Algolia Cost Calculator
Pick Free, Grow or Grow Plus; enter monthly search requests, peak records, and optional Recommend / Crawler usage. See line items and monthly total (continuous $/1K). Elevate / NeuralSearch are contact-sales only. Official list as of 2026-11-04; algolia.com/pricing prevails.
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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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How it works
- How much does Algolia Free cost?
- Free is $0 when you stay within hard caps: 10K search requests, 50K records, 5K Recommend requests and 5K crawls per month (as of 2026-11-04). Free has no published overage rates — if you exceed any cap, switch to Grow (this calculator shows “exceeds Free — switch to Grow”). Free’s 50K record cap is not the same as Grow’s 100K included records.
- How does Grow vs Grow Plus pricing work?
- Both include 10K search requests and 100K records. Grow search overage is $0.50 per additional 1K; Grow Plus (keyword + AI) is $1.75 per additional 1K. Records overage is $0.40 per additional 1K on both. Recommend: 10K included then $0.60/1K. Crawler: 10K included then $0.80/1K. Math is continuous $/1K (not ceil).
- What counts as a search request?
- A search request is not the legacy “operation” unit. Federated multi-index queries count as one request. Autocomplete / search-as-you-type typically bills one request per keystroke. Confirm current definitions on Algolia’s pricing FAQ.
- How are records counted?
- Records are the sum across all indices. Replica / pre-sort copies increase the count. Billing uses a peak-of-month style (Algolia ignores the 3 highest-record days) — enter your peak records this month, not a long-run average.
- Is Elevate / NeuralSearch included?
- No. Elevate, NeuralSearch, volume discounts and annual contracts are contact-sales / custom — footnote only in v1. List prices here are not startup or OSS credits.