LightOn (Paradigm) vs Glean
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
LightOn (Paradigm)
Sovereign on-prem GenAI platform for regulated European enterprises
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Glean
Enterprise search and AI assistant for work
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.1 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Free tier | — | — |
| Paid from | — | Enterprise custom; reported ~$50-75/user/month, ~100-seat minimum |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | — | $300M ARR as of May 2026 (customer count not officially disclosed |
| Founded | 2016 | 2019 |
| Maker | — | — |
| Verdict | LightOn's pitch is straightforward: keep the model and the data on your own infrastructure. Paradigm bundles RAG, agents and access to curated open and in-house models behind one API, deployable on-prem or hybrid — the o... |
Glean is a leading enterprise work-AI platform: it indexes a company's SaaS apps (email, docs, tickets, chat, code) into a permissions-aware search and assistant, with an agent-building layer on top. Its strengths are co... |
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