It is a super easy tool to use. You just need to download, install, and use the extensions. If you need more extensions, then it may get harder for you to be able to customize Algolia. In general, it is a cool tool. I recommend the product to other people. If a user wants super search functionality in their e-commerce store to enhance the user experience, they can go for Algolia. Algolia can also enhance the search results as well as provide enhanced analytical reports related to the search by analyzing the customers, and seeing how customers interact with the search bar. The tool provides users with personalization features that can be used to improve user interface. One can also customize the search-related user interface. The features of Algolia are extremely good. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
Full-stack Developer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
2024-06-26T08:15:13Z
Jun 26, 2024
First of all, I want to know why you would ask me this. If you have a complicated project, then I definitely recommend Algolia. But if the project is simple and not too complicated, then you can use custom filtering or functionality. There are two types of beginners: * Those who want to learn just from watching YouTube videos. * Those who are willing to read the documentation and research the features. For the latter, it will be okay, but for beginners who don't want to read the documentation and just want to watch YouTube videos, it will be hard for them to learn to use Aloglia. Overall, I would rate it a nine out of ten. When I use this product, it reduces my time and saves me from time-consuming tasks because everything is automated. Every back end, Express, Scrapy, and others, they already told us that if we use Algolia, they already provide us with webhooks. If we implement the webhooks, it only takes two to five minutes maximum. Then we work on the front end just for designing. If I created the functionality without Algolia, it would take too much time, like 30 minutes or an hour. But when you use Algolia and webhooks, it takes only five minutes, and Algolia has its own component, InstantSearch, for filtering. We just implemented the component, and it's okay. That's why, from my side, I rate Algolia as nine out of ten.
There are two ways to work with the tool. You can use it directly from the front end to the operating endpoints or use an internet gateway server. We worked with the intermediate server, helping prevent problems with credentials. Also, doing work becomes better with the tool, but other tools do it better than this, so it is not the best choice. Speaking about the challenges faced when integrating the product with other tools, I would say that the documentation of the solution is really good, and they have a good service and a good help desk. When we have specific problems, the communication or help from Algolia is a little bit low. There is no information on the internet about the problems my company has with Algolia or Elasticsearch. I don't remember a specific problem. The integration of the middle servers was the most difficult for us because there are certain ways to deal with IT, such as through user education or from the front end. Some solutions from Algolia are directly for usage and not for using the intermediate server. It was a little bit hard to explore the tools' services. The tool is easy to use, but you need to know how it works. For people working at a technical level or business layer, the tool can be easy, but to use the tool, you will have to understand how searches work. I would recommend the tool to others but not to small companies. I rate the tool a ten out of ten.
In terms of integrating the tool with the e-commerce platform, I would say that I have a Python server, so I am leveraging its APIs to sort of migrate the data and build an index out of that. A developer can use it easily. I did not face any challenges when integrating the product with other tools. Within the recommend feature, the tool was pretty similar where we didn't really have to do anything extra. AI did enhance the recommended feature in the tool. The tool is very easy, and you don't have to spend a lot of time doing anything extra. Integration is also seamless. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
Head Data Engineering at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 20
2024-05-16T11:53:44Z
May 16, 2024
Overall, I would rate the product an eight out of ten. I would recommend it to people if search is a core part of their business. Algolia can do the heavy lifting and take care of that instead of reinventing the wheel. But I wouldn't recommend it to people who have lots of data but can't afford the cost. However, if people have less than 20,000 records and want to give their customers a better experience, then it's a good fit for them.
Algolia helps businesses across industries quickly create relevant, scalable, and lightning fast search and discovery experiences. Algolia’s mission is to make every search interaction meaningful and rewarding. Our hosted platform reduces the complexity of building relevant digital experiences. More than 7,500 companies like WW, Lacoste, Twitch, Medium and Stripe rely on Algolia’s enterprise-grade APIs to manage over 60 billion search queries a month.Founded in 2012, Algolia is backed by $74M...
It is a super easy tool to use. You just need to download, install, and use the extensions. If you need more extensions, then it may get harder for you to be able to customize Algolia. In general, it is a cool tool. I recommend the product to other people. If a user wants super search functionality in their e-commerce store to enhance the user experience, they can go for Algolia. Algolia can also enhance the search results as well as provide enhanced analytical reports related to the search by analyzing the customers, and seeing how customers interact with the search bar. The tool provides users with personalization features that can be used to improve user interface. One can also customize the search-related user interface. The features of Algolia are extremely good. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
First of all, I want to know why you would ask me this. If you have a complicated project, then I definitely recommend Algolia. But if the project is simple and not too complicated, then you can use custom filtering or functionality. There are two types of beginners: * Those who want to learn just from watching YouTube videos. * Those who are willing to read the documentation and research the features. For the latter, it will be okay, but for beginners who don't want to read the documentation and just want to watch YouTube videos, it will be hard for them to learn to use Aloglia. Overall, I would rate it a nine out of ten. When I use this product, it reduces my time and saves me from time-consuming tasks because everything is automated. Every back end, Express, Scrapy, and others, they already told us that if we use Algolia, they already provide us with webhooks. If we implement the webhooks, it only takes two to five minutes maximum. Then we work on the front end just for designing. If I created the functionality without Algolia, it would take too much time, like 30 minutes or an hour. But when you use Algolia and webhooks, it takes only five minutes, and Algolia has its own component, InstantSearch, for filtering. We just implemented the component, and it's okay. That's why, from my side, I rate Algolia as nine out of ten.
There are two ways to work with the tool. You can use it directly from the front end to the operating endpoints or use an internet gateway server. We worked with the intermediate server, helping prevent problems with credentials. Also, doing work becomes better with the tool, but other tools do it better than this, so it is not the best choice. Speaking about the challenges faced when integrating the product with other tools, I would say that the documentation of the solution is really good, and they have a good service and a good help desk. When we have specific problems, the communication or help from Algolia is a little bit low. There is no information on the internet about the problems my company has with Algolia or Elasticsearch. I don't remember a specific problem. The integration of the middle servers was the most difficult for us because there are certain ways to deal with IT, such as through user education or from the front end. Some solutions from Algolia are directly for usage and not for using the intermediate server. It was a little bit hard to explore the tools' services. The tool is easy to use, but you need to know how it works. For people working at a technical level or business layer, the tool can be easy, but to use the tool, you will have to understand how searches work. I would recommend the tool to others but not to small companies. I rate the tool a ten out of ten.
In terms of integrating the tool with the e-commerce platform, I would say that I have a Python server, so I am leveraging its APIs to sort of migrate the data and build an index out of that. A developer can use it easily. I did not face any challenges when integrating the product with other tools. Within the recommend feature, the tool was pretty similar where we didn't really have to do anything extra. AI did enhance the recommended feature in the tool. The tool is very easy, and you don't have to spend a lot of time doing anything extra. Integration is also seamless. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
Overall, I would rate the product an eight out of ten. I would recommend it to people if search is a core part of their business. Algolia can do the heavy lifting and take care of that instead of reinventing the wheel. But I wouldn't recommend it to people who have lots of data but can't afford the cost. However, if people have less than 20,000 records and want to give their customers a better experience, then it's a good fit for them.
I would definitely recommend Algolia on a scale of one to ten, I would rate them a nine.