[gildas]

It's written in small print under the screenshot of the "units widget" here [1]:

"Number of indexed records is capped at roughly 10% of annual search volume. See FAQ for more information."

The FAQ says:

"When using Annual Commitment pricing (minimum one year commitment and 1,200 units), each unit contains 1,000 searches x 12 = 12,000 searches during the year, and 100 x 12 = 1,200 maximum of records at any point in the year."

[1] https://www.algolia.com/pricing/

[kabes]

Thanks for pointing that out. I read an (old) article on the engineering behind it and they keep a lot in memory. So it makes sense to cap this somehow.

[gberger]

So for 1 million records, you need to spend $1k/month. Hmm.

[gildas]

The overage fees are also a mystery, the FAQ only says:

"If you exceed your committed usage, there are overages that will be charged."

[beering]

1 million records doesn't seem like all that much. If each document is 1 MB, that's only 1 GB of indexed data. Does Algolia add a lot of value on top of that?

[PudgePacket]

1 MB * 1,000,000 = 1 TB