Next-Gen AI Product Discovery

ExpertRec, a Better Alternative to Algolia

  • AI-Powered Search: Delivering fast, reliable search results.
  • Effortless Merchandising: Seamless, scalable product displays.
  • Boost Conversions: Advanced personalization that drives sales.
  • Top-Class Support: We’re with you at every step of your growth.
  • Cost-Effective: Save 30-40% without compromising features.
  • Future-Ready: Enjoy upcoming features at no extra cost.

Proven and Trusted

4.8/5 (Sourceforge)

Key Advantages To Choose ExpertRec Over Algolia

  • Economical pricing
  • Search Analytics for all plans
  • Voice search across all plans
  • No coding required
  • Zero Downtime
  • No complex contracts
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Boosting Conversion Rates: Up 30%, Trending to 45%

ExpertRec Search boosted our conversion rate by 30% in the first month, trending up to 45% . The ExpertRec team's support and speed are unmatched, making customer satisfaction soar. Highly recommended!
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Seth Barret
Managing Director at IDIG

Next-Gen Product Discovery with AI

Discover a full range of AI-powered tools for optimizing search, recommendations, and merchandising to personalize the user experience and boost conversion rates.

AI Site Search

Delivers lightning-fast, precise results with advanced AI and machine learning.

voice search

Users can now effortlessly search by voice, making the experience more intuitive and convenient

Searchandising

Customizable merchandising controls to showcase the right products to the right shoppers.

Personalization

Personalize shopper experiences with AI-driven tailored recommendations.

Powerful Insights

Gain actionable insights with advanced analytics to drive data-driven decisions.

Smart Discovery Features

Explore a suite of AI-powered tools designed to enhance search, recommendations, and product placement, ensuring a more personalized and effective user experience.

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Visual Merchandising

Optimizes product placement, highlighting key items and reducing outdated ones.

Recommendations

Delivers personalized product suggestions based on user behavior and preferences.

Filters and Facets

Pinpoint product discovery tools to help users find the right product in the least time.

Semantic Search

Provides contextually accurate search results based on user intent and meaning.

ExpertRec integrates with the leading ecommerce platforms

Shopify

Shopify

Elevate your store's search and discovery experience with the ExpertRec Smart Search bar.

miva

MIVA

Boost your Miva store's search with Expertrec for easier product discovery and increased sales.

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Shopify Plus

Enterprise-grade version of Shopify, offering advanced features, customization, and dedicated support.

squarespace
SquareSpace

Enhance your Squarespace site with Expertrec for smarter, faster search.

Woocommerce

WooCommerce

Integrate Expertrec search on your WooCommerce site with a dedicated plugin to enhance site search and boost conversions.

BigCommerce

Modern Ecommerce Engine. Roll Out Multiple Stores and Localize for International Audiences from One Platform.

Magento

Integrate Expertrec search on your Magento site with a dedicated plugin to improve your store's search capabilities and increase customer engagement and conversions.

Thinkific
Thinkific

Help students search for courses on your site. Seamless Installation, Fast Search, and Exquisite Interface

What Our Customers Say

“Search has always been a challenge for PartsWarehouse given the unusual use case of users searching, deducing the most relevant results for any given search is not an out-of-the-box capability of any Search vendor. Our experience with ExpertRec team has been outstanding. They developed a genuine understanding of our unique need, were responsive throughout the integration process, and have delivered a customized solution.”

Scott C

President, Parts Warehouse

“We were looking for a better solution than the default Magento search and found Expertrec. Integration was very low level, almost no technical skills needed. Customer support helped fixing some issues we discovered at testing. Due to this we had to fix the issues which took us a couple of weeks. Our Expertrec trial expired but thanks to great customer support we were able to extend the trial by one more week. We found out that everything works fine now and activated the yoda plan.”

Jurjen de Vries

Dilmah Tea
Simple installation – remarkable results. Exceptionally fast. Flexible customization and branding. Robust analytics included. Expertrec custom search engine is a quick and easy way to turbocharge your Search operation and results on your website. Strongly recommend.

Jeff M

VP of Marketing, Expertrec user

Our site search needed to understand user intent via conversational questions, so we needed a NLP search with some modifications. Expertrec team made the setup process easy. We also liked the pricing and that there were unlimited search queries.

Mandy T

Web Developer, Whyzz

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Explore our in-depth Blog on top Algolia Alternative.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Expertrec uses transparent, flat-tier pricing based on search volume, products, and features—unlike Algolia’s granular, usage-based billing per query or record. This predictable structure often saves significantly on medium and high-volume sites.

You can import Algolia indices, synonyms, and query rules directly. Expertrec also mimics Algolia API endpoints, allowing most frontend and backend code to remain unchanged during migration.

Yes—built-in Levenshtein fuzzy matching, phonetic logic, and instant typeahead autocomplete deliver results in milliseconds, reducing null queries by ~90% . Users report sub‑10 ms return times for suggestions and search results.

Absolutely. Expertrec employs a hybrid ranking engine—combining traditional BM25-like keyword scoring with dense embedding similarity—to surface semantically relevant results, even when keyword overlap is low.

Facets & filters: price, brand, category with hierarchical multi-select

Searchandising: drag-and-drop boosts, time-based pins/burials, inline banners

Recommendations: upsell, cross-sell, “also viewed” powered by collaborative filtering.

Yes—Expertrec supports 30+ languages, including CJK, Arabic, Cyrillic, with Unicode-safe indexing, transliteration, language-aware stemming, and synonym support.

Realtime CTR, null-query, and conversion reporting are included across all plans. The dashboard offers drill-downs on query trends, funnels, filter usage, and A/B campaign setup. All data is exportable as CSV .

Expertrec offers a JavaScript SDK, REST APIs, and no-code dashboard for UI customization. It provides plug-and-play widgets for search bars, autocomplete, facets, merchandising, and supports React/Vue frameworks.

All plans include live chat support, a dedicated migration specialist, documentation, and onboarding help. Enterprise tiers offer personalised technical setups, training, and priority support.

Yes — real‑time dashboards track CTR, null‑query rate, conversion funnel data, plus CSV export and A/B campaign support.

 

Detail the JavaScript-powered crawler, real-time live/index updates, sub-millisecond query latency, and industry-standard scale.

Expertrec includes geospatial search capabilities—allowing “search near me” queries, radius filtering, and ranked results by distance. It supports indexing geo_point fields and leverages this data at query time for precise location-based results.

Yes—each pricing tier sets monthly quotas on indexed pages, search queries, and GenAI usage. Within those quotas, no per-request billing occurs. You won’t face unexpected overage fees for spikes in usage—just an automatic upgrade prompt if you exceed your tier.

Absolutely. Expertrec supports field-level weighting, allowing you to boost or deprioritize products based on stock, recency, promotions, or margins. Advanced users can create pipeline rules with conditional logic to include/exclude results, akin to Algolia’s query rules.

Yes. Expertrec is designed to handle large-scale catalogs (millions of records) with sub-millisecond query latency. Documents are sharded and cached across distributed infrastructure, ensuring performance consistent with enterprise-grade search solutions.

Yes—Expertrec enables multi-source/federated search, so you can search across product catalogs, blog content, and knowledge bases in a single query. Results are merged and ranked with relevance scoring, with optional UI filtering on content-type.

Expertrec offers RESTful APIs, JavaScript SDK, and plugins for React, Vue, Next.js, and Gatsby. It supports ingestion via CSV/JSON feeds, sitemap crawling, and CMS connectors—making it ideal for headless and JAMstack setups.

Every plan includes live chat, email support, and access to migration docs. Premium and enterprise tiers offer SLAs, onboarding assistance, dedicated account management, and custom feature development support—ensuring smooth migration from Algolia or other platforms.

Boost Your Website's Search Experience in Just 15 Minutes!

Discover how ExpertRec’s AI-powered search can transform your website’s user experience, increase engagement, and drive higher conversions.
Our expert will walk you through a personalized demo showcasing:

  • Faster, more relevant search results.
  • Enhanced user satisfaction and retention.
  • Easy integration with your existing site.