Ontu and Hebbia: analysis across documents versus answers inside a project
Hebbia is built for research and analysis across large amounts of documents and data. Ontu is built for the live conversation around a single deal or engagement. They answer different questions, so the useful comparison is where each one starts.
Ontu and Hebbia, side by side
Ontu
Hebbia
Built for
Ontu
Boutique and mid-sized deal and advisory teams running live projects.
Hebbia
Investors, bankers, lawyers and consultants at institutions, according to its site.
How work starts
Ontu
An email arrives, a call ends or someone asks a question. Ontu starts the first pass without a prompt.
Hebbia
Users build a Matrix, a spreadsheet-style grid where rows are companies and columns are analytical fields, or work with its AI analyst, Max.
Data it connects to
Ontu
The project's own correspondence, files, call transcripts and tasks. It doesn't connect to market data providers or deal CRMs today.
Hebbia
Filings, earnings transcripts, market and credit data providers, file stores such as SharePoint and Box, and deal tools such as Salesforce and DealCloud.
What it produces
Ontu
Cited draft replies, call summaries with tracked tasks, and Excel, Word, CSV or text files saved to the project.
Hebbia
Matrix tables, source-document lists and generated slide decks, as shown in the sample outputs on its site.
Security, as published
Ontu
No training on your data, and encryption in transit and at rest. Not yet SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified; independent audits are on the roadmap.
Hebbia
Its site links to a security section. Check Hebbia directly for certifications and data handling.
Pricing
Ontu
Per seat, billed annually, with no meter on AI use. No public list price.
Hebbia
Sold through demos. Pricing isn't published on its homepage.
Choosing between them
Choose Hebbia if
- —Your core need is research and analysis across big document sets, filings and market data.
- —You want a grid for comparing many companies or documents on the same questions.
- —You need the data-provider and file-store integrations it lists.
Choose Ontu if
- —Your bottleneck is correspondence: the questions and follow-ups that arrive during a live deal.
- —You want replies drafted from one project's documents and prior answers, kept separate from every other project.
- —You want calls captured and turned into tracked tasks next to the same documents.
Using them together. A team could use a research platform for analysis across the market and Ontu for the day-to-day conversation with clients, counsel and management on each deal.
Last reviewed October 2026. What we say about Hebbia comes from its own public materials and is limited to what they state. Products change, so check Hebbia directly before deciding. If anything here is out of date or wrong, email [email protected] and we'll correct it.
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