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Algolia Angular Alternative

Enhance Your Angular Website with Our Algolia Alternative

Looking for a different search & product discovery solution for your Angular website? Luigi's Box has got you covered. With easy integration, advanced language support, and unique tools ensuring a great search experience, Luigi's Box is the perfect alternative to Algolia.

Comparison

Luigi’s Box vs. Algolia

Algolia is a powerful API platform created to maximize the speed of search and discovery to bring relevant search results to customers in a few seconds. However, there are a few features that you could miss. Also, pricing differences can become significant compared to Luigi's Box.

Feature
Luigi’s Box
Algolia
No-Code Self-Service Integration Easy self-integration without the need for your IT Team.
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API Integration Seamless backend integration through API.
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Advanced Language Support Top-notch processing of European languages including CEE.
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Synonyms Suggestions AI-powered synonyms suggestions for all Latin languages.
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Price Fair price that doesn’t skyrocket overnight.
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Recommender Personalized product recommendations.
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Multiplatform Analytics Analytics is compatible with any search engine.
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Pin to Position Assign desired position to the product in the search results.
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Offline A/B Test See the results before going live without any risks.
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AI/Machine Learning AI/ML to personalize the shopping experience.
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Voice Search Search for products without the need for typing.
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Last update: 08/06/2023

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Luigi's Box perks

What makes Luigi’s Box special?

Support team

No chatbots but kind people who are responsive, receptive to feedback, and always happy to help.

Self service integration

Option of an easy frontend integration. All you need to do is insert one line of code into GTM.

Intuitive interface

User friendly administration with all the settings to streamline your eshop’s shopping experience.

All in one platform

Comprehensive dashboard with analytical data, always available to track maximum efficiency.

Features

How to pick an Algolia alternative?

There are many solutions on the market today offering products for online businesses. Therefore, it is sometimes difficult to choose the right one. In the case of an alternative to Algolia, we have selected four important categories that must be considered when choosing.

Full-text search

Advanced search that goes beyond the basics

When exploring alternatives to Algolia, you’re in search of a tool that goes beyond the fundamental functionalities. This means conducting in-depth search audits, delving into search analytics, tailoring the search bar to align with your brand identity, and implementing faceted search techniques to deliver optimal user results.

Advanced search capabilities such as incremental feed updates, lightning-fast instant searches, and AI-powered search suggestions are a must. Understanding the impact of a sophisticated search provider is crucial; it directly contributes to heightened conversions and achieves your overarching business objectives.

Search relevance

Ensure relevant results for your customers

For e-commerce platforms, ensuring users easily locate their desired products whenever a user engages with the search function is paramount. Even if users make a typo, the search system should exhibit tolerance, accommodating such errors. Similarly, when users seek out-of-stock items, the platform should intelligently present the best alternatives based on the parameters of the unavailable product.

Equally vital is search relevance. To consistently offer relevant content for every search query, employing an AI-driven search engine that dynamically analyzes queries in real-time and provides instant results becomes imperative. If the search service under consideration lacks this capability, it’s crucial to explore alternative options promptly.

Integration options

Choice of integration according to options

We understand that the same integration option does not suit everyone. Therefore, when it comes to integration, there should be different options to choose from. Implementing a search engine involves a level of complexity unmatched by many other website and app features. The intricacy arises from the unique architecture of each e-commerce business, necessitating search providers to remain highly adaptable.

When it comes to integration, there are two main options. Many providers, including Algolia, offer custom integration to align precisely with your requirements. Additionally, front-end integration options are also available in the market, providing further flexibility in the integration process.

ROI

Perks of usage-based pricing

Of course, the price should not play a significant role in choosing a suitable solution. However, it is essential to consider the return on investment.

Many on-site search software solutions adopt usage-based pricing, which is often the most equitable choice for both parties involved. This approach facilitates effortless vertical scaling and offers clients the flexibility they need. However, it’s imperative to be vigilant about vendors pushing unnecessary add-ons and to seek out better pricing options whenever feasible

Assets

Why is Luigi’s Box a suitable Algolia alternative?

Like Algolia, Luigi's Box is an AI-powered tool to deliver the most relevant search results and recommendations to users. In addition, Luigi's Box offers several other smart features for an even better user experience at an affordable price that will please businesses of all sizes.

No-code integration

Luigi’s Box offers no-code front-end seamless integration, allowing stores to place 1 line of code into your existing CMS and benefit from all our key features in minutes. This type of integration especially delights smaller e‑commerce businesses or businesses without an IT team behind them.

Advanced language support

Luigi’s Box offers several advanced features, and one of them is advanced language support. This feature can benefit especially stores operating in multiple languages, particularly within the CEE region. All language processing features work equally well in all languages.

Pricing

We think it’s fair to choose from a price plan and features that will suit you without paying for anything extra. It is also possible to draw up a customized individual price plan. So, whether you are running an e-commerce store or a complex website, Luigi’s Box provides features that fit you.

Offline A/B tests

Luigi’s Box provides offline A/B testing, allowing businesses to test their performance in the offline mode. This prevents any losses caused by deploying the version with errors that can potentially harm your website.

G2 ratings

E‑commerce search usability index

Have a look at the usability scores for G2’s E‑commerce search category. The chart highlights critical factors contributing to the products’ overall Usability score.

  • Ease of admin
  • Ease of use
  • Meets requirements
  • Other factors
Luigi's Box
  • Ease of admin: 1.75
  • Ease of use: 2.78
  • Meets requirements: 2.79
  • Other factors: 1.67
Ease of admin: 1.75
Ease of use: 2.78
Meets requirements: 2.79
Other factors: 1.67
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8.99
Algolia
  • Ease of admin: 1.92
  • Ease of use: 2.64
  • Meets requirements: 2.68
  • Other factors: 1.45
Ease of admin: 1.92
Ease of use: 2.64
Meets requirements: 2.68
Other factors: 1.45
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8.69
Customer Reviews

Learn how we helped countless businesses worldwide

Luigi’s Box is one of the top search & discovery solutions for a good reason. Look at our clients’ reviews and see how we helped them improve their business.

"It has proven to be an absolutely invaluable tool!"

It is extremely easy to use and has robust features to boost your e-commerce project. I especially like AI-powered search and personalized recommendations for our customers. In fact, thanks to Luigi's Box, we...

Tomáš O.
Co-founder & CMO
Full Review on G2

"Very good search engine and recommender."

Good search engine and recommender, can be tuned up by individual settings in the back office. It is very helpful, especially when you have very large product offer.

Petr M.
G2 verified user
Full Review on G2

"Great product for customers. Very helpful for growing revenue."

Management system with many functions, dashboards and monthly summary in e-mail, great support (fast, good recommendations, communication, etc.), stable.

Jozef F.
G2 verified user
Full Review on G2

Shopping cart value increased dramatically

Recommender is a useful and inspirational resource for our customers to discover Powerlogy's products. How do we know that? Our average shopping cart value has been rising dramatically.

Michal Dodok
Head of Marketing, Powerlogy

Conversion rate increased by 600%

We’ve been using Luigi’s Box since 2017. In addition to our search conversion rate increase by 600%, the service also enhanced our in-store customer service.

Martin Derňar
Chief Omnichannel Officer, Nay

Taking extra effort to improve business results

Luigi’s Box massively streamlines shopping for our customers. Moreover, they developed several features for us that help manage products in our e-shop.

Piotr Maciazka
Implementation Team Manager, Answear

Luigi’s Box improves customer experience

The most significant contribution of Luigi’s Box to EXIsport is an improvement in customer experience. The quicker they find what they search for, and the more relevant the search query is, the higher...

Juraj Giacko
Head of E-Commerce, EXIsport

Improved conversion rates and customer satisfaction

Luigi’s Box is a very progressive tool, which complements our existing analytical data. Its usage led not only to higher conversion rates for our e-shop but helped us keep high standards of customer...

Jana Karasová
Online Sales and Service Development Specialist, O2

Luigi’s Box was a real eye-opener for us

Luigi’s Box was a real eye-opener for us. E-shoppers often forget to care about customer experience and invest too many resources into advertising. Luigi's Box showed us what we could gain if we...

Soňa Fialková
CEO, SpokojenýPes

Team of professional specialists

Luigi’s Box is a guarantee of a professional approach. As the search specialists, they lead us to our goals much faster.

Tomáš Bzirský
Performance Marketing Manager, Košík

More than €100,000/year thanks to Luigi’s Box

Given our size, Luigi's Box brings us over €100,000 a year without much hard work for a price that was immediately returned multiple times.

Jakub Žilinčan
Chief Marketing Officer, Electronic-star
More Tools

What's in the box

Analytics

Comprehensive analytics that identifies issues with search queries and helps find out how to optimize and improve them for better results.

Search

Smart search with autocomplete helps visitors quickly find the products they are looking for, considerably reducing wasteful shopping time. 

Recommender

Personalized boxes with product recommendations help raise the average order value and can be placed anywhere on the website.

Product Listing

Personalized product listing pages, organized in a way that enhances browsing experience, supports your business goals and increases revenue.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Who are Algolia’s competitors?

Some of Algolia’s competitors are Luigi’s Box, Elasticsearch, Yext, Doofinder, Amazon CloudSearch, and Prefixbox.

What is one of the best alternatives to Algolia?

We firmly believe Luigi’s Box is one of the best Algolia alternatives for its search functionality with a wide range of features from typo tolerance and synonym management to personalized recommendations and product listing pages, dedicated to always providing relevant search and delightful search experiences for a better price.

How to install Luigi's Box on the Angular website?

Luigi’s Box can be easily and effortlessly integrated into any existing infrastructure via our no-code self-service integration or API. The choice is yours – it only depends on your abilities and possibilities.

How do Algolia and Luigi's Box pricing work?

Algolia and Luigi’s Box offer usage-based pricing with a free trial. The advantage of usage-based pricing is that the client pays only for what they use. Algolia pricing starts from 1000 search requests per month; Luigi’s Box offers three plans based on client needs and preferences, where the essential, self-service plan includes 20,000 units.