Algolia Cost Calculator

Algolia Search (list, USD excl. tax): Free hard caps — 10K search · 50K records · 5K Recommend · 5K crawls / mo → $0 if within caps; over any cap → UI “exceeds Free — switch to Grow” (no invented Free overage $). Grow (keyword): 10K search included then $0.50 / additional 1K; 100K records included then $0.40 / additional 1K; Recommend 10K then $0.60 / 1K; Crawler 10K then $0.80 / 1K. Grow Plus (keyword + AI): same records/Recommend/Crawler; search overage $1.75 / additional 1K. Continuous $/1K math (not ceil). Elevate / NeuralSearch / annual / volume discounts — contact sales (footnote only). Traps: search request ≠ legacy “operation”; federated multi-index = one request; autocomplete = one request per keystroke; records = sum across all indices (replicas/pre-sorts increase count); peak-records input (Algolia ignores 3 peak days); Free record cap 50K ≠ Grow included 100K; list ≠ startup/OSS credits. Smoke: Free 8K/40K → $0; Free 12K → exceeds Free; Grow 10K/100K → $0; Grow 110K/100K → $50; Grow 10K/200K → $40; Grow 60K/150K → $45; Grow Plus 60K/100K → $87.50; Grow +20K Recommend → $6; Grow +15K crawls → $4.

Estimates only. Official list prices as of 2026-11-04 (Asia/Shanghai); the provider's pricing page prevails. Sources: algolia.com/pricing. Soft-link search / vector / RAG peers: Pinecone Cost Calculator · RAG Cost Calculator · Web Search API Cost Comparison.

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