscription is exceeded, it doesn't support too many advanced skills either.

The benefits are a great user experience in terms of performance and prioritization of results. It has great customization features and that greatly helps board advisers to manage accounts. With Algolia we solve the problem of returning the appropriate combination in minutes, it has allowed us to index their respective data for each user so that they can obtain fast results.

Facet filter feature is the best that Algolia provides out of the box. Searches are very swift and I like the feature a lot. Facet filters are useful when we have categorised search. Like how Algolia provides suggestions even in its settings page while typing out the keys for a record Awesome and Intelligent

Algolia matches sub-string by default, if there was an option to match query with a full word or a sub-string that would be great, this would give developers the power to flip the option on or off depending on a condition programatically. I would like to see this feature in near future, and can't wait to implement it. I hope that I am notified about the addition of this feature via mail when it is added

Solved Auto-suggestion feature in search bar Conventional search bar with great search result Providing best product suggestion on single types

Fast: Algolia's search results are super fast. Scalable: It has the capacity to hold from 1 to many records (tested with catalog size of 100000 products) Easy to integrate: For many e-commerce platforms, it comes with a plugin which is super easy to configure. Search modification: You can define the synonyms and check the empty search results for which customers are looking for on your store. Redirection: You can use the redirection rule to move user to a particular page on a search for a particular search keyword.

Higher Pricing: Recently there is a change in the pricing model which I think might not be liked by many small business owners.

Compare to the default search / other search engines, the experience of integrating Algolia was smooth. It is also very fast in terms of showing search results. The indexes are really powerful and get updated really quickly. No matter, how many numbers of products your store having, Algolia's performance does not get down. We have implemented it in different size projects from low traffic to heavy traffic and the results are amazing. The good thing here is that if you have storefronts like Magento or Shopify, or many big names, algolia provides easy plugins which can help to integrate your store faster.

Easy to load data to, many SDKs available, easy to configure, reliable service.

The use case we have is a bit odd for Algolia so I keep explaining to stakeholders the design decisions we made.

To construct a set of relevant hotels for given anchor hotel or place.

Algolia is what I was looking for, it provides some pretty good search experience terms. I like that it is very easy to use and add information, the interface is easy to use, and the documentation is clear. It represents a major advance over the original search tool, it is hosted, flexible, and scales very well.

Few details present, it is a good tool. The cost is a bit high, plus there are customization issues without development help. Size limitations are a big problem and splitting larger objects into a single entity seems like something that should be managed.

This great tool that helps to improve the search capabilities of your website. Easy to use, easy to customize and with excellent support, the advantage of using algolia is that my website users can enjoy a quick search, we use search as the main navigation on our agency's landing page.