Algolia Introduces Smart Groups for Premium and Elevate Plans, Enhancing Merchandising with Item Positioning Features
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025 captures of Algolia's pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: Smart Groups added to Merchandising section for Premium and Elevate plans - allows defining and placing groups of items at specific positions; MCP (Model Context Protocol) developer resource added to Developer Resources navigation menu; Generative Experiences Guides add-on introduced at $3.50 per guide for all plans; Activity Logs feature added to Analytics section for all plans; Fashion industry vertical added to Industries navigation menu. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, new add-on) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 17, 2026) lists Grow at $0.6 per 1K Recommendation requests + $0.5 per 1K search requests and Grow Plus at $0.4 per 1K records + $1.75 per 1K search requests.
Algolia's previous recorded change was "Algolia Restricts Merchandising Studio to Elevate Plan, Impacting Premium Users" (Q1 2025). Algolia has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Elastic also changed their Marketing & Content pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Elevate · FeatureAddedNo Smart GroupsSmart Groups
- — · FeatureFeature added
MCP (Model Context Protocol) developer resource added to Developer Resources navigation menu
- All plans · Add-onAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterGenerative Experiences Guides add-on
- All plans · FeatureAddedNo Activity Logs featureActivity Logs feature
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Fashion industry vertical
AfterFashion industry vertical
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elevate | Feature | No Smart Groups | Smart Groups | Added |
| — | Feature | MCP (Model Context Protocol) developer resource added to Developer Resources navigation menu | Feature added | |
| All plans | Add-on | Not listed | Generative Experiences Guides add-on | Added |
| All plans | Feature | No Activity Logs feature | Activity Logs feature | Added |
| — | Feature | No Fashion industry vertical | Fashion industry vertical | Added |
Values as written on Algolia's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Algolia's pricing page (algolia.com) from Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where Smart Groups now appears.
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Algolia, the last 90 days
Full history- Feb 9, 2026improvedAlgolia boosts Elevate plan with new generative features and 99.999% SLA
- Jan 10, 2026improvedAlgolia Elevate Plan Now Includes Real-Time Personalization and Enhanced SLA for Superior User Experience
- Q3 2025packagingAlgolia Introduces Grow Plus Plan with Pay-As-You-Go Pricing at $1.75 per 1K Search Requests, Removing Premium Plan Option
- Q2 2025packagingAlgolia Introduces Smart Groups for Premium and Elevate Plans, Enhancing Merchandising with Item Positioning Features · this change
- Q1 2025improvedAlgolia Restricts Merchandising Studio to Elevate Plan, Impacting Premium Users
Across Marketing & Content in the same window
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- ElasticJan 11Elastic Introduces Self-Managed Deployment Options Across Key Products, Enhancing Control and Customization for Users
- ElasticJan 11Elastic Transforms Pricing Structure to Solution-Based Model, Enhancing Clarity for Elasticsearch, Observability, and Security Deployments
Questions about this change
Did Algolia raise prices in July 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, new add-on.
What changed on Algolia's pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025?
Elevate feature: No Smart Groups → Smart Groups, added; MCP (Model Context Protocol) developer resource added to Developer Resources navigation menu; All plans add-on: Not listed → Generative Experiences Guides add-on, added; All plans feature: No Activity Logs feature → Activity Logs feature, added; feature: No Fashion industry vertical → Fashion industry vertical, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Algolia change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Algolia in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Algolia Restricts Merchandising Studio to Elevate Plan, Impacting Premium Users" in Q1 2025; Algolia has been tracked since 2023-11-14.