AI Indexes
GTM AI Index
Index › Marketing › Ecommerce search › Doofinder vs Klevu
Ecommerce search and merchandising · October 2026 Edition

Doofinder vs Klevu

Zero of fourteen models named Doofinder first on the direct prompt; one named Klevu. Doofinder was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Klevu by thirteen and Doofinder carries 25 labels and Klevu 43, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Doofinder

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Klevu

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share12%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%16%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2543A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Doofinder 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 · Doofinder 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.
DoofinderFirst choices, of fourteen modelsKlevu
Direct01
Paraphrase13
Comparative00
Budget-constrained502 against Klevu
Scale-constrained01
Negative005 against Klevu
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, Doofinder and Klevu were named in the same answer forty-four times, of the 80 answers naming Doofinder and the 105 naming Klevu. In those answers Klevu took the first choice five times and Doofinder nineteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Doofinder and Klevu 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
Doofinder Klevu first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Doofinder on the left and Klevu on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Doofinder and Klevu stood in it.

Klevu first, Doofinder not the choice

1 of 14 modelsDoofinder was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastKlevu alternatives: Algolia, Searchspring

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
DeepSeek V4 FlashCoveo, Searchspring alternatives: Algolia, Klevu
Qwen 3.7 FlashBigCommerce alternatives: Algolia, Klevu
MiniMax M2.5Clerk.io, Searchspring alternatives: Experro, Klevu, Nosto
GPT-6 LunaAlgolia alternatives: Coveo, Hawksearch, Klevu

Neither was named

7 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
Kimi K2Algolia, Bloomreach Discovery alternatives: Clerk.io, Constructor, Searchspring
GLM 4.7 FlashXShopify Plus with B2B Suite alternatives: Algolia, Bloomreach Discovery, Clerk.io, Searchspring
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
Doofinder leads by twenty-one points.
Doofinder32%#1 of 13
Klevu11%#3 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Doofinder leads by two points.
Doofinder12%#2 of 11
Klevu10%#3 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Doofinder0%#– of 9
Klevu0%#9 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Doofinder

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“Doofinder - Offers conversion-focused search with quick-setup AI search for SMB and mid-market, starting at $49/month.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Doofinder appears to be the best ecommerce search and merchandising platform for companies with limited budgets” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Doofinder – Best All-Around for SMBs ... public, transparent pricing starting around $35–$49/month” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Klevu

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Klevu's G2 review sample is very small, so individual complaints—including one about renewal terms—aren't enough to establish a general pattern” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Klevu has less robust analytics and recommendations compared to other tools... may not scale well or support large catalogs” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Limited advanced merchandising — Strong on search basics, but users note gaps in complex merchandising features.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Often top for mid-market B2B/B2C hybrids... "Mid-market value champion" with 32% conversion lifts” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“Klevu: Best AI-First Option for Modern B2B ... Klevu is the gold standard” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I recommend Klevu as the best onsite product search engine” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.