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We chose this because of the low cost, full features, and insignificant performance impact. It delivers better than many more expensive apps which didn't have all the features or negatively impacted store performance. We wanted point redemption in checkout, and that works well. We wanted a page to manage points, not a floating widget, also an effective feature. Beyond that it is incredibly feature-intense. The quick knowledgeable response from their customer service chat is very impressive. They figure things out quickly or find next best workarounds to accomplish what you want. As far as app support goes, it is second to none.

Searchanise fills the gaps that Shopify can't or won't. We use them because Search & Discovery won't allow filtering of as many products as we have in some collections. They also do 60 day best selling, so your sort order isn't locked into prioritizing some product that you blew out two years ago. They have so many features, and so many options to optimize. The fact is, if you need features beyond Search & Discovery you end up needing a service like Searchanise. Many of these are egregiously expensive or a huge drag on performance. Searchanise is neither. Their core app is really easy on performance. Their biggest performance drawback is a reliance on jquery, which usually takes longer to load than their app. Overall though, they try hard and provide incredibly responsive support. They help you work through issues and provide support to your developers for customizations. Shout out to Ksenya for helping us fix some of our more persistent issues. The impression I get is that the Searchanise team is always improving, and in this with us when it comes to plugging the gaps in Shopify's capabilities.