Choose the right option
Search Pro or Kea Labs Cloud
Search Pro and Kea Labs Cloud serve different needs. Search Pro is for stores that want premium search without a monthly search subscription. Kea Labs Cloud is for semantic search, image search, recommendations, hosted capacity, provider-managed operations, and contractual service levels.
Choose Kea Search Pro
Choose Kea Search Pro when the store needs a better search module
Search Pro is the right option when the store mainly needs autocomplete, product results, filters, relevance controls, storefront customization, setup, analytics, and rule-based product visibility.
- The store wants a module purchase instead of a monthly search service.
- The store does not want Elasticsearch or a separate search server.
- The team wants search to run inside the store environment.
- The merchant wants controlled product visibility inside search results.
- The catalog can run search inside the store.
- The store needs better search, not a hosted discovery platform.
Choose Kea Labs Cloud
Choose Kea Labs Cloud for hosted discovery and operations
Cloud is the better option when the store needs AI discovery, hosted infrastructure, or operational guarantees that should not live inside a store module.
- Semantic search.
- Image search.
- Recommendations.
- Behavioral personalization.
- Visual discovery and visual recommendations.
- Hosted infrastructure.
- API-first integration.
- SLA needs.
- Provider-managed capacity and traffic operation.
Quick decision guide
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How they relate
Two options, different jobs
Search Pro is for stores that want strong search inside the store without adding a mandatory monthly search subscription.
Kea Labs Cloud is available when the store needs semantic search, image search, recommendations, visual discovery, hosted capacity, provider-managed operations, or contractual service levels.