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Algolia

AI search and retrieval platform for agentic, generative, and search use cases

freemium
Last Updated 10/26/2026

About Algolia

Algolia is an AI search and retrieval platform for agentic, generative, and search use cases, officially positioned to optimize results for every defined goal. More than 18,000 customers across 150+ countries use Algolia to power agentic, generative, and search experiences. Users can type natural language into the search box, and AI interprets the intent to guide discovery; the platform anchors answers in verified data with RAG and stays consistent with search logic, keeping AI answers accurate and on brand.

Best for

Developers and product teams adding search experiences to their sites
Technical teams building agentic and generative applications
Operations teams responsible for search quality and user discovery
Enterprise technology teams that need scalable retrieval infrastructure

Best use cases

Site search and content discovery

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for generative AI answers

Natural language intent recognition and search guidance

Building retrieval capabilities for agentic applications

Features

Natural language intelligent search

Users can enter natural language in the search box, and AI recognizes the intent to guide them to the content they need.

RAG for accurate answers

Anchors AI answers in verified data and stays consistent with search logic, keeping the brand tone intact.

Scalable usage-based billing

Billed by search requests and records, free to start, and scaling smoothly with size.

Proven at global scale

18,000+ customers across 150+ countries build agentic, generative, and search experiences on it.

Pros

  • A free starting allowance, so you can start building without a credit card
  • Usage scales smoothly with size, and plans can be upgraded at any time
  • Natural language search combined with RAG, covering the core of AI retrieval
  • Proven in use by 18,000+ customers across 150+ countries

Pricing Plans

Free

$0month
  • 10K search requests per month
  • Includes 50K records
  • 5K recommendation requests per month
  • 5K crawls per month
  • No credit card required

Grow Plus

$1.75month
  • Includes 10K search requests per month
  • Includes 100K records
  • Additional search requests billed per 1K
  • Additional records billed per 1K

* Pricing information is for reference only. Please refer to the latest announcement on Algolia's official website.

FAQ

Yes. The Free plan on the official pricing page is $0, including 10K search requests, 50K records, 5K recommendation requests, and 5K crawls per month, with no credit card required.
Grow Plus includes 10K search requests per month, with $1.75 per additional 1K search requests; it includes 100K records, with $0.40 per additional 1K records.

Tool Information

DeveloperAlgolia
Release Date10/26/2026
Pricingfreemium