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Ecommerce search and merchandising · November 2026 Edition

Luigi's Box vs Hawksearch

Seven of fourteen models named Luigi's Box first on the direct prompt; one named Hawksearch. Luigi's Box was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Hawksearch by nine and Luigi's Box carries 26 labels and Hawksearch 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Luigi's Box

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Hawksearch

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share20%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels2614A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Luigi's Box 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 Luigi's Box · Algolia vs Hawksearch · Luigi's Box vs Doofinder

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.
Luigi's BoxFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHawksearch
Direct71
Paraphrase33
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Hawksearch
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, Luigi's Box and Hawksearch were named in the same answer nineteen times, of the 65 answers naming Luigi's Box and the 37 naming Hawksearch. In those answers Hawksearch took the first choice two times and Luigi's Box ten.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Luigi's Box first, Hawksearch an alternative

7 of 14 modelsHawksearch 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

Hawksearch first, Luigi's Box not the choice

1 of 14 modelsLuigi's Box was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashHawksearch alternatives: Algolia, Bloomreach Discovery, Coveo for Commerce, Klevu

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.20Constructor alternatives: Algolia, Athos Commerce, Bloomreach Discovery, Luigi's Box
GLM 4.7 FlashXAthos Commerce alternatives: Algolia, Constructor, Luigi's Box

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Klevu alternatives: BigCommerce, Bloomreach Discovery, Nosto, Searchspring
GPT-5.4 miniAlgolia alternatives: Adobe Commerce, Bloomreach Discovery, Salesforce B2B Commerce, Searchspring
Kimi K2Klevu alternatives: Algolia, Athos Commerce, Bloomreach Discovery
GPT-6 LunaAlgolia alternatives: Constructor, Klevu, 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
Luigi's Box leads by five points.
Luigi's Box9%#3 of 15
Hawksearch4%#7 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Luigi's Box leads by twelve points.
Luigi's Box20%#2 of 14
Hawksearch8%#5 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Luigi's Box leads by two points.
Luigi's Box2%#5 of 10
Hawksearch0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

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

What the models said about Hawksearch

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

“recurring complaints regarding stability and modernization... Users frequently report software bugs and unexplained outages” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“HawkSearch (Best Purpose-Built B2B Solution)... Choose HawkSearch if you are a traditional B2B manufacturer/distributor with heavily spec-based products” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“HawkSearch – *Best Overall Dedicated B2B Search Engine*” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“1. Hawksearch (Best Overall for Your Situation)” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
Algolia vs Luigi's BoxAlgolia vs HawksearchLuigi's Box vs DoofinderLuigi's Box vs ConstructorLuigi's Box vs KlevuLuigi's Box vs SearchaniseLuigi's Box vs Bloomreach DiscoveryDoofinder vs HawksearchConstructor vs HawksearchHawksearch vs KlevuHawksearch vs SearchaniseHawksearch 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.