AddSearch
AddSearch — Hosted site search API with a crawler, relevance tuning, and analytics for websites and docs.
Our Verdict
Solid hosted search for marketing sites and docs when you want zero ops, but outgrown by large e-commerce catalogs.
Pros
- Managed crawler removes infrastructure and reindex maintenance
- Relevance tuning UI lets non-devs boost and pin results
- Usable analytics for zero-result queries and click data
- Fast drop-in JS widget with sensible defaults
Cons
- Pricing climbs quickly past the free crawl document cap
- Less powerful than Algolia for complex faceted UIs
- Crawler-based indexing lags behind push-based APIs
- Limited control over underlying ranking internals
Best for: Content sites, documentation, and small e-commerce needing site search without running infra.
Not for: Teams needing push-indexing, custom ranking models, or sub-10ms global latency at scale.
When to Use AddSearch
Good fit if you need
- Hosted search with relevance tuning for docs site
- Autocomplete + faceted search for knowledge base
- Search analytics to identify documentation gaps
- Crawler-based indexing for content-heavy websites
- Multi-language site search with language detection
Lock-in Assessment
Low 2/5
Lock-in Score 2/5
Pricing
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- Pricing Model
- subscription
- Free Tier
- No
- Entry Price
- —
- Enterprise Available
- No
- Transparency Score
- —
Beta — estimates may differ from actual pricing
1,000
1001K10K100K1M
Estimated Monthly Cost
$25
Estimated Annual Cost
$300
Estimates are approximate and may not reflect current pricing. Always check the official pricing page.
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