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The product itself is excellent- when it works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is no customer support, so when things go wrong you wait days for a response. Also their billing platform is buggy af, and has no notifications. So your service can be cutoff without warning, even when it's their fault for lack of adequate error detection systems.
It would be fine if there was a support team to swiftly respond and resolve issues, but there isn't, so lack of infrastructure and lack of support is a double whammy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
-Simple to integrate
-Supports almost all major programming languages with SDK
-Blazing-fast search results
-Recommender system
-Very well suited for e-commerce website Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
-Requires internet to work with
-Only runs in the cloud
-Query system can be more robust to support more complex queries Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like the best part of Algolia is that it integrates with various platforms and frameworks, including popular content management systems (CMS) like WordPress and Shopify. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
after all, Algolia is a powerful and reliable search engine as a service that is suitable for a variety of applications and websites. However, it may not be the best fit for projects with a large amount of data or those that require offline functionality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Algolia gives good search functionalities with easy indexing, good documentation, and typo tolerance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Recent change in UI at algolia is making many functionlities difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Query rules in Algolia allow you to improve the relevancy of results. Instant search provides fast results to the users. You can build multiple indices and facets, providing multiple options for admin users to implement merchandising strategies around profitability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
If you have a large number of SKUs in your product catalogue, it can take quite a while for Algolia to index all the product data. The premium plans is quite expensive as well if you have less than 400 orders a month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The flexibility of Algolia I think is one of its greatest strengths. On the server side, their SDKs are easy to use, but I've also found the raw REST API endpoints simple enough as well. On the client side, I like that they have a library for UI components but also allow you to do the UI completely yourself, and just hit the APIs for searching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I've found little to truly dislike. I have seen that in some cases, the parts of the product that are NOT free, are sometimes not properly explained. For example, when trying to test the Crawler product, I remember the error message wasn't clear that it was part of the paid tier only. That's a minor complaint though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Algolia is a very powerful search engine, we manage to set it up very quickly just by using our product feed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It seems to be magic, but if you want to be very efficient you have to train the user to do a good merchandising Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The documentation is awesome. It was really easy to start a search experience on my app. I just inserted the libraries and followed the 5 minute tutorial and I was ready for a production launch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sadly some examples on the website docs are not totally clear or they lack more applied examples. I'll like to have demos for each possible scenario or caveat of the API of algolia. but either way is really useful as it is Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The robustness of the indexing, particularly the synonyms. Analytics are precise and manual adjustments to common searches is literally drag and drop. The ability to tweak your algorithm as you view analysis is unique to Algolia. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Setting up the initial indexing does take some time and developer know-how, but it is a manageable task for most developers who are familiar with your technology stack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
