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Great SaaS solution for rapidly implementing a powerful Search Feature in your App
What do you like best about the product?
It is easy to implement complex search features, including faceting, performant autocompletion, and suggestions. The implementation is quickly done using their Instantsearch SDK. The best thing about this is that their Instantsearch SDK lets you easily override the whole Search UI to fit your brand and Components.
In my past experiences, I also used Elasticsearch, which is a great Open Source Search Solution. Although ES is very flexible, achieving the same Search Experience as Algolia is a tough road with Elasticsearch, especially for optimizing the queries and the ES architecture. It is also heavier on the maintenance side.
Algolia provides a straightforward experience and can even be easily configured by non-technical people (e.g. Synonyms configuration, ranking algorithm, etc.)
In my past experiences, I also used Elasticsearch, which is a great Open Source Search Solution. Although ES is very flexible, achieving the same Search Experience as Algolia is a tough road with Elasticsearch, especially for optimizing the queries and the ES architecture. It is also heavier on the maintenance side.
Algolia provides a straightforward experience and can even be easily configured by non-technical people (e.g. Synonyms configuration, ranking algorithm, etc.)
What do you dislike about the product?
The pricing of Algolia can be a bit steep, especially if you want autocomplete or query suggestions as you type, as each "Search Query" counts towards your quota. For this reason, several clients of my company prefer to start with "Search on Enter" instead of "Search as you type" with Algolia.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Mainly using Algolia for Searching through normalized models such as web pages, recipes, user content, etc. Algolia is used on the Frontend for achieving a great Search Experience.
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Very good experience with customisability overall, but slightly lacking on integrations
What do you like best about the product?
I like how customisable and well-documented the algorithm is - I like being able to rearrange the steps, as well as the automagical adaptation to new data types. I can add a completely new key to my object, and Algolia automatically updates to handle it.
Also, I am very happy about the ease of creating new collections/workspaces, and configuring them through the easy guided tutorial.
I would have also said that my favourite feature, by far, was Algolia places :(. The fact that it was available for free/a very low cost was amazing.
The React toolkit is also incredibly helpful - I can set up a UI with searching, filtering, and sorting very quickly.
This also goes without saying, but the search algorithm is amazing.
Also, I am very happy about the ease of creating new collections/workspaces, and configuring them through the easy guided tutorial.
I would have also said that my favourite feature, by far, was Algolia places :(. The fact that it was available for free/a very low cost was amazing.
The React toolkit is also incredibly helpful - I can set up a UI with searching, filtering, and sorting very quickly.
This also goes without saying, but the search algorithm is amazing.
What do you dislike about the product?
I am, of course, sad about the demise of Places. It really was the only tool available for searching this kind of data for free, and I've used it in a lot of sights where it was really a no-brainer to implement and there weren't really any viable alternatives.
Also, I would appreciate more integrations with rapid development tools - it has occurred many times that when developing a super-quick MVP, Algolia was the longest to set up. For instance, automatic Firebase/Firestore sync would be greatly appreciated, since right now, I need to use Firebase Functions in order to manually sync the two. Not only does this slow down development time, it also makes the sync execute slower, since Firebase Functions need to boot up first.
Also, I have experiences slight issues when it comes to implementing the manual React UI - although I said that it's quite easy to use, this isn't the case when attempting to customise it. It can get quite complicated and hacky to use, particularly with Typescript (as TS definitions are dodgy/incomplete in cases).
Also, I would appreciate more integrations with rapid development tools - it has occurred many times that when developing a super-quick MVP, Algolia was the longest to set up. For instance, automatic Firebase/Firestore sync would be greatly appreciated, since right now, I need to use Firebase Functions in order to manually sync the two. Not only does this slow down development time, it also makes the sync execute slower, since Firebase Functions need to boot up first.
Also, I have experiences slight issues when it comes to implementing the manual React UI - although I said that it's quite easy to use, this isn't the case when attempting to customise it. It can get quite complicated and hacky to use, particularly with Typescript (as TS definitions are dodgy/incomplete in cases).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
On our website CodeDragon, we use Algolia to search users and projects - it has been incredibly helpful in allowing us to broaden our search feature from just usernames and project titles to user bios and descriptions and content. It has allowed us to convey more info to the user quickly, and the InstantSearch feature means that we don't need to manually make requests.
We've also used Algolia Places in a lot of situations to allow address search, in order to simplify (as well as validate) addresses in circumstances where this was necessary to be correct.
We've also used Algolia Places in a lot of situations to allow address search, in order to simplify (as well as validate) addresses in circumstances where this was necessary to be correct.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Algolia is amazing to work with, and their customer support is always available super quickly to help you with any concerns. Make sure to make use of the algorithm customisation features and fine-tune indices to your liking in order to bring out the most from Algolia - it could make the difference between a 'good' and 'great' implementation.
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What do you like best about the product?
The simple access for its use, well documented and so easy
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not have anything coming to mind, although probably the pricing model when you have big sets of data
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The indexation of data on their string fields or part of these, it is incredibly efficient
Recommendations to others considering the product:
All of the above really, its use of use is second to none!...
Simple but effective cloud based search as a service
What do you like best about the product?
Algolia is easy to set up and the auto-indexing integration with Netlify works really well. I was able to install Algolia on my Gatsby.js static site and get the search up and running within an hour.
What do you dislike about the product?
Although Algolia's free tier is very generous, if you exceed the free tier limit, it can get quite expensive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I needed a real-time search solution for a static site. A static site doesn't have a backend server, so I needed a cloud-based search service and Algolia fit the bill.
Awesome features, super intuitive documentation
What do you like best about the product?
I really love how easy it is to implement Algolia, their documentation is really intuitive. Also, I've never seen a search tool with such advanced analytics data and features, as a marketer I find Algolia an absolute necessity for growing and bringing results to business that relies on search.
What do you dislike about the product?
To be honest, I can't really think of anything that I dislike about Algolia.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Algolia helps me create delightful experiences for my customers, and its analytics tools gives me valuable insights on how I can improve the search experience and bring more results.
I'm using Algolia Search and Beta Answers
What do you like best about the product?
Algolia has always been a product to use for better search results, i.e. search applications that required NLP-assisted search.
Now, with Algolia Answers, one has access to ML/NLP search results i.e. cognitive search.
Additionally, Algolia offers a turnkey cloud search solution, with one's indices stored across three or more geographically distributed cloud instances.
I would definitely recommend Algolia.
Now, with Algolia Answers, one has access to ML/NLP search results i.e. cognitive search.
Additionally, Algolia offers a turnkey cloud search solution, with one's indices stored across three or more geographically distributed cloud instances.
I would definitely recommend Algolia.
What do you dislike about the product?
As always, pricing can be an issue, but with long term contracts, pricing becomes less of an issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cognitive Search.
Time to market - turnkey solution offers a pre-built NLP- and model-based enterprise search solution.
Time to market - turnkey solution offers a pre-built NLP- and model-based enterprise search solution.
Build search engines IN A GREAT WAY!
What do you like best about the product?
Algolia works for me because I get to construct an optimized search engine to look for real estates involving several filters and parameters.
What do you dislike about the product?
I had trouble learning how to use it, I think sometimes I had issues with the internals and the quick support, too much to read.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Algolia impacted our work by providing a very good search engine to our customers.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You should or can look for help at stack exchange or blogs so they can provide tips for better use of this tool.
Best search library for business and personal websites
What do you like best about the product?
I was searching for a fast module that could easily integrate with my personal React-GatsbyJs website, that could integrate with Contentful and update searchable material via webhooks; Gatsby docs make the overall process easy for me and for my development team, in addiction Algolia platform is easy to use and it's the best described module to integrate.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't find many dislikes about Algolia, because the Free tier is made for someone like me.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With Algolia and React Instant Search, a pre-made component, I can provide the best experience for users of my webapplication.
Algolia as an efficient and fast advanced search manager.
What do you like best about the product?
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.
What do you dislike about the product?
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.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
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.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If in your development departments, you have dedicated members, who have the advanced and technical knowledge to delve into the documentation that Algolia contains, to discover what makes it work, this product may be the best for you and your company, since it acquires unique characteristics necessary to establish efficient jobs, because the framework of this system is extremely powerful and allows searches to be instantaneous, so that it can provide its users with results at lightning-fast and unusual speeds.
Amazing web search platform
What do you like best about the product?
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.
What do you dislike about the product?
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.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
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.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would definitely recommend using this to manage your jobs and process large amounts of data quickly, we have been able to quickly execute several developer efficiency efforts.
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