LightOn vs Glean
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
LightOn
EU-hosted enterprise search and document AI over your own files
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Glean
Permissions-aware enterprise AI search, assistant and agents
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.1 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Contact | Enterprise |
| Free tier | 15-day API test access with no commitment; no permanent plan without charge is currently published | No free plan or self-serve trial. Evaluation is through a demo with Glean's sales team |
| Paid from | Custom quote: annual LightOn Suite licence plus usage; prices withdrawn Oct 2026 | Custom quote: per-user monthly Enterprise Flex seats plus pooled FlexCredits, no list price |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | — | $300M ARR as of May 2026 (customer count not officially disclosed |
| Founded | 2016 | 2021 |
| Maker | — | — |
| Verdict | LightOn is mid-pivot, and this page should be read that way. After a new chief executive arrived in July 2026, the company dropped generalist Paradigm positioning for document search: LightOn Core ingests messy files suc... |
Glean is a mature enterprise AI platform: permissions-aware search across more than 250 connectors, an assistant grounded in company data, and Glean Agents for multi-step work. It reported $300 million ARR in May 2026, a... |
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