One line of HTML
Paste the snippet and get a polished search dialog with keyboard controls, dark mode and mobile already handled.
Engage / Search▊
Blazing-fast site search, without the cost. Set up in minutes.
Turn the crawl you've already run into typo-friendly site search. Add the ready-made search box or use the API. There's no second indexing pipeline to babysit.
Search playground
2,418 pages indexedSee what your visitors see
Why it wins
Built different where it counts.
Indexes shaped like your site
Search the whole site, only your docs, or several properties at once. The index rebuilds after every crawl.
Analytics that write your roadmap
See what people search for and where they come up empty. That's your next content brief, already written.
vs Algolia
Search shouldn't punish success
Crawlie builds the index from a crawl you already run, so there are no per-record fees at any volume. Free on every plan while in beta — and at GA, every plan includes a search allowance with extra queries at $0.04 per 1,000, about 12× cheaper per search than Algolia.
- No per-record or indexing fees, ever
- Included searches on every plan — 10,000 to 1,000,000 a month
- Beyond that: $0.04 per 1,000 searches (Algolia charges ~$0.50 per 1,000)
- Free while in beta, on every plan
Algolia Grow $120 /mo
Algolia Grow Plus $420 /mo
AddSearch $119+ /mo
Crawlie Search (Pro) $0 beta · ~$6 at GA
Crawl to search box
Three steps. No indexing project.
Crawlie already has the pages. You’re just choosing which ones belong in this search experience.
Guide: site search setup →Pick your sources
Use a monitored site, a frozen report or several properties together.
acme.comdocs.acme.comhelp.acme.com
Shape the index
Include /docs/, exclude /archive/, and keep private or canonicalised pages out.
＋ /docs/*＋ /help/*− /help/archive/*
Paste one line
Use the ready-made search dialog or call the public JSON API.
<script src="…/search.js">vs hosted search
Search shouldn’t charge you three times for the same content.
Traditional hosted search can meter records, indexing and queries separately. Crawlie turns the crawl you already use into the index.
Build an index free →Crawlie SearchTraditional hosted search
Content pipelineYour existing crawlBuild and maintain one
Record feesNone in betaOften metered
Query feesNone in betaOften metered
FreshnessRebuilds after crawlsWire up syncing
Several sitesOne indexPlan the ingestion
4,218searches
42 msaverage
81%clicked
Top queries
pricing418
api keys289
scheduled crawls241
Content gaps
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bulk export0 results
sso0 results
More than a search box
Your visitors write the content roadmap for you.
See the queries people use, what they click and what returns nothing. Every result also explains why it ranked, so relevance isn’t a guessing game.
- BM25 ranking, typo tolerance and phrase queries
- Exact title and phrase-match reasons on every hit
- Automatic rebuilds from monitored sources
- ⌘K, slash shortcut, dark mode and mobile included
Agent-native
Your agents get the same superpowers.
Everything on this page is a tool call away. The hosted MCP server exposes 18 tools — crawls, reports, fixes, monitoring — and the REST API speaks the same JSON. One key, no scraping, no glue code.
- Hosted MCP endpoint for Claude, Cursor and any MCP client
- REST API with the same capabilities, self-describing
- Open-source CLI + local MCP if you'd rather stay on your machine
curl crawlie.app/pub/search/<token>?q=setup
{ "tookMs": 12, "hits": [
{ "title": "Getting started",
"url": "/help/getting-started",
"reasons": ["exact title match"] }
] }
public JSON API · no key needed to query
How does Crawlie build the search index?
From crawls you already run. Pick a monitored site, a single report or several properties together, scope it by route if you like, and the index is ready in seconds — then rebuilt automatically after every crawl. There is no separate indexing pipeline to write or babysit.
How much does Crawlie Search cost?
Free while in beta, on every plan — including Hobby. At GA, every plan includes a monthly search allowance (10,000 queries on Hobby up to 1,000,000 on Scale) and extra searches cost $0.04 per 1,000 — versus roughly $0.50 per 1,000 on Algolia Grow. There are never per-record or indexing fees: the index is built from crawls you already run.
How do I add search to my site?
Paste one script tag and you get a polished ⌘K search dialog with keyboard controls, dark mode and mobile handled. Prefer your own UI? Query the public JSON API directly.
How good are the results?
Queries are BM25-ranked with typo tolerance and phrase support, and typically return in tens of milliseconds. Every hit lists the reasons it ranked — exact title match, phrase match and so on — and you can test any query in the playground before it ships.
Can one search box cover several sites?
Yes. Merge multiple properties — say your marketing site, docs and help center — into one corpus, or scope an index to just /docs/. Search analytics then show top queries and the searches that returned nothing: your next content brief.
Point Crawlie at your site.
Free to start on the Hobby plan — 5,000 crawl credits a month, no card required.