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Algolia

AI search, discovery, and merchandising that replaces native Shopify search

Algolia is a Shopify app developer based in France that makes Algolia AI Search & Discovery, a search and filters app on the Shopify App Store. It provides an AI search and retrieval platform for organizations. Among the 14,723 Shopify brands over $5M that dtcmvp tracks, 331 (2.2%) run Algolia AI Search & Discovery, #3 of 79 search and filters apps by that count. Its share is highest among Health & Wellness (3.9%), Home & Living (3%) and Fashion & Apparel (2.8%) brands. It is rated 3.6 out of 5 from 44 reviews on the Shopify App Store. Algolia AI Search & Discovery has 4 plans on the Shopify App Store, at no charge. It bills some charges outside the Shopify invoice.

Algolia replaces native Shopify search with ai-powered search, typo tolerance, synonyms, and merchandising modules like Frequently Bought Together and Related Products. Best fit for catalogs where native search returns zero results or irrelevant matches and shoppers bounce before buying.

What Algolia does for Shopify brands

  • Typo tolerance, synonyms & ai ranking turn dead-end searches into orders
  • Searchers convert at 3-5x the rate of non-searchers, captured incrementally above native
  • Frequently Bought Together & Related Products modules attach 5-15% on PDPs
  • Ai-curated category pages surface complementary items where search never fires

Among Shopify brands over $5M

Brands running Algolia
2.2%
331 of 14,723 brands dtcmvp tracks
Rank in search and filters
#3 of 79
By how many of those brands run each app
All brands over $5M2.2%
Health & Wellness3.9%
Home & Living3%
Fashion & Apparel2.8%

Share of each sector's brands running it, where that beats the overall rate.

On the Shopify App Store

  • Algolia AI Search & Discovery

    3.6 · 44 reviews
    Free planOn 2.2% of brands over $5MLaunched 2016Search and filters

    Boost your store’s revenue with AI-powered search - unparalleled speed, increased conversions, and maximized average order value.

    Pricing

    Free
    Free to install

    See pricing page for details. Self-service support only. Contact Sales for guaranteed responses, setup help, & training.

    • 10K search requests/month
    • 50K records included
    • 5K recommendation requests/month
    • 5K crawls/month
    Elevate
    Free to install

    See pricing page for details. Self-service support only. Contact Sales for guaranteed responses, setup help, & training.

    • Volume Based Discounts
    • Agentic and generative features
    • NeuralSearch
    • Smart Groups
    • +4 more
    Grow
    Free to install

    See pricing page for details. Self-service support only. Contact Sales for guaranteed responses, setup help, & training.

    • 10K searches/mo, then $0.50 per 1K
    • 100K records, then $0.40 per 1K
    • Keyword search + browse
    • Query suggestions
    • +3 more
    Grow Plus
    Free to install

    See pricing page for details. Self-service support only. Contact Sales for guaranteed responses, setup help, & training.

    • 10K searches/mo, then $1.75 per 1K
    • 100K records, then $0.40 per 1K
    • Everything in Grow, plus:
    • Rules: 10K per index
    • +3 more

    Some charges are billed by the developer outside your Shopify invoice.

Ratings, reviews, plans, prices and descriptions as the Shopify App Store lists them. how we count.

Alternatives to Algolia

The most used search and filters apps among Shopify brands over $5M.

AppBrands over $5MApp Store
Searchanise Search & Filter · Searchanise6.4% 4.7 · 1,258
Boost AI Search & Filter · Boost Commerce6.3% 4.7 · 1,634
Nosto · Nosto Solutions Ltd2.1% 4.7 · 61
Fast Simon AI Search & Filters · Fast Simon1.5% 4.8 · 355
Klevu0.7% 4.9 · 13
RS · Rapid Search0.6% 4.9 · 409

Often used with Algolia

What its brands run more often than Shopify brands over $5M do overall.

What Shopify apps does Algolia make?

Algolia has 1 app on the Shopify App Store: Algolia AI Search & Discovery.

How many Shopify brands use Algolia?

Among the 14,723 Shopify brands over $5M that dtcmvp tracks, 331 (2.2%) run Algolia AI Search & Discovery, #3 of 79 search and filters apps by that count. Its share is highest among Health & Wellness (3.9%), Home & Living (3%) and Fashion & Apparel (2.8%) brands.

What are the alternatives to Algolia?

The most used search and filters apps among Shopify brands over $5M, after Algolia: Searchanise Search & Filter (6.4%), Boost AI Search & Filter (6.3%), Nosto (2.1%), Fast Simon AI Search & Filters (1.5%), Klevu (0.7%) and RS (0.6%).

What do Algolia's brands use alongside it?

Of the brands running Algolia, 14.2% also run Criteo GO, 17.2% also run Swym Back in Stock Alerts, 11.2% also run Bazaarvoice Ratings & Reviews, 28.7% also run Swym Wishlist Plus and 19.6% also run Elevar Conversion Tracking. Each is at least 2.0 times as common among them as across all brands over $5M.

How is Algolia AI Search & Discovery rated?

Algolia AI Search & Discovery is rated 3.6 out of 5 from 44 reviews on the Shopify App Store.

How much does Algolia cost?

Algolia AI Search & Discovery has 4 plans on the Shopify App Store, at no charge. It bills some charges outside the Shopify invoice. Algolia AI Search & Discovery: Free, Free to install (See pricing page for details. Self-service support only. Contact Sales for guaranteed responses, setup help, & training); Elevate, Free to install (See pricing page for details. Self-service support only. Contact Sales for guaranteed responses, setup help, & training); Grow, Free to install (See pricing page for details. Self-service support only. Contact Sales for guaranteed responses, setup help, & training); Grow Plus, Free to install (See pricing page for details. Self-service support only. Contact Sales for guaranteed responses, setup help, & training).

Updated 2026-09-10. Method notes and every source: how we count →

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