🆚 Algolia vs. Elasticsearch

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Algolia is twice as popular as Elasticsearch.
🌎 Algolia is more popular in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Elasticsearch is more popular in Taiwan, Norway, and Turkey.

Algolia

Elasticsearch

Type

Site search software solution

About

Algolia is an AI-powered search and retrieval platform that provides full-text, numeric, and faceted search with real-time results and relevance ranking for websites and applications.

It offers multilingual and geo-aware search with typo tolerance and synonym management, and customizable ranking and filters.

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California, United States

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Website

algolia.com #54,310

elastic.co #24,958

Pricing

Free version ✔️100K records, 10K search requests per month

Additional records$0.40/1K

Additional search requests$0.60+/1K/month

Free version ✔️Self-managed, open source

Elastic Cloud HostedStandard$99+/month
Gold$114+/month
Platinum$131+/month
Enterprise$184+/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Algolia site search software solution is 2.1 times more popular than Elasticsearch.

Total websites

Market share

Site Search

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Algolia is more popular in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, while Elasticsearch is more popular in Taiwan, Norway, and Turkey.

United States

France

United Kingdom

Germany

Australia

Netherlands

Canada

Italy

Taiwan

Belgium

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Site Search category.
🥇 Most popular in the Netherlands in the Site Search category.
🥇 Most popular in Belgium in the Site Search category.
🥇 Most popular in Switzerland in the Site Search category.
🥇 Most popular in China in the Site Search category.

🥇 Most popular in Norway in the Site Search category.
🥈 Second most popular in Taiwan in the Site Search category.
🥈 Second most popular in Turkey in the Site Search category.
🥈 Second most popular in Sweden in the Site Search category.
🥈 Second most popular in Hong Kong in the Site Search category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Algolia is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Elasticsearch is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, general news, and public information sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Entertainment

Software/Hardware

Fashion/Beauty

Blogs/Wiki

Health