What is Algolia?
Algolia applies artificial intelligence to e-commerce. The tool helps people and teams improve product discovery, conversion and post-purchase relationships.
Should you shortlist Algolia?
Developer teams that need hosted search for a site, app, catalog or documentation and can forecast request and record volume.
Index a representative dataset on the Free plan, measure relevance and monthly request volume, then model record and query overages before production rollout.
Editorially listed. Not functionally tested by ToolVerity. Sponsorship, when present, never changes this assessment.
Algolia pricing
The Free plan includes 10,000 search requests per month and 50,000 records. Grow includes 10,000 search requests and 100,000 records, then charges $0.50 per additional 1,000 searches and $0.40 per additional 1,000 records. Grow Plus raises the search overage to $1.75 per 1,000 and adds AI capabilities. Elevate uses custom annual pricing.
What to verify before you choose
- Expected monthly search requests and peak traffic
- Record count, including copies created for additional sort orders
- Whether keyword search is enough or AI and enterprise controls are required
Source checked August 15, 2026: Official Algolia pricing. ToolVerity summarized the public vendor material independently; recheck the source before purchase.