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The top tools for implementing e-commerce search in React

## Table of Contents

1. [Algolia](#algolia)
2. [Typesense](#typesense)
3. [Meilisearch](#meilisearch)
4. [Elasticsearch](#elasticsearch)

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## Algolia

- **Features**:
  - Instant search
  - Auto-complete
  - Latest AI tools
  - Typo tolerance
  - Relevance tuning

- **Pricing**:
  - Free tier available
  - Costs can escalate as application scales

- **Implementation**:
  - Use React InstantSearch library
  - Pass main index and API key object

## Typesense

- **Features**:
  - Autocomplete and search-as-you-type
  - Typo tolerance
  - AI-assisted search features
  - Image and voice search

- **Pricing**:
  - Self-hosted version is free
  - Cloud-hosted version costs $0.03 per hour

- **Implementation**:
  - Use InstantSearch library by Algolia

## Meilisearch

- **Features**:
  - Fast search experience
  - Self-hosted and cloud-hosted versions available
  - Limited additional features in cloud version

- **Implementation**:
  - Use InstantSearch library by Algolia
  - Install alongside Meilisearch client

## Elasticsearch

- **Features**:
  - E-commerce focused search features
  - Support for LLM with Relevance Engine
  - Geospatial search
  - Relevance scoring, sorting, and filtering
  - Excellent security features

- **Implementation**:
  - Provides search clients for major languages and frameworks

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