HawkSearch FAQs

  • Who is HawkSearch best for - their role(s) within what kind of companies.

    Hawksearch was built with marketers, merchandisers and developers in mind across any size or type of business. Hawksearch provides the adaptability for merchandisers to highlight the content or products tailored to their goals. Hawksearch provides the capability for marketers to deliver targeted messaging and promotions to their site visitors without involving technical resources. Lastly, Hawksearch allows developers to accomplish more with less lines of code using the best of SaaS and custom development.

  • How does HawkSearch benefit them?

    Building Stunning SEO Optimize, Enterprise On-Site Search Solutions
    Hawksearch provides best-in-class features for you to define your visitors search experience. Regardless of if you're selling products, searching content, or indexing multiple systems, Hawksearch complements your business objectives.

  • How technical do users need to be to use HawkSearch's software?

    The software is designed for users with technical experience at any level. Depending on the expertise of the members you can dig deeper into the search tools to understand search results or enjoy the benefits of having a tool that handles this out of the box without requiring a deeper understanding.

  • What makes HawkSearch a leader in this space?

    • Platform Agnostic
    • Built for both ecommerce and content sites
    • Automation and Machine Learning tools built in for assisting merchandisers
    • Ability to take control of the results
    • Ability to work with custom requirements
    • Built in reporting

  • Who are HawkSearch's biggest competitors (3-5 companies)?

    Alogolia
    Unbxd
    Nextopia
    SLI Systems
    Search Spring

  • How/why is HawkSearch better than those competitors (or most others in their market)? What about HawkSearch is unique, stronger, easier, etc.?

    • Ability to Host On-Premise as well as cloud
    • 24/7/365 Customer service
    • Ability to customize the experience to fit the users business needs even though we are a SaaS product.

  • What kind of features can customers expect HawkSearch to release in the near future? And longer term?

    • Easily viewable Actionable Insights to auto tune search results
    • Executive view into search performance
    • Custom BI layer on top to help marketers/merchandisers with additional insights from their data.
    • Advanced Search Use cases (Voice & Image) translated to the next level
    • Advanced Recommendation Strategies for guiding the user on website.

  • Which popular or common software does HawkSearch integrate with?

    • Magento
    • BigCommerce
    • Kentico
    • Sitefinity CMS
    • WordPress
    • Google Analytics

  • Software pricing can often be complex. If it's pretty straightforward, list tiers, pricing (per year, seat, etc) and limits for HawkSearch. If it's not simple, use broad estimates or ranges for typical setups.

    Flat One time Setup fee : $ 2500

    Monthly pricing dependent on:
    • Search Queries
    • Page Views
    • Number of Indexed Records
    • Number of Attributes

  • Does HawkSearch offer a trial or free download available?

    There is not a free download, however a trial period can be negotiated into the contract.

  • Does HawkSearch offer any kind of training/education for their product?

    An Online Hawksearch Knowledge Base is available with information, tips, videos, FAQs on all things Hawksearch.

    We also host client webinars about 6 times a year that cover various functions of the Hawksearch workbench, in particular how these can help with ecommerce and marketing goals.

    In addition, we host an annual Hawksearch Forum that all clients can attend. We discuss Hawksearch features, upcoming changes/additions, and how to use Hawksearch tools for marketing. We really enjoy hosting this, as it’s a great opportunity to meet our clients in person as well!

  • Describe the implementation process and timeline for HawkSearch software.

    Hawksearch provides skilled project planning and management throughout the lifecycle of the project. Typically, the implementation process takes 4-6 weeks but varies from project to project depending on your requirements and customizations. The project will begin with a kick off meeting to fully identify all the creative, functional, and technical specifications of the project and will set up a project timeline with a full outline of all project tasks, deliverables, and associated dates. Your project manager will keep the project on track and will be your interface to all team members to deliver a successful project.

  • What are the HawkSearch support options? List all.

    Implementation:

    During the implementation phase, you will work with a Hawksearch Project Manager and Business Analyst. The project manager will oversee all aspects of the implementation, facilitate project timelines, and conduct weekly calls with your team to ensure project is on track. The business analyst will help guide you in establishing datafeeds and will conduct Hawksearch workbench training as well as search-tuning exercises to ensure data and workbench settings are working optimally to produce relevant search results.

    Account Management:

    After go-live, you will be transitioned to account management and set up in Freshdesk, our ticketing support system. For questions and help, you can submit tickets through this application. Regular monthly/bi weekly calls are scheduled as a touch-base for any Hawksearch questions. After-hours support is also available.

    Additional Hawksearch Support:

    An Online Hawksearch Knowledge Base is available with information, tips, videos, FAQs on all things Hawksearch.

    An Online Hawksearch Knowledge Base is available with information, tips, videos, FAQs on all things Hawksearch.

    We also host client webinars about 6 times a year that cover various functions of the Hawksearch workbench, in particular how these can help with ecommerce and marketing goals.

    In addition, we host an annual Hawksearch Forum that all clients can attend. We discuss Hawksearch features, upcoming changes/additions, and how to use Hawksearch tools for marketing. We really enjoy hosting this, as it’s a great opportunity to meet our clients in person as well!