A search request is a group of one or more search operations sent in a single exchange. Search operations are triggered when a search is performed. In autocomplete and search-as-you-type implementations, a new search request is performed on every keystroke.

In past Algolia plans, a single search would be counted per active search index. So Algolia would count a single search applied to 3 active indexes as 3 search 'operations'. With the current pricing, in this example Algolia would count this as one search 'request'. This greatly simplifies our pricing model for customers using federated search and for customers with multiple sorts (e.g. newest products, lowest cost, highest cost, etc.).

Simply put, a record is an item or object that contains data that someone would search (or get recommendations) for. The total number of records is equal to the sum of records that you have in all of your indices. Note that each pre-sort of your records creates a copy of the relevant pre-sorted records and as a result, increases your total record count.

Each Search plan allows you to store a certain number of records at any given time. You can update, delete, or add as many records as you want as long as the total number of the indexed records does not exceed the inclusion of the plan. If you go over the inclusion, you’ll be charged an over-quota based on the maximum number of records you’ve reached. Depending on your plan, there may be an opportunity to pre-purchase additional records at the beginning of your contract period at a discounted price.

Note: To offer flexibility, Algolia ignores the 3 days with the most records in each month before calculating the total number of records.

The Algolia Free plan is a great way to get started with Search & Discovery. Whether you're building a new project, launching a startup, running a small online store, or exploring what Algolia can do, the Free plan gives you access to core capabilities at no cost. As your needs grow, you can seamlessly upgrade to the Grow or Grow Plus plan to unlock higher usage limits, advanced features, and capabilities designed to scale with your business.

Algolia's Grow and Grow Plus plans include:

• 10,000 Search Requests
• 10,000 Recommend Requests
• 100,000 Records
• 10,000 Crawls per month
• 1 free Guide

You’ll only be billed for usage which exceeds each product’s free tier, and only if you choose to use them.

Both plans include Algolia's powerful keyword search engine. Grow Plus includes access to AI capabilities including Ranking, Advanced Personalization, Collections and increased limits on Rules to improve results and drive engagement.

Elevate is Algolia's full AI Search offering including NeuralSearch, Smart Groups and AI Collections. Enhanced support, enterprise security features and options are also available. Elevate requires an annual contract.

It will depend on your use case, the size of your index, the number of queries per month you expect, whether you need AI, and other factors.

Generally speaking,

• Grow is a great choice for a production-ready project that only needs keyword search capabilities.
• Grow Plus offers enhanced AI capabilities and limits.
• Elevate offers annual discounts and additional features and capabilities such as NeuralSearch, an enhanced SLA, additional indexes for larger federated catalogs, and much more.

Contact our team to learn more about each plan and what might work best for you.

Yes, volume discounts are available with an annual contract. Contact us to learn more.

Grow and Grow Plus plans are billed monthly with no contract required. Elevate plan requires an annual contract, contact us to learn more.

Learn more about the Algolia Startup program and our free offer for open source and non-profit projects.

ROI varies by customer and use case, but Forrester Research performed an ROI analysis with several Algolia customers. They found ROI as high as 382% with a payback period of less than 6 months with $4.47M present value of benefit and $3.54M net present value. Read the full report here.