How much does Algolia cost?

Algolia publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Build up to On request for Grow Plus. The entry tier costs nothing.

Does Algolia have a free plan?

Yes. The Build tier costs nothing and covers free tier. Paying starts at $0.5/month minimum for Grow.

What is the difference between Build and Grow on Algolia?

Grow costs $0.5/month minimum against Free, and adds 10k searches and 100k records included, usage-based overage pricing.

Is the Grow Plus plan on Algolia worth it?

That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is ai features, 10k searches per month, $1.75 per 1k search overages. It costs On request against $0.5/month minimum for Grow. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.

Which e-commerce tools can I use without paying?

2 of the 8 e-commerce tools listed alongside Algolia have a free tier: Hotjar, Contentful.

What am I actually paying for with Algolia?

The record lists 25 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for site search, mobile app search, voice search.

Does Algolia charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Algolia prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Algolia against before paying?

The closest e-commerce tools in this directory are Loox, SamCart, Gumroad, eBay. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Algolia covering price, platforms and features.

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Algolia pricing

Algolia publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.

Entry price: Free, then $0.5/month
Model: Not recorded
Tiers: 4
Free tier: Yes

Algolia plans, side by side

Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.

Algolia pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Build	Free	1	Entry tier
Grow	$0.5/month minimum	2	+$0.5/month minimum, 2 more features
Elevate	$50000/year	2	+$49999.5/year, 2 more features
Grow Plus	On request	3	Priced on request

What each tier adds

The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.

Build

Free

The entry tier. It covers free tier.

Grow

$0.5/month minimum

Over Build, this tier adds:

10k searches and 100k records included
Usage-based overage pricing

Elevate

$50000/year

Over Grow, this tier adds:

Enterprise tier
Annual commitment

Grow Plus

On request

Over Elevate, this tier adds:

AI features
10k searches per month
$1.75 per 1k search overages

Where Algolia stops being free

Build, Free

Free tier

Grow, $0.5/month minimum

The first thing you pay for:

10k searches and 100k records included
Usage-based overage pricing

What the product covers

The full Algolia feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

Core

Instant search
Typo tolerance
Faceted search
Geo search
AI recommendations
Analytics
A/B testing
Multi-language

Integrations

React
Vue
Angular
Shopify
Magento
WordPress
Gatsby
Firebase

Security

SOC2
GDPR
CCPA
HIPAA

Deployment

Cloud deployment

Platform

Web support
Mobile support
Api support

Localization

All languages supported language support

People bring Algolia in for site search, mobile app search, voice search, product discovery, federated search. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Algolia are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in E-commerce

Too few e-commerce tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.

Algolia entry price against other E-commerce tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Algolia (this page)	Free, then $0.5/month	-	-
Loox	On request	usage-based	-	vs Algolia
SamCart	On request	subscription	-	vs Algolia
Gumroad	On request	subscription	-	vs Algolia
eBay	On request	subscription	-	vs Algolia
Hotjar	Free, then $39/month	-	-	vs Algolia
Authorize.net	On request	subscription	-	vs Algolia

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Algolia badges page.

Before you pay for Algolia

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

Algolia runs on web, and is published by Algolia Inc of San Francisco, CA. The full record is on the Algolia review, and the rest of the category is under best e-commerce tools.

Algolia pricing on the vendor's own site

Algolia pricing questions

How much does Algolia cost?: Algolia publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Build up to On request for Grow Plus. The entry tier costs nothing.
Does Algolia have a free plan?: Yes. The Build tier costs nothing and covers free tier. Paying starts at $0.5/month minimum for Grow.
What is the difference between Build and Grow on Algolia?: Grow costs $0.5/month minimum against Free, and adds 10k searches and 100k records included, usage-based overage pricing.
Is the Grow Plus plan on Algolia worth it?: That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is ai features, 10k searches per month, $1.75 per 1k search overages. It costs On request against $0.5/month minimum for Grow. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
Which e-commerce tools can I use without paying?: 2 of the 8 e-commerce tools listed alongside Algolia have a free tier: Hotjar, Contentful.
What am I actually paying for with Algolia?: The record lists 25 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for site search, mobile app search, voice search.
Does Algolia charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Algolia prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Algolia against before paying?: The closest e-commerce tools in this directory are Loox, SamCart, Gumroad, eBay. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Algolia covering price, platforms and features.