Algolia
8.2#1 in api management softwareFrom $0.50 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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| Fact | Algolia | Vespa |
|---|---|---|
| Company legal name | The U.S. contracting entity is Algolia, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Algolia SAS is the French simplified joint-stock entity. | The Norwegian business registry lists the company as VESPA.AI AS. |
| Founded | 2012 | Gartner Peer Insights lists Vespa’s founding year as 2023. |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | Vespa says its headquarters and engineering hub are in Trondheim, Norway. |
| Integrations | Prebuilt integrations include Shopify, Adobe Commerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C and commercetools, plus Segment and Google Tag Manager connectors. | Vespa Cloud Enclave can run applications in customer accounts on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. |
| Licence | The core Algolia service is proprietary hosted software rather than an open-source search engine. | The Vespa repository states that its code is licensed under Apache 2.0. |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | 4.3 out of 5 from 156 ratings | 5.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings. |
Algolia plans
- FreeFree
- Grow$0.50 a month
- Grow Plus$1.75 a month
- Elevate—
Vespa plans
- Startup—
- Basic—
- Commercial—
- Enterprise—
- Enterprise *$0.18 a month
- Self ManagedPriced on request
Pick Algolia if…
Algolia suits teams building site, ecommerce, or enterprise search and developers who want API clients or platform-specific InstantSearch libraries. Its Free plan is described for new projects, startups, small online stores, and exploring the service.
Pick Vespa if…
Vespa suits teams building AI applications that depend on search quality, ranking, fresh real-time data, or increasing retrieval traffic. It offers local, self-managed, and cloud deployment options.