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We've loved algolia for the 2-3 sites we've used it for. The speed is unbeatable. I wish we could've used it for one of our HIPAA use cases (patient data). I could've rolled out powerful search for an internal site in a day, but instead I'm having to build in postgres full text search and looking longingly at them.
For that money there are so many better options.
A dollar for 1,000 queries. A million queries costs $10000 dollars? For that money there are so many better options.
A dollar for 1,000 queries. A million queries costs $10000 dollars? For that money there are so many better options.
We just jumped on with algolia and we love it (4 days in) Trying to figure out if the new pricing model is going to skyrocket costs or not. FWIW we are on the old $29/mo plan for the moment. But Algolia is incredible.
I don't get why algolia exists and why people pay for it
It's basically a service that you can use so users can search objects in your database, a bit like Google but just for your website or application.
So you basically only pay based on amount of queries? Dataset size doesn't matter? We have an expensive elastic search setup. It's expensive because of the amount of data it contains. But we don't run a lot of queries. So with algolia this would basically be free and potentially faster?
"Number of indexed records is capped at roughly 10% of annual search volume. See FAQ for more information."
The FAQ says:
"When using Annual Commitment pricing (minimum one year commitment and 1,200 units), each unit contains 1,000 searches x 12 = 12,000 searches during the year, and 100 x 12 = 1,200 maximum of records at any point in the year."
So you basically only pay based on amount of queries? Dataset size doesn't matter? We have an expensive elastic search setup. It's expensive because of the amount of data it contains. But we don't run a lot of queries. So with algolia this would basically be free and potentially faster?
It's written in small print under the screenshot of the "units widget" here [1]: "Number of indexed records is capped at roughly 10% of annual search volume. See FAQ for more information." The FAQ says: "When using Annual Commitment pricing (minimum one year commitment and 1,200 units), each unit contains 1,000 searches x 12 = 12,000 searches during the year, and 100 x 12 = 1,200 maximum of records at any point in th…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's written in small print under the screenshot of the "units widget" here [1]: "Number of indexed records is capped at roughly 10% of annual search volume. See FAQ for more information." The FAQ says: "When using Annual Commitment pricing (minimum one year commitment and 1,200 units), each unit contains 1,000 searches x 12 = 12,000 searches during the year, and 100 x 12 = 1,200 maximum of records at any point in th…
So for 1 million records, you need to spend $1k/month. Hmm.
"If you exceed your committed usage, there are overages that will be charged."