Everyone seems really hyped with Algolia, before and after the pricing update but the major drawback i've seen is the pricing model that is still a big issue IMO.
Given you have 10K documents, if you want to make a "sort by something" you have to create a replica with another ranking configuration.
So if you want 4 sort criteria, you'll be billed for 40K document even if you have only 10k at start.
I've looked in competitors like Swiftype and even them point out this issue in the pricing page :
"Index once, sort all you want (No need to replicate engines to sort or filter your data in different ways. Once your data is indexed, it can be filtered, faceted and sorted at will.)"
Given you have 10K documents, if you want to make a "sort by something" you have to create a replica with another ranking configuration.
So if you want 4 sort criteria, you'll be billed for 40K document even if you have only 10k at start.
I've looked in competitors like Swiftype and even them point out this issue in the pricing page :
"Index once, sort all you want (No need to replicate engines to sort or filter your data in different ways. Once your data is indexed, it can be filtered, faceted and sorted at will.)"