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AI site search software: what they are and who makes them
developer search engines, hosted search apis, e-commerce search suites, crawler-based content search: Meilisearch, Algolia, Doofinder through Luigi's Box.
Types of AI site search software
Developer search engines
Meilisearch, Typesense and Elastic give you an engine and an API, with open-source editions you can host yourself. They suit teams that build their own interface, and they leave merchandising, banners and reporting to you or to higher tiers that cost extra.
Hosted search APIs
Algolia and AddSearch run the index for you and bill by requests or by product. They offer ready libraries, analytics and AI add-ons, and they suit sites that want fast setup without managing servers, at the price of a meter that grows with traffic.
E-commerce search suites
Doofinder, Prefixbox, Tweakwise and Luigi's Box add recommendations, category pages, merchandising and shopper assistants to search. They connect to shop platforms, and they suit retailers where search is tied to revenue, and each one prices by its own unit, so compare them carefully.
Crawler-based content search
Site Search 360 and AddSearch crawl pages, PDFs and documents on an ordinary website. Setup takes a snippet or plugin, so they suit publishers, help centers and small sites without a product feed or a developer on staff, which keeps setup short.
Facts at a glance
| Tool | Publisher | Based in | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meilisearch | Meili SAS | France | Trial + API |
| Algolia | Algolia, Inc. | United States | Free tier + API |
| Doofinder | Doofinder, S.L. | Spain | Trial + API |
| Typesense | Typesense, Inc. | United States | Trial + API |
| Site Search 360 | Zoovu (Germany) GmbH | Germany | Free tier + API |
| Prefixbox | Prefixbox | Hungary | Trial + API |
| Elastic | Elastic N.V. | Netherlands | Trial + API |
| AddSearch | AddSearch Oy | Finland | Trial + API |
| Tweakwise | Tweakwise | Netherlands | Paid + API |
| Luigi's Box | Luigi's Box, s.r.o. | Slovakia | Trial + API |
