Critical Context vs Glean: Which is right for you?
Glean is enterprise search for your whole company. Critical Context is purpose-built for codebase intelligence. Different tools for different problems.
- Glean: Search across 100+ enterprise apps
- Critical Context: Deep codebase understanding
- Different use cases, different price points
Critical Context
Purpose-built for code
- ✓ $99-299/mo
- ✓ 2-minute setup
- ✓ Code-level citations
Glean
Enterprise-wide search
- • $360K-600K/year
- • Enterprise deployment
- • 100+ app integrations
Side-by-side comparison for codebase use cases.
Code Understanding
CC winsCritical Context: Built specifically for code. Understands architecture, dependencies, and call graphs.
Glean: Treats code like any other document. Good for finding files, less so for understanding code relationships.
Source Citations
CC winsCritical Context: Every answer cites exact file paths and line numbers. Verify answers instantly.
Glean: Links to documents and files. Less granular for code-specific questions.
Enterprise Search
Glean winsCritical Context: Focused on codebase. Integrates with Slack, Teams for chat.
Glean: Searches 100+ apps: Drive, Confluence, Notion, Jira, and more. True enterprise-wide knowledge.
Choose the right tool for your use case.
Teams that need codebase intelligence specifically. Engineering teams, technical PMs, new hire onboarding, due diligence on acquisitions. You want to start today, not next quarter.
Large enterprises that need to search across all company knowledge: HR docs, product specs, Slack history, Confluence wikis, and code. You have budget and time for enterprise deployment.
Glean for company-wide search, Critical Context for deep codebase questions. Different tools optimized for different jobs.
See if Critical Context fits your codebase needs.
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