Product search software, compared honestly
Each guide covers what the tool does well, where it falls short, the teams it suits best, and how it compares with Xearch for B2B and industrial catalogs. Where another tool is the better fit, we say so.
Best B2B product search 2026
Ten tools compared for industrial catalogs, with a shortlist by company type.
Buyer’s guideXearch vs Algolia
The developer-first search API. Excellent speed and tooling; specs and compatibility take engineering work.
Search APIXearch vs Coveo
Enterprise AI search across commerce, support and knowledge. Powerful, with enterprise cost and effort.
Enterprise AI searchXearch vs Constructor
Retail-grade AI search that learns from clickstream. Best with high traffic; long-tail B2B needs more.
Retail AI searchXearch vs Bloomreach
Search and merchandising inside a wider marketing suite. Strongest when you use the whole platform.
Commerce suiteXearch vs Zoovu
Guided selling, product finders and CPQ for complex products. Enterprise focus and set-up effort.
Guided sellingXearch vs HawkSearch
B2B-focused site search popular with industrial distributors. Strong merchandising; assistant-led selling is lighter.
B2B site searchXearch vs Searchspring & Klevu
Mid-market ecommerce search now unified as Athos Commerce, with a platform migration under way.
Mid-market searchXearch vs Elasticsearch
The build-it-yourself engine. Unlimited flexibility, with engineering and operations cost.
Search engineTypesense & Meilisearch
Fast, open-source engines with predictable pricing. Great foundations; product logic is yours to build.
Open-source enginesHow we review
We read each vendor’s public documentation, product announcements and independent reviews, then test the claims against what industrial catalogs need.
- Handling of numeric specs and units such as diameter, load rating and temperature
- Application and environment queries that need product knowledge, not keywords
- Part-number lookups and compatibility between parts
- Handover to sales for quotes and complex orders
- Effort and cost to implement for a mid-sized distributor or manufacturer
Talk to the people who build it
Book a 30-minute call with a Xearch search engineer. Bring a few queries your buyers struggle with and we’ll show you how Xearch would answer them on your own catalog.
- A live walkthrough on sample data from your catalog
- An honest view on whether Xearch is the right fit, or something else is
- A custom quote based on catalog size and channels