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Autocomplete as a Service

Serves data for autocomplete on mobile apps and websites

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Subhash Medatwal
@findsubhash · Entrepreneur
Don't know much about algolia. But AaaS provides a simpler API and indexes fixed attributes in data. Algolia provides more feature like Analytics and might be better fit for enterprises. Also big difference in pricing structure. AaaS is easy to integrate into apps, costs less.

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Eric Willis
@erictwillis · Working on something new
It's pretty much a "backend as a service" for autocomplete
Ryan Marr
@ryanmarr · Product Manager, N49.com
How does this differ from an elastic search provider like Algolia?
Sasindu Mendis
@sasindumendis · Developer
New term to "_aaS" family I guess "AaaS" :)
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Subhash Medatwal
@findsubhash · Entrepreneur
Don't know much about algolia. But AaaS provides a simpler API and indexes fixed attributes in data. Algolia provides more feature like Analytics and might be better fit for enterprises. Also big difference in pricing structure. AaaS is easy to integrate into apps, costs less.
Rudd Taylor
@ruddct · Cofounder, SALT - trysalt.com
Also confused about how this differs from the myriad hosted Elasticsearch providers. The API looks similar and the product seems less flexible (targeted towards people who need autocomplete, but not necessarily other search features). All that said this is still a nice find. Rolling your own autocomplete with ES does take a little time to get started with, … See more