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Ecommerce search and merchandising · November 2026 Edition

Algolia vs Luigi's Box

Two of fourteen models named Algolia first on the direct prompt; seven named Luigi's Box. Algolia was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Luigi's Box by twelve and Algolia carries 57 labels and Luigi's Box 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Algolia

accepted challenger

Paris, France, founded 2012. Named in two categories this edition.

Luigi's Box

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share24%20%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate21%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels5726A 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.Bloomreach Discovery was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Algolia vs Doofinder · Algolia vs Constructor · Algolia vs Hawksearch

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
Direct27
Paraphrase73
Comparative50
Budget-constrained204 against Algolia
Scale-constrained10
Negative008 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 November 2026 Edition, Algolia and Luigi's Box were named in the same answer fifty-two times, of the 189 answers naming Algolia and the 65 naming Luigi's Box. In those answers Luigi's Box took the first choice nine times and Algolia six.

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 4.20
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.
GPT-5.4 miniAlgolia alternatives: Adobe Commerce, Bloomreach Discovery, Salesforce B2B Commerce, Searchspring
GPT-6 LunaAlgolia alternatives: Constructor, Klevu, Searchspring

Luigi's Box first, Algolia an alternative

7 of 14 modelsAlgolia was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarLuigi's Box alternatives: Coveo for Commerce, Hawksearch
Mistral SmallConstructor, Luigi's Box alternatives: Clerk.io, Coveo for Commerce, Hawksearch
DeepSeek V4 FlashLuigi's Box alternatives: Athos Commerce, Hawksearch, Klevu
Llama 4 MaverickLuigi's Box alternatives: Athos Commerce, Bloomreach Discovery, Clerk.io, Constructor
Qwen 3.7 FlashLuigi's Box alternatives: Algolia, Bloomreach Discovery, Hawksearch
MiniMax M2.5Luigi's Box alternatives: Athos Commerce, Clerk.io, Hawksearch
Muse Glimmer 30BLuigi's Box alternatives: Bloomreach Discovery, Constructor, Hawksearch

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashHawksearch alternatives: Algolia, Bloomreach Discovery, Coveo for Commerce, Klevu
Grok 4.20Constructor alternatives: Algolia, Athos Commerce, Bloomreach Discovery, Luigi's Box
Kimi K2Klevu alternatives: Algolia, Athos Commerce, Bloomreach Discovery
GLM 4.7 FlashXAthos Commerce alternatives: Algolia, Constructor, Luigi's Box

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Klevu alternatives: BigCommerce, Bloomreach Discovery, Nosto, Searchspring

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 five points.
Algolia15%#2 of 15
Luigi's Box9%#3 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Algolia leads by four points.
Algolia24%#1 of 14
Luigi's Box20%#2 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Algolia leads by nine points.
Algolia11%#4 of 10
Luigi's Box2%#5 of 10
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.

“Algolia has a relatively high negative sentiment share (19% of labels negative) and is criticized for its consumption-based pricing model” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Algolia — High risk on pricing, support ... If you're a small-to-mid-size retailer with variable traffic, this is a genuine risk.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Charging is per keystroke/request, which can balloon costs as traffic grows. It's developer-heavy — not for non-technical teams.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Algolia is recognized as the best overall ecommerce search engine for fast, AI-driven search with deep developer flexibility and strong analytics.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Request demos from 3-4 vendors that match your profile (likely Algolia, Constructor, Luigi's Box, and one other)” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“Choose Algolia if you have strong dev resources and want maximum flexibility with fast implementation” Kimi K2 · comparative 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 recommended onsite product search engine for a mid-sized B2B company would be one of the top-rated options such as Luigi's Box, Coveo, Bloomreach, Constructor, or HawkSearch” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Luigi's Box stands out for its strong B2B search with product-code recognition and multi-market language support, making it a top choice for mid-market needs.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Luigi's Box: Best B2B search with strong product-code recognition and multi-market language handling.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared
Algolia vs DoofinderAlgolia vs ConstructorAlgolia vs HawksearchAlgolia vs KlevuAlgolia vs SearchaniseAlgolia vs Bloomreach DiscoveryLuigi's Box vs DoofinderLuigi's Box vs ConstructorLuigi's Box vs HawksearchLuigi's Box vs KlevuLuigi's Box vs SearchaniseLuigi's Box vs Bloomreach DiscoveryAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full ecommerce search standing

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.