Algolia Site Search
Algolia Site Search scores 81/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a public API exists with documentation; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.
Algolia Site Search pricing
Free
Free
Grow
Contact sales
Grow Plus
Contact sales
Elevate
Contact sales
How Algolia Site Search scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
18 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
14 / 20
Free entry path
7 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
5 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
81 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
15K search requests on Grow tier
$2.5/mo
20K search requests on Grow Plus tier
$17.5/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
partial
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Purchase orders supported
MSA required
DPA available
Security review required
Trial
Available, no card
API & developer surface
API-first product
Public API docs
Sandbox present
Webhooks
Unknown
MCP mentioned
Trust & compliance
SSO / SAML
Unknown
RBAC
Unknown
Audit logs
Unknown
Data residency
Positioning & ecosystem
“Scalable pricing for smarter search”
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Algolia Site Search?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. 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.
- Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
- A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How Algolia Site Search could lift its score
Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.
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| headline_phrasing | Scalable pricing for smarter search — Looking for our logo? |
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| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 0 |
| sales_only_tiers | 1 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://www.algolia.com/doc |
| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | null |
| usage_headline_present | false |
| custom_tier_present | true |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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/ 100 (rubric v2.0)Site Search
Scalable pricing for smarter search — Looking for our logo?
4
Yes
Sales-led
0 / 1
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Tier-based subscription
Algolia Site Search pricing starts at $0/mo for the free plan; paid plans start with the Grow tier offering 10K free search requests then $0.50 per additional 1K requests, Grow Plus at $0/mo with $1.75 per additional 1K requests, and Elevate with custom pricing. Billed monthly.
Free plan (Free)
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
Compare Algolia Site Search with peers
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78
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75
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71
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69
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65
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63
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62
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49
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