Disclosure, stated plainly
Jarvis AI is our product. ASCENDING Inc., the company that publishes Explore Agentic, builds Jarvis. We have tried to write this page the way we would want competitors to write theirs: honest about where we win, honest about where we lose, with public sources on both columns.
What each product actually is
Glean is a search engine first. One of the best money can buy. A layered assistant sits on top. The strength is the ranking model, the permissions-aware index, and a connector catalog wider than any competitor we track. Chat and assistance are added layers. Retrieval is the foundation.
Jarvis is an agent platform and MCP gateway. Retrieval is one capability among several. The centre of gravity is governance, tool use, and multi-LLM routing. Jarvis Registry (our MCP gateway) is first-class and in GA, with a growing catalog of MCP servers rather than hand-built connectors.
Where Glean wins
- Connector breadth. Glean's connector catalog is category-leading. If your problem is “we have 40 SaaS tools and can't find anything,” and your main solve is a single search box over everything, Glean ranks first.
- Ranking model maturity. Years of IR research and tuning. On pure “did we find the right document” benchmarks, Glean is the bar to beat. Jarvis will match on targeted corpora; Glean wins on breadth.
- Analyst footprint. Glean is a named Leader in Gartner's enterprise search / generative-AI-search quadrants. If your procurement team requires analyst-quadrant placement, we are newer in those reports.
Where Jarvis wins
- MCP-native. Jarvis Registry is an MCP gateway in GA. Glean has MCP support but its architectural centre remains closed connectors; Jarvis inherits whatever the open MCP community ships. If your bet is MCP-first, Jarvis is the more aligned product.
- Governance as a primitive, not a setting. PII/DLP, RBAC, SSO, audit log export, and egress policy sit at the platform layer in Jarvis, available identically to chat, agents, and MCP tool calls. Glean does governance well for search; Jarvis does it uniformly across the agent stack.
- Private AWS deployment and transparent mid-market pricing. Same story as the Moveworks comparison: $1,500/$2,800/custom monthly tiers on AWS and Azure Marketplace vs Glean's six-figure deals, with private VPC deployment available for regulated workloads.
Which fits your situation
A decision framework, not a ranking
| If your situation is… | Our honest recommendation |
|---|---|
| Knowledge sprawl across 30+ SaaS tools, search is the primary solve | Glean |
| Agent orchestration with tool use, MCP on your roadmap | Jarvis |
| Regulated industry, strict governance at platform layer | Jarvis |
| Mid-market, $150K+ floor is prohibitive | Jarvis |
| Procurement team requires Leader-quadrant placement | Glean |
| Private AWS VPC deployment required | Jarvis |
Frequently asked
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How does Jarvis vs Glean pricing compare in 2026?
Jarvis publishes monthly tiers on AWS and Azure Marketplace: $1,500 Basic (Chat or Registry), $2,800 Pro (Chat + Registry), Enterprise custom [4]. All flat-fee regardless of seat count. Glean is quote-based. Third-party data: roughly $50 per user per month, plus a Work AI add-on near $15 per user per month, 100-seat minimum. That works out to a $60K/year floor [8]. Paid POC with Glean is reported up to $70K before the first production seat. -
Should I pick Jarvis or Glean for enterprise search across 30+ SaaS tools?
Glean. The product was built for that exact shape. 100+ connectors on the catalog [1]. Permissions-aware index. Both are the bar in the category. Jarvis does search too, but the product's centre is agent orchestration and MCP, not breadth of connectors. -
Should I pick Jarvis or Glean if MCP is on my architecture roadmap?
Jarvis. Jarvis Registry is a first-class MCP gateway in GA today. Glean added MCP support in March 2025 [6] and has kept expanding server coverage. The architectural centre is still the closed connector catalog. -
Is Glean in the Gartner Magic Quadrant?
Not quite. Glean was named an Emerging Leader in Gartner's November 17, 2025 eMQ for Generative AI Knowledge Management Apps [5]. eMQ is the Emerging Market Quadrant, not a classic Magic Quadrant (a distinction most RFPs miss). Jarvis is not placed in analyst quadrants as of April 2026. -
Can Jarvis or Glean be deployed in a private AWS VPC?
Jarvis yes. Glean no. Jarvis offers private AWS deployment for regulated workloads. Glean is SaaS-first; the deployment model is the multi-tenant Glean cloud. If the security model requires data residency inside a customer-controlled VPC, Jarvis is the architectural match. -
Is Glean funded well enough to stay independent?
As of April 2026, yes. $150M Series F in June 2025 at a $7.2B valuation [3]. Less than a year after the Series E at $4.6B. That sequence put the company on the independent-platform path. After ServiceNow absorbed Moveworks in December 2025, Glean became the largest independent enterprise-AI-search pure-play in the category.