Algolia AlternativesTop Site Search Engines & Search Servers like Algolia

Algolia is described as 'Helps product teams connect their users with information by providing the building blocks they need to create fast, relevant, personalized search' and is a popular site search engine in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Algolia for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Self-Hosted, Linux and Mac apps. The best Algolia alternative is Meilisearch. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Elasticsearch or OpenSearch. Other great apps like Algolia are Apache Solr, Searchspring, swiftype and Typesense.

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  1. Meilisearch icon

    Meilisearch

     40 likes

    Meilisearch helps you shape a delightful search experience in a snap, offering features that work out-of-the-box to speed up your workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Meilisearch vs Algolia Comments
    erlend_sh
    Positive
    3

    The explicit goal of the MeiliSearch project is to provide an open source, self-hostable alternative to Algolia.

    FOSSAltsAreGreat
    Positive
    1

    It is an open source alternative that works great and doesn't have the ability to spy on you by sending all of your data to the owner's server.

    Shayne Fitz-Coy
    Positive
    0

    Solves exactly the problem I'm hoping to solve

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 4 comments
    • Meilisearch is Paid and Open SourceAlgolia is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. Elasticsearch icon

    Elasticsearch

     53 likes

    Unmatched relevance. Real-time insights. Anything is possible — when the precision of search meets the intelligence of AI.

    68 Elasticsearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. OpenSearch icon

    OpenSearch

     9 likes

    OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source search and analytics suite derived from Apache 2.0 licensed Elasticsearch 7.10.2 & Kibana 7.10.2. It consists of a search engine daemon, and a visualization and user interface, OpenSearch Dashboards.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    OpenSearch Dashboards
     
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  6. Apache Solr icon

    Apache Solr

     26 likes

    Solr is an open source enterprise search server based on Lucene search library, with XML/HTTP and JSON APIs. Its major features include powerful full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, dynamic clustering, database integration, and rich document handling.

    49 Apache Solr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Azure
    The Velocity Search UI
     
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    NishCGX
    Positive
    0

    Much more powerful configuration options, however heavly developer involvement required.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Apache Solr is Free and Open SourceAlgolia is Free Personal and Proprietary
  7. Searchspring icon

    Searchspring

     Like

    Searchspring provides solutions for online retailers such as site search, personalization, merchandising, and insights. It's compatible with ecommerce platforms like Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, and Miva.

    53 Searchspring alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. swiftype icon

    swiftype

     5 likes

    The easiest way to add great search to your website

    Swiftype is a hosted software service that eliminates the need to create your own search software from scratch, making it possible for any website owner or mobile app developer to add great search to their product. Features inc.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    swiftype vs Algolia Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    More control over the search relevance function and ability to customize results for individual search results. More tools for non-technical users, for example you can use their web crawler to ingest content into the search engine rather than sending it to them via the API.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • swiftype is Paid and ProprietaryAlgolia is Free Personal and Proprietary
  10. Typesense icon

    Typesense

     6 likes

    An open source, blazing fast, typo tolerant search engine for building delightful search experiences. Focuses on developer happiness and ease of use, with a painless out-of-the-box experience.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Google Custom Search icon

    Google Custom Search

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    Adds a customizable search box to your web pages and show fast, relevant results powered by Google Search. It is useful in the ways that is free, but has quite bad crawlers for YOUR website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Menu
     
  12. Coveo icon

    Coveo

     Like

    The Coveo Relevance Cloud™ is a market-leading AI-powered relevance platform. We aim to enable our customers to deliver the relevant experiences that we believe people expect in the new digital economy.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  13. Azure AI Search icon

    Azure AI Search

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    Simplify how agents connect to enterprise data. Build high-impact AI apps with one centralized solution for agentic retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Azure
    Azure AI Search screenshot 1
     
  15. Chili Search icon

    Chili Search

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    Chili Search replaces the WordPress default search with a lightning fast, full-ajax and accurate search.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • HTML
    • Wordpress
    Chili Search screenshot 1
     
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