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. Glean is the cheaper entry point at from $100/mo. Glean shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (5 vs 1). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Glean Glean | Exa Exa |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Search & Research | Search & Research |
| Version | October Drop 2026 | 3.0 |
| Entry cost | from $100/mo | Free tier · from $1,000/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Enterprise free | Starter free · Developer free · Enterprise $1000 |
| Model stack | 40+ Unique LLMs ( · auto routing · Claude · growing!) · Jev · Model hub (supports 40+ LLMs) · OpenAI Models | agentic models · embedding · Exa 3.0 · Exa Agent API · Exa Auto · Exa Custom Search Models · Exa Deep · Exa Instant · Exa neural search models · Exa Search · Exa Search API · Exa Search Embedding Model · Exa Search Model · Exa Search Models · Exa Search Neural Model · neural search model |
| Context window | Model-dependent | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 5 | 1 |
| 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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