On-site search relevance: Searchspring vs Algolia vs Klevu

Three production deployments. Cost, latency, relevance, merchandising tools compared.

On-site search is responsible for ~25-35% of revenue on most Shopify stores yet rarely gets investment. We compared three platforms across production deployments.

Searchspring

Best merchandising tools. Best for fashion-style stores with active merchandiser teams. Pricing fair at scale.

Algolia

Best raw relevance and DX. Fastest. Better for long-tail catalog with stable taxonomy. Costlier per query at scale.

Klevu

Best price/performance ratio for mid-market stores. AI features are good. Merchandising tools are weaker than Searchspring’s.

Search relevance moves more revenue than your homepage redesign will.