Searchanise Search & Filter

Great app! It is a very nice free solution to a problem that many charge large amounts for. I am glad this exists and the developers are working hard at it.

This has brought a much nicer user experience to searching through our expanding product range.
The customer support is amazing, with quick response and expert assistance.
We where easily able to implement and adjust to suit our needs Highly recommended.

Previously, I would have given this app 3.5 to 4 stars. However, after putting in months of work installing and configuring it, Searchanise increased the price of our plan by 400%. That's right: 400%. The exorbitant and abrupt price change feels like a bait and switch. Searchanise only gave a week's notice of the price change. Changing search apps (or changing a theme to avoid the need for a search app) is not something that can be accomplished in a week or so. Accordingly, we felt like Searchanise was extorting us with the abrupt price change. They were essentially saying: "Pay 400% more or we'll break your webstore". Moreover, the app has significant problems with its search algorithm, which is the key feature we required from it. The Searchanise algorithm has difficulty identifying variations on the same word. For example, we sell pom poms as a craft item. But the app is not able to recognize variations on that term. If a customer searches for pompom, pom pom, pom-pom, pompoms or pom-poms, the app will not return search results that include items containing the term "pom poms". The app includes a synonym function that purports to allow you to manually define related terms to correct deficiencies in the algorithm. Manual programming should not be required for a search algorithm to treat such similar terms as synonyms. Moreover, the synonym function in the app does not work properly. We have tried at length to use the synonyms function to resolve problems with the app's search algorithm, but the synonym function produces undesirable, inconsistent and unpredictable results. It changes the order and contents of search results in really unpredictable ways. We have read all the literature that Searchanise has provided on the synonym function, so we are aware of all the guidance on its use. Despite this, we have largely had to discontinue using it because it produces such inconsistent and unpredictable results. We have had to resort to using tags and revising our product descriptions to try to capture common variations on search terms to make up for shortcomings in the app's algorithm. That is very time consuming and should not be required. The fact that the app has difficulty recognizing the singular and plural form of words as synonyms is particularly problematic (eg. pompom and pompoms). So, before considering using this app, beware of its functionality shortcomings and the risk of exorbitant price increases instituted on short notice after you have spent days, months or years trying to configure the app.

The app support we've experienced so far from the team has been excellent, especially Ksenya who has been really supportinve. They have been very helpful and very quick and responsive to queries.
I would receommend them and their app to any business looking for smart filtering and bespoke functionality.
Thanks Again.

The searcg is amazing, it finds basically any matching or similar word displaying product photo and info. Haven´t seen the conversion yet but I´m pretty sure it will help. We find it somewhat expensive paying monthly.

Awesome App and even more Awesome Support!
It is a little like driving a Ferrari, you can't just get in and put foot to the pedal, you will crash. Take time to learn and play around a bit and this app can revolutionize your store, sales, and profits.

We added this app to our store at the beginning of November, and although this app displays a help chat time of just 7 minutes for example - you regularly have to wait 6 hours to get a response. Extremely frustrating service - when nothing can be answered quickly. Also the app does not allow you to make bulk changes easily - so making changes to a large catalogue is very time consuming. If you have a large store with multiple variants - the 'in stock' filter does not work alongside the 'size' filter - which defeats its purpose surely??

It is the best application, to have an intelligent search engine, which I have tried. It is very much better than other more expensive, and with its trial period you can check all this.
The customer service team is wonderful, always willing to help and answering the emails of their customers.
I recommend it 100%

amazing a true game changer for Apusworld.com.au

I had a issue which needed sorting urgently, I contacted live chat and the developers helped me straight away. Top support highly recommend this app and the team at Searchanise.