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title: "Search Integration Add-On — TechTailors"
description: "Sub-100ms site search: dynamic faceted filters, personalized results, smart synonyms, search insights, and a 99.9% uptime SLA."
canonical: https://techtailors.agency/services/search/
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# Search Integration Add-On

Fast, relevant site search on a cluster you own: sub-100ms responses, faceted filters, personalized results, smart synonyms and search insights.

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From $2,000 a month

## Search results decide who stays and buys

So they have to come back *in under 100ms, best match first*. We default to Typesense Cloud on dedicated clusters, from a vendor with a SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls 2: an independent audit of how a service provider protects data) Type 2 audit that signs HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: US rules for protecting health information) business associate agreements.

For AI-powered neural ranking, visual merchandising or behavioral personalization that Typesense can’t match, we offer Algolia (Advanced search platform with AI-powered ranking and merchandising capabilities) as a premium option.

**Vendor configuration required**

Search Integration requires a **Typesense dedicated cluster** in an account you own, as a Mandatory Minimum Vendor Configuration (Mandatory Minimum Vendor Configuration: the minimum vendor plan required for TechTailors to deliver the advertised SLA and feature set. SLA guarantees are conditional on maintaining this configuration.). It gives your search single-tenant isolation and HIPAA eligibility; Typesense signs its business associate agreement on its Business support plan and above. Prefer Algolia? You need at least **Grow Plus**, and we encourage **Elevate**.

Free at 15+ billable pages

## Static search for small sites

Not every site needs a search cluster. For content sites (practices, firms, portfolios, publications), we ship Pagefind, a build-time static search engine. It’s **free on every plan at 15 or more billable pages**, and a one-time $250 [Custom Integration](https://techtailors.agency/services/custom-integration/) below that.

- **Built when you deploy:** The index is generated as your site deploys and served as static files from the same edge network as the rest of your pages.
- **Searched in the browser:** Every search runs in the visitor’s browser. You need no vendor account, runtime service or monthly license, and it takes nothing off your Lighthouse score.
- **Made for content that changes with the site:** Pages, posts and documents. The index rebuilds with each deploy.
- **Catalogs need the full integration:** Dynamic search over large or fast-moving catalogs, typo-tolerant merchandising and behavioral personalization stay with Search Integration.

**Try it on this site.** Our own search runs on Pagefind. Use the magnifier in the header, or press `Ctrl` `K` (`Cmd` `K` on a Mac) on any page.

Backed by two SLAs

## What the integration covers

### Discovery

- **Faceted filters:** Multi-level categories (brand sub-brand) let visitors drill down to exactly what they need.
- **Zero-result fallbacks and smart synonyms:** A search with no matches offers fallback suggestions, and synonyms catch brand names and industry jargon.
- **Real-time inventory:** With [E-Commerce Pro](https://techtailors.agency/services/ecommerce/#pro), inventory syncs in real time, so new products and price changes update in search results instantly.

### Relevance

- **Personalized results:** We tailor results to each visitor’s location, browsing history and preferences, so the most relevant products and content come first.
- **Personalized suggestions:** “People also viewed” and “Similar items” sections, driven by browsing behavior and purchase patterns, to lift sales.
- **Relevancy you control:** Weight attributes such as brand, category or popularity so your top sellers or high-margin items rank first. (Your bestseller should show first when someone searches its category, but default ranking is usually alphabetical or by date. Tuning relevancy moves the items you want to sell to the top of the results, where most clicks land.)

### Scale and insight

- **Built to scale:** Search keeps up as your traffic and data grow, from thousands to millions of indexed items.
- **Search insights:** We pull out popular terms, zero-result queries and search-to-purchase data to optimize conversions and inform your content strategy. Add [Analytics & Tracking](https://techtailors.agency/services/analytics/) to bring queries and clicks into your dashboards and see which terms or campaigns drive the most ROI (Return on Investment).

**Uptime and speed SLAs**

If search goes down, our 99.9% uptime SLA (Service Level Agreement: a guaranteed commitment with compensation if missed) gives you a 10% credit. If monthly average response times pass 100ms, you get a 5% credit. (Sub-100ms is the line between “search feels instant” and “visitors give up on the search box and use Google to find your product instead.”)

Every plan

## Priced by indexed items and languages

Starting at $2,000 a month

If you meet any single criterion for a tier (indexed items or languages), your pricing moves to that tier.

- Standard: Up to 5,000 indexed items, English only $2,000 a month
- Growth: Up to 20,000 indexed items, up to 4 languages $3,500 a month
- Enterprise: 20,000–100,000 indexed items, up to 10 languages; beyond that, custom-quoted $5,000 a month

The fee covers setup, schema design, indexing and ongoing tuning. The search cluster itself sits in your own vendor account.

### Which plans carry it

1. Smart Casual, Minimum plan $50 per page, per month Best fit when you run a small business or a brick-and-mortar store with simple needs.
    - From $250/mo
    - 48-hour support
2. Professional $75 per page, per month Best fit when your site handles sensitive data or your profession holds you to strict regulations.
    - From $375/mo
    - 24-hour support
3. Black Tie $100 per page, per month Suits online businesses or ones that serve a whole region or country.
    - From $500/mo
    - 16-hour support
4. White Tie Typically from $125 + per page, per month Best fit when your project needs go beyond our standard plans and add-ons.
    - Custom scope
    - 16-hour support

This add-on, like every TechTailors add-on, begins billing once we start implementing this add-on into your website: see [pricing FAQs](https://techtailors.agency/faqs/#pricing) for details on how billing and onboarding work.

For comparison

## What search costs elsewhere

1. $41,650 A year, the median Algolia purchase on Vendr, before any setup [*Vendr* 2026](https://www.vendr.com/marketplace/algolia)
2. $0.40 Per 1,000 records past the 100,000 included on Algolia’s Grow plans [*Algolia* 2026](https://www.algolia.com/pricing)
3. 720 hours Free once on a Typesense Cloud cluster, then pay-per-hour pricing [*Typesense Cloud* 2026](https://cloud.typesense.org/pricing/calculator)

Search Integration runs $2,000 to $5,000 a month by tier. On Algolia, the platform license alone has a median price of $41,650 a year across 144 purchases, with the high end past a quarter-million, before any setup or agency time.

**How TechTailors compares The pros and cons, and a first-year cost next to a custom build or a managed provider.**

### TechTailors Search vs. alternatives

#### TechTailors Search

- 99.9% uptime and 100ms speed SLAs, with 10% and 5% credits
- AI-powered search with neural ranking, through the Algolia premium option
- Real-time inventory sync with E-Commerce Pro
- From $2,000 a month, with clear tier-based scaling
- Search insights: what users search for, click and buy
- Infrastructure that scales from thousands to millions of items

#### Alternatives

- Building your own on Elasticsearch: Elastic's median contract is $77,302 a year (Vendr), before any engineering
- Managed search on Algolia: a $41,650 median contract a year (Vendr), before setup
- Basic site search is slow and inaccurate, with no analytics or personalization
- No uptime or speed guarantees: outages cost revenue and nobody answers for them
- Standalone tools add separate integration, customization and monitoring costs

#### TechTailors

- Setup fee $0
- Monthly service (Standard) From $2,000/mo
- Full customization & scaling Included
- When billing starts When we start setup work
- Blueprint / build fee $0
- Hidden fees $0

Year 1 Total From $24,000/yr

#### Traditional

- Self-built on Elasticsearch: Elastic's median contract (Vendr) $77,302/yr
- Managed search: Algolia's median contract (Vendr) $41,650/yr
- Integration & maintenance Extra

Year 1 Total $41,650–$77,302+

Five steps

## How we build your search

Step 1

### Map your catalog

We map your catalog or content and set ranking priorities.

Step 2

### Build and tune search

We configure search, set up filters and synonyms, and style the search interface.

Step 3

### Personalize results

We set up personalization so search adapts to each visitor's history, location and preferences.

Step 4

### Monitor uptime and speed

We monitor uptime and response times and alert you to anomalies.

Step 5

### Report and refine

We analyze top queries and KPIs and give you next steps you can act on.

## Explore more

### Related services

- [**E-Commerce Add-On** Smart Casual · Professional · Black Tie · White Tie](https://techtailors.agency/services/ecommerce/)
- [**Multi-Language Support Add-On** Smart Casual · Professional · Black Tie · White Tie](https://techtailors.agency/services/multi-language/)
- [**Custom Integration Add-On** Smart Casual · Professional · Black Tie · White Tie](https://techtailors.agency/services/custom-integration/)

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