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Our team worked tirelessly to analyze and compare the best solutions on the market. The result: a tool custom-built for the WordPress community, offering top-tier flexibility and performance.
Comparison Table
Before developing our solution, we thoroughly analyzed the options already available on the market. The table below provides a clear comparison of the leading solutions, highlighting their strengths, limitations, and why our approach stands out.
| Features / Capability | Search WP Premium | Relevanssi Premium | Algolia | Elasticsearch | Findstr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | WordPress plugin | WordPress plugin | Cloud-based (API) | Self-hosted/Cloud | WordPress Plugin and Self-hosted Cloud |
| Ease of Integration | Easy (WP-native) | Easy (WP-native) | Requires API integration | Complex, dev skills needed | Easy (WP-native) |
| Search Speed | Moderate to fast | Moderate to fast | Very fast (instant search) | Very fast (instant search) | Very fast (instant search) and highly scalable |
| Custom Field Support (e.g. ACF) | Yes | Yes | Yes (via API config) | Yes | Yes |
| Weighting / Relevance Tuning | Yes (manual control per field/type) | Yes (custom weights for fields/keywords) | Yes (advanced UI for tuning, ranking formula) | Yes (via function scoring, scripting) | Yes (custom weights for fields/keywords) |
| Fuzzy / Typo Tolerance | Limited (can be added via hooks) | Strong built-in fuzzy matching | Built-in, automatic typo tolerance | Yes, with config | Built-in, automatic typo tolerance |
| Synonyms Support | Basic (manual only) | Manual only | Advanced synonym sets, automatic & manual | Manual synonyms, powerful but complex | Manual synonyms – powerful, highly scalable with AI in the future |
| Boolean Search Support | Limited | Yes (AND, OR, NOT operators) | Yes (advanced query syntax supported) | Yes (extensive query DSL) | Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) to limit or widen your search |
| Faceted Search / Filters | Partial (via WP custom dev or add-ons) | Limited | Yes (native, fast filtering) | Yes (powerful but dev required) | Yes (native, fast filtering) |
| Multisite Support | Yes (with Pro license) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Indexing | Yes (via rules & hooks) | Yes (custom post types, fields) | Yes (fully customizable index schemas) | Yes (index any data) | Yes (index any data) |
| Real-time Index Updates | No (on content save/update) | No (on post update or manual reindex) | Yes (instant indexing) | Depends (real-time with config) | No (on content save/update) |
| Analytics / Reporting | No | No | Yes (dashboard, click/conversion analytics) | No native UI, external tooling needed | Coming soon |
| Data Control / Privacy | Full (on your server) | Full | Data hosted on Algolia’s servers | Full (self-hosted), or Elastic Cloud | Full (self-hosted or hosted on Findstr’s server) |
| Scalability | Limited to WP environment | Limited to WP environment | Highly scalable | Highly scalable | Highly scalable |
| Support / Documentation | Email + documentation | Email + documentation | Priority support + API docs | Community + paid support from Elastic | Email + documentation |
| Open source | No | No | No | No | Yes – Your team could collaborate in the future of the plugin such as developers do with the WordPress core |
