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Ecommerce search and merchandising · October 2026 Edition

Algolia vs Luigi's Box

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.

Algolia

accepted challenger

Paris, France, founded 2012. Named in one category this edition.

Luigi's Box

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share25%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate19%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels6311A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Algolia reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Searchspring was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Algolia vs Doofinder · Algolia vs Klevu · Algolia vs Searchspring

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.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AlgoliaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLuigi's Box
Direct20
Paraphrase70
Comparative80
Budget-constrained115 against Algolia
Scale-constrained30
Negative207 against Algolia
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

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.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Algolia and Luigi's Box stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Algolia Luigi's Box first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Algolia on the left and Luigi's Box on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Algolia and Luigi's Box stood in it.

Algolia first, Luigi's Box not the choice

2 of 14 modelsLuigi's Box was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Algolia, Bloomreach Discovery alternatives: Clerk.io, Constructor, Searchspring
GPT-6 LunaAlgolia alternatives: Coveo, Hawksearch, Klevu

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashHawksearch alternatives: Algolia, Klevu, Searchspring
Perplexity SonarCoveo alternatives: Algolia, Bloomreach Discovery, Constructor, Doofinder
Grok 4.1 FastKlevu alternatives: Algolia, Searchspring
DeepSeek V4 FlashCoveo, Searchspring alternatives: Algolia, Klevu
Qwen 3.7 FlashBigCommerce alternatives: Algolia, Klevu
GLM 4.7 FlashXShopify Plus with B2B Suite alternatives: Algolia, Bloomreach Discovery, Clerk.io, Searchspring

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5BigCommerce B2B Edition alternatives: Bloomreach Discovery, Nosto, OroCommerce, Searchspring
GPT-5.4 miniHawksearch alternatives: BigCommerce, Bloomreach Discovery, Constructor
Mistral SmallExperro alternatives: Clerk.io, Hawksearch
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
MiniMax M2.5Clerk.io, Searchspring alternatives: Experro, Klevu, Nosto
Muse Glimmer 30BSearchspring alternatives: Clerk.io, Coveo

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.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Algolia leads by eighteen points.
Algolia18%#2 of 13
Luigi's Box0%#8 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Algolia leads by twenty-four points.
Algolia25%#1 of 11
Luigi's Box2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Algolia leads by seventeen points.
Algolia17%#2 of 9
Luigi's Box0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Algolia

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

What the models said about Luigi's Box

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
Also compared

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.