Glean vs Listen: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 49 companies use Glean and 40 use Listen. 1 company uses both, including Canva. Glean leads among the Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool, Listen among the Media & Publishing companies.Latest check Oct 8, 2026: 71 of 89 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 Glean, Listen, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
48
use only Glean
1
company uses both
39
use only Listen
48 companies use only Glean, 39 use only Listen and 1 uses both, out of the 88 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.
Where it lands
Newest customers
No new customer since tracking started on October 7, 2026.
Where it lands
Newest customers
We have not started tracking changes for Listen yet.
Who uses both
Companies with a confirmed or observed line on both tools.
| Company |
|---|
 Canva |
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Glean, Listen or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
Glean onlyBothListen only
More common with Glean
- Fintech & Payments6 of the 10 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.
More common with Listen
- Media & Publishing3 of the 5 Media & Publishing companies on usedby that use either tool use Listen.
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.
GleanListenWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
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
Listen
the team shipped StudyArena in roughly half the time it took to build A1Zap
A1Base
Vendor case study, listenlabs.ai, captured Oct 2, 2026
Think about it as 100 studies for the price, at least in terms of time, of five or six.
Anthropic
Vendor case study, listenlabs.ai, captured Oct 2, 2026
Questions about Glean and Listen
Which is used more, Glean or Listen?
Glean has more customers on usedby: 49 against 40 for Listen. Glean leads among the Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool, Listen among the Media & Publishing companies.
Do companies use both Glean and Listen?
Yes. 1 company uses both on usedby, including Canva.
Who uses Glean?
49 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Glean.
Who uses Listen?
40 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Listen.
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.