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How to choose search & site search
Look at zero-result analytics during the trial. What your users search for and do not find is the most valuable output of any search tool.
For enterprise search, permission awareness is non-negotiable: results must respect the access rules of the source system, not a copied snapshot.
Model the pricing unit against growth — per-record pricing behaves very differently from per-query once your catalogue or traffic grows.
What to look for
- ✓ Site and in-app search widgets
- ✓ Enterprise search across connected systems
- ✓ AI answers with source citations
- ✓ Typo tolerance and synonyms
- ✓ Faceted filtering and ranking rules
- ✓ Permission-aware results
- ✓ Analytics on queries and zero-result searches
- ✓ Per-record, per-query or per-seat pricing
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Search & site search — frequently asked questions
What is enterprise search?+
Enterprise search indexes the systems a company already uses — drive, email, wiki, tickets, CRM — and lets staff find and ask questions across all of them, returning only what each person is permitted to see.
Is AI search better than keyword search?+
For questions phrased in natural language, yes. For exact lookups — a part number, an invoice ID — keyword matching is still more reliable, which is why serious tools combine both.
What does site search cost?+
Small sites often fit free tiers. Paid plans usually price per thousand records or per thousand queries, so the cost depends on catalogue size and traffic rather than seats.
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