1.7 KiB
Date: 2026-07-27 Status: 🟢 Decided Decision Owner: Amadou People Involved: Amadou, Mohammed B
Context
New policy is forcing us to look at Canadian alternatives first. They needed to justify if they were American or not. If American and no employees in Canada, then I must submit an exception for this.
Problem
Determine whether the procurement requirements and ongoing cost of Algolia justify replacing it with an alternative search platform.
Replacing Algolia would affect multiple websites and require significant integration work, including a review and reimplementation of the synchronization between Directus and Algolia.
Options Considered
Option 1
Description: Leaving them
Pros: Could probably be cheaper using services like mielesearch or typesense
Cons: Very expensive on integration of all websites and full review of the sync code between Directus and Algolia
Option 2
Description: Stay with them
Pros: Nothing changes
Cons: Still expensive.
Decision
What did we decide? Decision is to stay with Algolia
Why
Why was this option chosen? Cheaper long term and less disruptive
Risks / Trade-offs
What are we accepting by making this decision?
- We continue accepting Algolia's current recurring cost.
- We may need to maintain a procurement exception.
- This decision delays exploring potentially cheaper alternatives.
Next Steps
Outcome
To be completed later.
What actually happened after the decision? Keeping the same stability in place. No need to redo and force a new system.
Lessons Learned
What would I do differently next time? N/A
Related
- Algolia - 2024-2026