# Algolia Recommend vs Apache PredictionIO

| Attribute | Algolia Recommend | Apache PredictionIO |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 22.4 (3% (low)) | 18.5 (22% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 12,518 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A machine learning recommendation service that processes user interaction data and automatically generates personalized product and content suggestions. The platform continuously retrains models and provides analytics to measure performance through clicks, conversions, and revenue metrics. | A distributed platform that handles data collection, model deployment, evaluation, and prediction serving through REST APIs, built on open-source infrastructure like Spark, Hadoop, and Elasticsearch. |
| integrations.count | 5 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"DeepL"},{"name":"Stripe"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"OpenWeather"},{"name":"PayPal"}]` | `[{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Hadoop"},{"name":"HBase"},{"name":"Spark"},{"name":"Spark MLLib"},{"name":"OpenNLP"},{"name":"Docker"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Scala |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://predictionio.apache.org/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:47:50.192Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | - | free |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/predictionio/releases/tag/v0.9.6","date":"2016-04-11T22:59:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.9.6"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 3.1 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.predictionio%3Aapache-predictionio-common_2.10&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Recommendation Engines)

| Capability | Algolia Recommend | Apache PredictionIO |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Realtime serving | - | - |
| Realtime ingestion | - | - |
| Cold start handling | - | - |
| Explainability | - | - |
| Built in ab testing | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |
| Multi tenant isolation | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:40:17.156Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*