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Glean vs Langdock

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Langdock publishes a starting price ($27); Glean does not. Both ship a public API.

GleanPermission-aware search and agents across company applicationsLangdockEnterprise AI workspace: model-agnostic chat, agents and workflows with EU hosting and admin governance

Side by side

FactGleanLangdock
CategoryPersonal & Enterprise SearchGeneral-purpose AI Chatbots
Pricing modelContactPaid
Starts at—$27 seat_month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, API, Slack App, Chrome ExtWeb, iOS, Android, API
CompanyGlean TechnologiesLangdock GmbH
Launched2019—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Glean

Glean is the reference implementation of permission-aware enterprise search, and permissions are the hard part everyone else underestimates. It is also priced so that only companies with a real sprawl problem can justify it.

Pros

  • Permission inheritance from each connected system is done properly, not approximated
  • Answers cite and link the underlying documents rather than paraphrasing them away
  • Connector coverage across the mainstream SaaS estate is broad
  • Commercially solid: about $300M ARR by May 2026 at a $7.2B valuation

Cons

  • No published price anywhere, and contracts start in six figures
  • Value depends entirely on connector coverage of your specific stack
  • Index quality inherits whatever mess exists in the source systems
  • Overlaps increasingly with Microsoft and Google's bundled offerings, which cost nothing extra

Langdock

Langdock sells the thing European enterprises actually need before they can roll out AI: one assistant across the company, hosted in the EU, with admin controls, audit and no single-model lock-in. The customer list (Merck, BASF, Der Spiegel) and the compliance certifications back that up. The pricing is where to look closely — the EUR 25 seat is only the base, and workflows, governance and API tokens are three separate meters on top.

Pros

  • Model-agnostic, so the underlying provider can change without a migration
  • EU hosting with ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance
  • Cloud or on-premise deployment, plus custom branding
  • Chat, agents, workflows, integrations and API in one platform
  • Web, iOS and Android clients, and a 7-day trial with no card

Cons

  • Four separate meters: seats, workflow runs, governance and API tokens
  • The workflow add-on starts at EUR 539/month, far above the seat price
  • Governance is free only until January 2027, then EUR 3.50 per user per month
  • Priced in euros, so the dollar cost moves with the exchange rate
  • Enterprise pricing above 1,000 users requires a sales conversation

Which one fits

Choose Glean if you need

  • Organisations above roughly 500 people whose knowledge is scattered across a dozen SaaS tools
  • Regulated or security-conscious buyers who need source-system permissions honoured exactly
  • Teams building internal agents that need governed access to company context

Choose Langdock if you need

  • European enterprises that need EU hosting and GDPR posture before rollout
  • Organisations that want to switch underlying models without changing tools
  • IT teams needing admin governance, branding and on-premise options

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