Touchless, a Toronto-based automotive tech company, uses Meilisearch to power vehicle inventory search for large dealer groups. Their marketplace platform serves dealer groups with 3,000–9,000 vehicles per group across ~100 locations. Key reasons for choosing Meilisearch over Algolia include API flexibility, seamless integration with their custom Cloudflare edge-based EXO rendering system, and cost efficiency. Each dealer group gets a dedicated index that spins up in ~100ms, enabling a full live preview in 20 minutes. The result is instant faceted filtering, infinite scroll, and a modern car-shopping experience that drives higher conversion rates.
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The challenge: large dealer groups need a different kind of searchThe solution: Meilisearch via the EXO platformImplementation: from raw dealer data to live search in 20 minutesThe results: a search experience that sellsConclusion: the API-first search engine for specialist platformsSort: