Glean
Glean indexes SaaS, docs and chat with permissions-aware retrieval, then layers assistants and agents on the resulting knowledge graph.
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Glean vs Exa
Glean (Glean) and Exa (Exa) both sit in Search & Research. Exa is the cheaper entry point at Free tier includes $10/mo in credits. Pay-as-you-go thereafter (e.g. Search at $7/1k requests, Contents at $1/1k pages).. Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Glean Glean | Exa Exa |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Search & Research | Search & Research |
| Version | June 2026 | Exa Agent |
| Entry cost | from $100/mo | Free tier includes $10/mo in credits. Pay-as-you-go thereafter (e.g. Search at $7/1k requests, Contents at $1/1k pages). |
| Pricing tiers | Enterprise free | Starter free · Developer free |
| Model stack | 40+ Unique LLMs ( · Claude · growing!) · Model hub (supports 40+ LLMs) | agentic models · embedding · Exa Agent API · Exa Auto · Exa Custom Search Models · Exa Search API · Exa Search Embedding Model · Exa Search Model · Exa Search Models · Exa Search Neural Model |
| Context window | Model-dependent | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 2 | 2 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Permissions-aware search, Knowledge graph, Glean Agents, 100+ connectors, Assistant, Enterprise Search, Glean Assistant, Agent Builder | Neural search, Contents retrieval, Websets, Answer endpoint, Research API, Web Search API, Deep Research, Structured JSON Extraction |
Exa
Embeddings-based web search designed to feed retrieval pipelines and agents.
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