Algolia: Build plan renamed to Free, records cut 1M→50K

Between the Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026 captures of Algolia's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Build plan renamed to Free (tagline: "Free to test out all features" -> "Search and recommendations"); Free column added to detailed feature comparison table; Grow/Grow Plus tagline simplified to "Pay as you go". Free plan (formerly Build) allowances cut - records included 1M -> 50K, recommendation requests 10K -> 5K/month, crawls 10K -> 5K/month. In detail: Build plan renamed to Free; Grow/Grow Plus tagline changed from 'Free to start, then pay as you go' to 'Pay as you go'; Free plan added as a 4th column in the feature comparison table; Free plan (formerly Build) allowances cut: records included dropped from 1M to 50K, recommendation requests from 10K to 5K/month, and crawls from 10K to 5K/month. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan renamed, limit decrease) with a downward direction. The current page 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.

It lands 181 days after Algolia's previous change, "Algolia opens Data Transformations and Integrations to free users" (Feb 16, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Algolia boosts Elevate plan with new generative features and 99.999% SLA" (Feb 9, 2026), "Algolia Elevate Plan Now Includes Real-Time Personalization and Enhanced SLA for Superior User Experience" (Jan 10, 2026) and "Algolia Introduces Grow Plus Plan with Pay-As-You-Go Pricing at $1.75 per 1K Search Requests, Removing Premium Plan Option" (Q3 2025). Algolia has been tracked since 2023-11-14.

In the same window Weaviate, Chromatic, Pinecone and Qdrant also changed their Marketing & Content pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.