Ajax Search Pro vs Free version
While Ajax Search Lite includes some of the core features from Ajax Search Pro, both plugins are standalone and work independently.
When to update to Ajax Search Pro?
The Lite version may be sufficient for many cases, there are number of special benefits when updating to the Pro version.
- Outstanding support – We are very dedicated to answer any of your question and queries, many feature requests from our customers have been implemented to the plugin core
- More content type search – Searching and returning taxonomy terms, users, media files and file contents and many other content types as results.
- More sophisticated engine – The index table engine in the Pro version is built to calculate matches based on keyword occurences and other important factors
- Unlimited search filters – Filtering by any taxonomy, custom field, date, post type, content type and different filter types
Live vs Pro comparison table
| Feature | Ajax Search Lite | Ajax Search Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Post Type Results | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search Content | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search Excerpt | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search Titles | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search Taxonomy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exclude by Categories | ✓ | ✓ |
| Category Filters | ✓ | ✓ |
| Google Keyword Suggestions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search result Images | ✓ | ✓ |
| Keyword Highlighter | ✓ | ✓ |
| Keyword Exceptions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Google Analytics Integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Archive Page Live Filtering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vertical Live Results Layout | ✓ | ✓ |
| Horizontal Results Layout | x | ✓ |
| Isotopic Results Layout | x | ✓ |
| Multiple Search Bars | x | ✓ |
| Elementor Posts & Products widget live filtering | x | ✓ |
| Load more results feature | x | ✓ |
| Categories as Results | x | ✓ |
| Tags as Results | x | ✓ |
| Taxonomy Terms as Results | x | ✓ |
| Users as Results | x | ✓ |
| Media Files as Results | x | ✓ |
| Search in File contents | x | ✓ |
| Taxonomy Term Filters | x | ✓ |
| Custom Field Filters | x | ✓ |
| Radio Button Filters | x | ✓ |
| Drop-down Filters | x | ✓ |
| Search & Reset Filter Buttons | x | ✓ |
| Suggested keyword phrases | x | ✓ |
| Autocomplete and suggestions by taxonomy and post titles | x | ✓ |
| Vertical Results Grouping | x | ✓ |
| Results information Header | x | ✓ |
| Custom result field Relevance settings | x | ✓ |
| Synonyms | x | ✓ |
| Result Prioritization | x | ✓ |
| Results Animation Options | x | ✓ |
| Typography customization | x | ✓ |
| More icons and color settings | x | ✓ |
| Search bar visual customization | x | ✓ |
| Search Performance Tracking | x | ✓ |
| Search Instance Export/Import | x | ✓ |