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Ecommerce search and merchandising · October 2026 Edition

Searchspring vs Luigi's Box

Three of fourteen models named Searchspring first on the direct prompt; zero named Luigi's Box. Searchspring was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Luigi's Box by seven and Searchspring carries 34 labels and Luigi's Box 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Searchspring

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Luigi's Box

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share8%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate24%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3411A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Searchspring reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Algolia was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Algolia vs Searchspring · Algolia vs Luigi's Box · 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.
SearchspringFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLuigi's Box
Direct30
Paraphrase10
Comparative00
Budget-constrained013 against Searchspring
Scale-constrained00
Negative005 against Searchspring
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, Searchspring and Luigi's Box were named in the same answer twenty times, of the 87 answers naming Searchspring and the 37 naming Luigi's Box. In those answers Luigi's Box took the first choice one time and Searchspring two.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Searchspring first, Luigi's Box not the choice

3 of 14 modelsLuigi's Box was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashCoveo, Searchspring alternatives: Algolia, Klevu
MiniMax M2.5Clerk.io, Searchspring alternatives: Experro, Klevu, Nosto
Muse Glimmer 30BSearchspring alternatives: Clerk.io, Coveo

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5BigCommerce B2B Edition alternatives: Bloomreach Discovery, Nosto, OroCommerce, Searchspring
Gemini 3.5 FlashHawksearch alternatives: Algolia, Klevu, Searchspring
Grok 4.1 FastKlevu alternatives: Algolia, Searchspring
Kimi K2Algolia, Bloomreach Discovery alternatives: Clerk.io, Constructor, Searchspring
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.
GPT-5.4 miniHawksearch alternatives: BigCommerce, Bloomreach Discovery, Constructor
Perplexity SonarCoveo alternatives: Algolia, Bloomreach Discovery, Constructor, Doofinder
Mistral SmallExperro alternatives: Clerk.io, Hawksearch
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashBigCommerce alternatives: Algolia, Klevu
GPT-6 LunaAlgolia alternatives: Coveo, Hawksearch, Klevu

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
Searchspring leads by seven points.
Searchspring7%#5 of 13
Luigi's Box0%#8 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Searchspring leads by six points.
Searchspring8%#4 of 11
Luigi's Box2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Searchspring leads by four points.
Searchspring4%#7 of 9
Luigi's Box0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Searchspring

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

“Searchspring (now part of Athos Commerce): - Red flags: Long onboarding (4+ weeks, sometimes billable during setup).” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid mid-market tools like Constructor or Searchspring if budget is the main constraint” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“enterprise-focused, custom pricing almost always $1,000+/month” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Searchspring is the standout choice — it's purpose-built for mid-market retailers and B2B commerce” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“The most B2B-aligned mid-market pick: Searchspring / Klevu under Athos Commerce” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Searchspring / Athos Commerce is the most cited mid-market fit” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct 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.