# Algolia — AI Compare Ninja

> Search-as-infrastructure for developers: an API and SDKs for full-text search, AI-assisted relevance, and recommendations.

## Overview
- **Category:** Development & Code (Localization, search & APIs)
- **Status:** Active · checked - Active. Search-as-infrastructure for developers (API/SDKs). Self-service sign-up without a sales contact.
- **Paid from:** 0.50 USD / per 1,000 extra search requests, monthly (Grow)
- **Free access:** Free plan (10,000 search requests and 50,000 records per month. 5,000 recommendations and 5,000 crawls per month. 1 application, 20 indices, and 1 GB of storage. No credit card required.)
- **Website:** https://www.algolia.com
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/algolia

## What it does
- Grow: Keyword search, manual synonyms, 10 rules/index, 30-day analytics retention
- Grow Plus: AI Ranking, AI Synonyms, Advanced Personalization, 10,000 rules/index, 90-day analytics retention
- Elevate: NeuralSearch, AI Collections, Smart Groups and real-time personalization

## In brief
Algolia provides search APIs, SDKs and recommendations for websites and applications. Grow covers keyword search; Grow Plus adds AI ranking and personalization. NeuralSearch and AI Collections belong to annual Elevate and are not automatically included in Free or Grow.


## Limits
Autocomplete can trigger a search request with each keystroke; one request can group multiple search operations. Pre-sort copies increase record counts. Algolia ignores the 3 highest days when calculating monthly records. Grow and Grow Plus are monthly pay-as-you-go; Elevate requires an annual contract. Standard terms name Algolia SAS under French law for European customers. Usage data and non-personal customer data may be used for product improvement under the terms; this is not a blanket promise of no training use.

## Pricing tiers
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | free | Month | 10,000 search requests and 50,000 records; 5,000 recommendations and 5,000 crawls per month; 1 application, 20 indices, 1 GB; no credit card required |
| Grow | 0.50 USD | per 1,000 extra search requests, monthly | 10,000 search requests and 100,000 records included; Extra records: USD 0.40/1,000; 1 application, 50 indices; Keyword search, manual synonyms, 10 rules/index, 30-day analytics retention |
| Grow Plus | 1.75 USD | per 1,000 extra search requests, monthly | 10,000 search requests and 100,000 records included; Extra records: USD 0.40/1,000; 1 application, 50 indices; AI Ranking, AI Synonyms, Advanced Personalization, 10,000 rules/index, 90-day analytics retention |
| Elevate | contact sales | Annual contract | NeuralSearch, AI Collections, Smart Groups and real-time personalization; Custom volumes and pricing; access to SSO, enhanced SLA and support options |
| Recommend (Grow / Grow Plus) | 0.60 USD | per 1,000 extra requests, monthly | 10,000 recommendation requests included monthly; extra usage billed separately; Separate allowance from search requests |
| Crawler (Grow / Grow Plus) | 0.80 USD | per 1,000 extra requests, monthly | 10,000 crawls included monthly; extra usage billed separately; Separate allowance from search requests |

## Sources
All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

- https://www.algolia.com/pricing
- https://www.algolia.com/developers
- https://www.algolia.com/policies/terms
- https://www.algolia.com/policies/privacy

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*Source: AI Compare Ninja (2026) - https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/algolia*