VS GLEAN

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
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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 wins

Critical 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 wins

Critical 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 wins

Critical 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.

Critical Context is best for:

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.

Glean is best for:

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.

Many teams use both:

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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