Glean connects to more than 100 enterprise applications and answers work questions with cited sources. Each answer comes from the internal system that holds the relevant information. Employees use it to find documents, messages, and records across tools without searching each one separately. The product is available at glean.com. Citations let users check each answer against its original source.
How Glean compares with its closest alternatives
2 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan; Glean does not. Among the 2 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Kagi Search at $10 a month and the median is $15.50. 1 of the 5 offers an API, as Glean does. Glean offers a web app and a desktop app. Of the alternatives, 3 offer a web app and 3 offer a desktop app. Glean was founded in 2019; the alternatives were founded between 2018 and 2024, 1 of them earlier. Glean is based in New York, United States; 3 of the 4 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too, and the others in Taiwan.
Market position · Productivity
How Glean compares in Productivity
Glean has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 353 live Productivity tools on FalcoScan. Across Productivity, the average opportunity score is 63.2 and the average saturation score 47. FalcoScan rates Glean's own market position as contested. 58 of the 353 operating Productivity tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 5 shutdowns in the category.
The closest alternatives to Glean that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Google NotebookLM, Kagi Search, Rewind Capture, screenpipe, and Heptabase.
Is Glean still running?
Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Glean as operating at glean.com.
Where is Glean based?
Glean is headquartered in New York, United States.
Does Glean have an API?
Yes. Glean offers an API.
Who is Glean for?
Glean is built for enterprises and knowledge workers.
How do I sign in to Glean?
Sign in on Glean's own website, glean.com. FalcoScan reviews Glean but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Glean directly.