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skeptrune (Nick K)

Trieve vs. Algolia in 5 Minutes

Compared to Algolia, Trieve offers vector based search, manged RAG, and pricing based on rate limits instead of number of search queries

Compared to Algolia, Trieve offers vector based search, manged RAG, and pricing based on rate limits instead of number of search queries

Features Only Offered by Trieve and Not Algolia

These are features Trieve offers which Algolia does not.

  • Managed topic and message completions API endpoints for RAG with arbitrary LLM’s
  • Dense vector semantic search with OpenAI, Anthropic, BGE, Jina, or other model vendors
  • Cross-encoder re-ranking with bge-reranker-large or other re-ranker models
  • Sparse vector semantic search with SPLADE
  • SPLADE reranked by dense vectors, dense vectors re-ranked by SPLADE, or any other combination
  • Source-Available under BSL
  • REST API

Features Only Offered by Algolia and Not Trieve

Features offered by Algolia not offered by Trieve.

Good reasons to choose Trieve or Algolia over a database solution

These are features both Algolia and Trieve have which database-based solutions like Typsesense, Meilisearch, elasticsearch, and OpenSearch do not without plugins or complex configurations.

  • Merchandising Studio/Playground to adjust and tune your search
  • Built-in-analytics with API routes for passing data like clicks or add-to-cart’s
  • Query aggregation analytics for colllapsing queries to avoid search-as-you-type clutter
  • SaaS style usage pattern where you don’t have to think about database management
  • Guaranteed low latency (sub-100ms) search in any configuration

Pricing Differences between Trieve and Algolia

  • Algolia charges per query and Trieve does not; we only charge for API rate limits and data stored
  • Trieve’s merchandising studio comes with every plan; Algolia only provides access to it on their yearly subscriptions
  • Trieve’s AI features come with every plan; Algolia only provides access on their highest tier yearly subscription
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