European Alternatives to Glean
US enterprise search and AI assistant that indexes internal company knowledge. Below are 2 alternatives from companies headquartered in Germany and France.
Headquartered in Europe
Every company listed here has its headquarters in the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland, not just a data centre there.
Data location you can check
The pricing table shows whether each one keeps data in the EU only, offers an EU region, or does not say.
Outside the US CLOUD Act
US providers can be ordered to hand over data held in their European data centres. A European company with no US parent or US operations is outside that reach.
Compare Glean Alternatives
| Company | Headquarters | Data Residency | Founded | Pricing | Open Source | Employees | Funding | Replaces | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
deepset Open Source | Berlin, Germany | 🇪🇺 EU Available | 2018 | Custom platform pricing for production AI deployments | ✅ Yes | ~150 | VC-backed growth company | LangChain, Elastic, Glean | Visit |
| Paris, France | 🇪🇺 EU Available | 2023 | Team and enterprise pricing | ❌ No | ~100 | VC-backed growth company | Glean, ChatGPT Enterprise | Visit |
Glean Alternatives: Pricing and Hosting Compared
Starting prices are the lowest paid plan each vendor publishes. Check the vendor's pricing page before you buy, as plans change.
2 European Alternatives
deepset
Berlin sovereign AI platform for building, running, and governing production AI agents with full data and infrastructure control.
French enterprise AI workspace for internal assistants, knowledge retrieval, and multi-model workflows.
What to Check Before Switching from Glean
Where your data will be stored
deepset and Dust offer an EU region alongside others, so choose it explicitly when you set up the account.
How you can try it
None of the alternatives here publishes a free plan, so plan for a paid trial period that overlaps with Glean. deepset sells on custom quotes only, which usually means a sales call before you can try it.
Open source
deepset releases its software or models under an open licence, which makes it easier to self-host, inspect what runs, and move again later.
Security certifications
We have not confirmed a security certification for any of these alternatives yet. If your procurement requires ISO 27001 or SOC 2, ask each vendor for its documentation.
What you need to bring from Glean
List the data, templates and integrations you rely on in Glean, then confirm each one can be exported and that the alternative can import it or offers an API to rebuild it.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What are the European alternatives to Glean?
- We list 2 companies headquartered in Europe that replace Glean: deepset (Germany) and Dust (France).
- Is there a free European alternative to Glean?
- None of the alternatives listed here publishes a free plan.
- Which Glean alternatives keep data in the EU?
- deepset and Dust let you choose an EU region.
- Is there an open-source European alternative to Glean?
- Yes: deepset.