Algolia vs Glean: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 21 companies use Algolia and 49 use Glean. No company is listed with both yet. Glean leads among the Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool.Latest check Oct 8, 2026: 64 of 70 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. Companies named on both have a confirmed or observed line on each side.
Who uses Algolia, Glean, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
21
use only Algolia
0
companies use both
49
use only Glean
21 companies use only Algolia, 49 use only Glean and 0 use both, out of the 70 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.
Where it lands
Newest customers
We have not started tracking changes for Algolia yet.
Where it lands
Newest customers
No new customer since tracking started on October 7, 2026.
Who uses both
Companies with a confirmed or observed line on both tools.
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Algolia, Glean or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
Algolia onlyBothGlean only
More common with Glean
- Fintech & Payments6 of the 6 Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool use Glean.
- Data & Analytics5 of the 5 Data & Analytics companies on usedby that use either tool use Glean.
Source: confirmed and observed usedby lines. Job-post signals, the weakest proof level, are left out of these shares.
Side by side
Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.
AlgoliaGleanWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
Algolia
hit its conversion target of 2 percent lift during the trial period
Gametime
Vendor case study, algolia.com, captured Oct 7, 2026
Higher order rates, reaching up to +63% when search is used
Orange
Vendor case study, algolia.com, captured Oct 7, 2026
Glean
30+ min saved on searches with Glean
Pure Storage
Vendor case study, glean.com, captured Oct 7, 2026
What once took PMs up to 4 hours per document now takes just minutes
Nile
Vendor case study, glean.com, captured Oct 7, 2026
Questions about Algolia and Glean
Which is used more, Algolia or Glean?
Glean has more customers on usedby: 49 against 21 for Algolia.
Do companies use both Algolia and Glean?
usedby has not found a company with a confirmed or observed line on both Algolia and Glean yet.
Who uses Algolia?
21 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Algolia.
Who uses Glean?
49 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Glean.
How does usedby count customers?
A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of three proof levels: confirmed, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company is named as using both tools when its lines on both are confirmed or observed.