Algolia

DB 4.3/10

Grow: 10,000 search requests/mo + 100,000 records free, then $0.50 per 1,000 searches and $0.40 per 1,000 records. Hosted search-as-a-service with AI ranking.

Card required: No

Algolia scores 4.3/10 for free value in DB. The main constraint: Paid — pay-as-you-go ($0.50/1k searches, $0.40/1k records). Grow: 10,000 search requests/mo + 100,000 records free, then $0.50 per 1,000 searches and $0.40 per 1,000 records. Hosted search-as-a-service with AI ranking.

Category DB Kind Paid plan Renewal monthly Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

4.3 / 10

Show the math

Overall 4.3/10

value = 4.3/100

weighted_components_v1

Capacity 1/10

value = 0.1 $/mo

fixed_log_v1

Operations 7.2/10

value = 7.2/100

policy_score_v1

Production fit 8.3/10

value = 8.3/100

policy_score_v1

Key metrics

0.001 GB Storage policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable included storage allowance is published in this item.

10K reads/mo Reads

100K writes/mo Writes

$0.50/1k

$0.40/1k

10k free

What you get

Paid — pay-as-you-go ($0.50/1k searches, $0.40/1k records). Grow: 10,000 search requests/mo + 100,000 records free, then $0.50 per 1,000 searches and $0.40 per 1,000 records. Hosted search-as-a-service with AI ranking.

2,000 searches per $1 after free tier; no fixed monthly minimum on Grow — best-in-class hosted search relevance/latency

Gotchas

10k searches + 100k records/mo free

The Grow plan includes 10,000 search requests and 100,000 records free per month; overage is $0.50/1k searches and $0.40/1k records.
Advanced features gated

Higher-tier relevance, analytics and support features require the Premium/Elevate plans.

Sources

"Grow: Pay-as-you-go; • $0.50/1k searches; • $0.40/1k records"
https://www.meilisearch.com/blog/algolia-pricing
"The first 100,000 records stored in your indices are free. Beyond that, you are charged $0.40 per 1,000 records."
https://support.algolia.com/hc/en-us/articles/15745996583441-How-am-I-billed-on-the-Grow-plan

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