⚡ Site Search Software in Kenya

Search software allows users to locate information across websites and internal company systems by indexing content and retrieving relevant results based on queries.

Kenya is an East African country with a population of over 55 million people.

According to our statistics, site search software is used on 1.2% of websites from Kenya.

Statistics based on 2K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top site search software in Kenya in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Google Programmable Search Engine with an impressive share of 50%, followed by Algolia with 23.1% and Elasticsearch with 7.7%.

Google Programmable Search Engine 50%
Algolia 23.1%
Elasticsearch 7.7%
Searchanise 7.7%
Solr 3.8%
Yext 3.8%
Athos Commerce 3.8%
Boost 3.8%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top solutions that is more popular in Kenya than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Elasticsearch ^(-1)
4. Searchanise ^(-3)
6. Yext ^(-6)
7. Athos Commerce ^(-1)

✨ Best Site Search Software

Below is a more detailed list of 8 site search software solutions used on sites from Kenya, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Google Programmable Search Engine Mountain View, California, United States A platform that lets users create a custom search engine for a website or a collection of websites. Free$$$	50%
2	Algolia Palo Alto, California, United States An AI-powered search and retrieval platform that provides full-text, numeric, and faceted search with real-time results and relevance ranking for websites and applications. Free$$$	23.1%
3	Elasticsearch Amsterdam, Netherlands An open-source, distributed, JSON-based search and analytics engine, scalable data store, and vector database built on Apache Lucene. FreeOpen source$99+/month	7.7%
4	Searchanise San Francisco, California, United States A sophisticated website search engine for e-commerce stores. Free$19+/month	7.7%
5	Solr Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source enterprise search server built on the Apache Lucene information retrieval library that provides full-text, faceted, and geospatial search over HTTP APIs. FreeOpen source	3.8%
6	Yext New York, United States A cloud-based digital experience platform that includes listings management, generative AI and SEO tools, a natural language search engine and analytics. $499+/year	3.8%
7	Athos Commerce San Antonio, Texas, United States An e-commerce search, product discovery, and AI-powered personalization platform formed through the merger of Searchspring, Klevu, and Intelligent Reach under one brand. $699+/month	3.8%
8	Boost Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam An AI-powered search and discovery solution for Shopify stores that improves product findability and browsing by enhancing site search, filters, recommendations, and merchandising. $29+/month	3.8%

👉 See Also

🌎 Site Search in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 2,219 websites from Kenya.
We currently track the presence of 34 site search software solutions across the web.
Of these, 8 were detected on websites from Kenya.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.