What is Algolia?
Algolia is a French AI-powered search and discovery platform that helps over 18,000 organizations across 150+ countries build exceptional search experiences. Recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Search and Product Discovery two years running, Algolia provides agentic, generative, and traditional search AI on a single platform. The service powers product discovery for e-commerce, generative AI experiences with RAG grounding, guided shopping, and documentation search. From startup to enterprise, Algolia delivers millisecond response times with AI that understands user intent and drives conversion.
Key Features
- ✓AI-powered search with instant results
- ✓Product discovery and e-commerce search
- ✓Generative AI with RAG grounding
- ✓Agent Studio for guided shopping
- ✓NeuralSearch for intent understanding
- ✓Personalization based on behavior
- ✓AI ranking for conversion optimization
- ✓Search analytics and insights
- ✓DocSearch for documentation
- ✓Easy API and frontend components
- ✓Pre-built platform integrations
- ✓Enterprise security and compliance
🔒 Privacy & Data Protection
Algolia is headquartered in Paris, France, and operates under European data protection regulations. The platform provides enterprise-grade security and compliance certifications suitable for organizations with strict requirements. As a European company, Algolia offers businesses in regulated industries a search provider within EU jurisdiction. SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR compliance are standard.
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💰 Pricing
Algolia offers a free tier for developers getting started. Paid plans scale with usage (search requests and records). Enterprise pricing provides dedicated support, higher limits, and premium features. The platform is designed to grow with your business from startup to enterprise scale. Visit algolia.com for current pricing.
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