Comparison
AskMyPages vs Relevanssi
Relevanssi replaces WordPress’s default search with a proper keyword index in your own database, free, with a one-time Premium for PDFs, weighting and multisite. AskMyPages is not a keyword index: it ranks by meaning and adds AI answers and a chat that cite your pages, as a hosted service with a free plan.
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Side by side
What each one does
| Relevanssi | AskMyPages | |
|---|---|---|
| AI answers with sources | No | Yes: a short answer above the results with numbered links to the pages and PDF pages it came from |
| Chat with follow-ups | No | Yes: a chat button on every page, follow-up questions, in the site’s own colours |
| Search by meaning | Keyword search with fuzzy matching, stemming and weighting | Yes: finds pages by meaning as well as exact words |
| Your theme’s search box | Yes, replaces the results behind the theme’s box | Keeps your theme’s search box and results page; nothing to restyle |
| PDFs | Premium, through an extraction service, text PDFs only | Text PDFs in the Media Library, with answers linking to the right page |
| Where it runs | In your own database (the index needs space there) | A hosted service by Hook & Plug; the plugin sends your published, public content and nothing else |
| Price | Free; Premium €120 a year or €402 one-time, unlimited sites, per relevanssi.com | Free: 500 items, 1,000 searches and 100 AI answers a month. Starter $29 a month or $290 a year: 5,000 items, 25,000 searches, 3,000 answers |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
Where each one is strong
Relevanssi
- Free and open source, with a large install base and long history
- Runs entirely in your database; no outside service
- Premium adds PDF search, weighting, pinned results and multisite for a one-time price
AskMyPages
- Answers and chat, not only a results list
- Search by meaning, so wording does not have to match
- PDF answers link to the exact page of the document
- Nothing to tune: connect, choose content, done
Which one should you choose?
Choose Relevanssi if you want better keyword search for free, with everything in your own database, and you are comfortable tuning weights and settings.
Choose AskMyPages if visitors should be able to ask a question in their own words and get an answer with a source, including from your PDFs, with the least setup.
Not sure? Try the questions your visitors ask on the live demo: a real WordPress site running AskMyPages.
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