Algolia
Algolia publishes Build (free, 10K requests/mo) / Grow / Grow Plus / Elevate (request-pricing) tiers with explicit per-1K-request and per-1K-record overage rates ($0.50 / $0.40 on Grow; $1.75 / $0.40 on Grow Plus) and a generous monthly free allowance even on paid plans. xpay verified self-serve signup, public docs, and a true PAYG overage model; only Elevate requires a sales contact.
Scalable pricing for smarter search — Powering the world's best AI experiences
Grow: $0.50 per additional 1K search requests, $0.40 per additional 1K records
$0
Self-serve
Contact sales
How Algolia scores on the 7 agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing
15 / 15
Usage-based / metered
22 / 25
Self-serve checkout
10 / 15
Public API
15 / 15
Low / no minimum
5 / 10
Unauth automated payment
6 / 10
Bonus (machine-readable pricing)On top of /100 base
0 / 5
Total
73 / 100
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Algolia?
Discover price
https://www.algolia.com/pricing — Build/Grow/Grow Plus visible with per-unit ratesSelect a plan
Build / Grow / Grow Plus / Elevate distinguishablePay per task
$0.50 per 1K search requests overage on GrowAvoid a sales call
Build, Grow, Grow Plus all self-serve via dashboard signupAPI docs without auth
https://www.algolia.com/doc/ — publicEstimate cost upfront
Per-request and per-record rates explicit on every paid tierPros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-03. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- Per-unit billing is published, so an agent can budget for a single task before committing.
- API documentation is reachable without a login — discovery and integration can happen in one session.
- Per-unit rate is concrete enough that an agent can model expected spend before issuing a request.
- A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
- Some tiers are sales-led; the highest-capacity surfaces are not self-serve.
- PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How Algolia could lift its score
Algolia already lands solidly in Verified. Two missing points: (1) publish /.well-known/ai-pricing.json mirroring the per-1K rates across products (Search, Recommend, Crawler, Guides); (2) expose an anonymous PPU endpoint so an agent can run a single search without provisioning an Application.
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| free_tier_terms | Build plan free with 10K search requests + 1M records + 10K Recommend requests per month |
| per_unit_price | Grow: $0.50 per additional 1K search requests, $0.40 per additional 1K records |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 2 |
| sales_only_tiers | 1 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://www.algolia.com/doc/ |
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Algolia
73
/ 100 (rubric v1.1)Search APIs
Scalable pricing for smarter search — Powering the world's best AI experiences
3
Yes
Build plan free with 10K search requests + 1M records + 10K Recommend requests per month
Free
Grow: $0.50 per additional 1K search requests, $0.40 per additional 1K records
2 / 1
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-03