Comments on “Algolia Places
Nicolas Dessaigne@dessaigne · Co-founder & CEO, Algolia
Hey hunters! As you may know, we love to experiment with our API and build new community services. We're super excited today to introduce Algolia Places, making it easy for developers to turn any HTML ‹input› into an autocomplete! We were able to build it thanks to the awesomeness of OpenStreetMap and Geonames. Compared to Google Places, it is highly custom… See more
Evan Lodge@evanlodge · Co-Founder, HigherMe
@dessaigne Can you elaborate on differences and use cases compared to google places?
Sylvain Utard@sylvainutard · VP of Engineering @ Algolia
@evanlodge @dessaigne Our current focus is all about UX: we want Algolia Places to be easily extended and customizable to be deeply integrated in your apps. For instance. you can mix your own data & Places' suggestions in a single dropdown menu: https://community.algolia.com/pl... You can also use it to auto-fill your boring forms: https://community.al… See more
~~@bbnnt · dev
@evanlodge the picture might be bigger… let's just wait the moment when it'd be asked to algolia to elaborate on use cases compared to firebase (or likes)
Mike Coutermarsh@mscccc · Code @ Product Hunt
@dessaigne Awesome - what's the pricing for this? Or is it free?
Sylvain Utard@sylvainutard · VP of Engineering @ Algolia
@mscccc @dessaigne It's free up to 1,000 request per ip or HTTP referer; and we're still working on what could be a fair pricing for higher usage
Joakim Isoaho@jommi · Aalto Entrepreneurship Society
@sylvainutard @mscccc @dessaigne Love algolia, especially love what you guys have been doing with Algolia Community! Do you guys sponsor hackathons in Europe at all? I'm part of the team creating www.hackjunction.com , Europe's largest hackathon.
Sylvain Utard@sylvainutard · VP of Engineering @ Algolia
@jommi @mscccc @dessaigne Thanks for the positive feedback :) We do sponsor events & meetups and tried a few hackathons as well. Shoot us an email at contact@alg ;)