Amazon CloudSearch vs. Luigi's Box

Amazon Cloudsearch can be suitable for some queries that require fast data. For example, in our case, we used CloudSearch, in a tool called Global Search. That will search everything like names, emails and a lot of stuff in our application. If you want fast data and you have a simple query, Global Search isn't appropriate for you.

Incentivized

Luigi's Box is the perfect solution for sales platforms that have search engine problems on their site. Luigi's Box allows you to go to the next level and enable customers to find what they are looking for. With additional options to recommend and indicate substitutes and add-on products, it can work great as a sales-boosting element.

• Really fast queries
• Good Reporting
• Reduce the cost of the server

Incentivized

• Wide access to the analysis panel that supports sales and helps analyze user behavior.
• Adapting functionality to the partner's needs, which confirms the flexibility of the tool.
• The boost function which allows us to prioritise showing customers certain products over others, which improves conversions.

Incentivized

• Can take some time to implement
• The initial configuration can be tricky
• Takes some time to update the values

Incentivized

• More choice for customisation and layout would be good.
• More payment options for example the choice to pay via direct debit.

Luigi's Box just slots in nicely to the website with very little code and has no negative impact on pagespeed scores. Having been using it for a number of months now, we have had no bugs or downtime. The search functionality works for every customer and even our staff use it every day to get to the product they want faster.

Incentivized

Their support is excellent. Quick and helpful.

I didn't investigate the best alternatives to CloudSearch, but did help with implementing this feature in our application. But from what i tested and used - Cloudsearch is very fast to get queries. Some negative points can be the time to implement this and some configurations that can be tricky.

Incentivized

In my opinion, Luigi's Box is superior. It was much easier to implement, customer service was better, the search results are much more accurate, the customization options are much more advanced, the analytics section is superior and the price for all of the tools that Luigi's Box has to offer is extremely reasonable. We did also try to build our own product in house, but this proved very difficult and complicated to get the results we wanted.

• Positive Point - Reduced the server load
• Negative point - Not suitable for all queries
• Negative Point - Time to implement this feature

Incentivized

• Reduction in the number of abandoned carts - since the launch of the service, we have seen a drop in cart abandonment by more than 10%
• Lower reports of product search problems from customers
• Analytical accounts - they were able to recommend many things to us and improve services