Two of fourteen models named Algolia first on the direct prompt; zero named Luigi's Box. Algolia was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Luigi's Box by seven and Algolia carries 63 labels and Luigi's Box 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Paris, France, founded 2012. Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the ecommerce search and merchandising page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Algolia and Luigi's Box were named in the same answer thirty-one times, of the 191 answers naming Algolia and the 37 naming Luigi's Box. In those answers Luigi's Box took the first choice zero times and Algolia nine.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Muse Glimmer 30B |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Be terrified of consumption-based pricing (Algolia and Coveo both have "cliff" pricing models that blow up as you grow).” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“What to avoid on a limited budget: Algolia — starts free but escalates quickly into $300–$500+/month” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Algolia draws setup-complexity, cost, and support complaints... It is risky if you want predictable pricing and merchandiser-owned tooling without engineering tickets.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Algolia combines keyword and vector search within a unified engine, delivering typo-tolerant, semantic results with sub-second response times” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best known for speed, developer friendliness, and API-first flexibility... If you want fast implementation + strong APIs: Algolia” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
“*Algolia:* Known for blazing-fast speed, excellent developer documentation, and growing AI features. Excellent for headless setups.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“the best ecommerce search and merchandising platform for a company with a limited budget is Luigi's Box” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“High-rated alternatives like Algolia, Klevu, Clerk.io, Luigi's Box, or Fast Simon score well on G2” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · alternative
“Luigi's Box | Merchandising-led teams wanting strong relevance tuning” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.