[negrit]

I disagree. I'm a early Algolia adopter(and an engineer) and as an engineer they are a no-brainer for me.

Search is really hard even with the best elasticsearch libraries. IMO the biggest blocker with algolia is the price. It's really hard to get company buy-in because leadership don't get it: "Just build it"

[Wintereise]

Agreed. The pricing gets crazy fast when you're not really in control of your record / query count, like the typical SaaS dealing with customer data.

It feels tailored to first party use.