Glean
Enterprise search + assistants + agents over 100+ apps, permission-aware
What is Glean?
Glean is an enterprise AI work platform: assistants, agents, and unified search over 100+ company applications, with real-time permissions enforcement so employees only see what they're allowed to. Includes a Work AI assistant, agent builder, and an 'Agentic Engine' that plans across company context. Used by Pinterest, Duolingo, Databricks, and Webflow.
Knowledge bases, internal search, operations, data, finance, HR, and back-office tools with AI workflows.
See the full Knowledge & Ops guide to compare more tools, buyer criteria, and related workflows.
Use cases to evaluate
Permission-aware enterprise search across SaaS apps
Department-specific AI assistants for Sales, Support, Eng, HR
Building internal agents that take action on company data
Replacing legacy intranet/search portals
Fit to evaluate
Enterprises with 1,000+ employees and many SaaS apps
IT/CIO orgs governing internal AI rollout
Knowledge-heavy industries (financial services, healthcare, tech)
Companies that already have a budget line for enterprise search
Business fit
Right for you if you're a mid-to-large enterprise where institutional knowledge is fragmented across Slack, Drive, Confluence, Jira, Salesforce, etc., and ad-hoc ChatGPT use is leaking source-of-truth control. Skip if you're under ~200 employees or your data lives in 3-4 tools you can connect directly. Distinctive: Glean claims customers go live in three weeks and save up to 110 hours per user/year. Pricing is gated, expect six-figure annual contracts based on public reporting.
How to evaluate Glean
Use this category when operational data, policies, tasks, or internal requests are spread across disconnected systems.
Confirm the exact workflow
Map Glean to one concrete workflow first, such as permission-aware enterprise search across saas apps. Avoid buying before the owner, trigger, output, and success metric are clear.
Check category fit
Compare internal search, permissions, workflow support, and reporting.
Compare practical alternatives
Shortlist Glean against Guru, Slite, Slab so the decision is based on fit, effort, and workflow ownership rather than brand recognition alone.
Validate cost and rollout effort
No public pricing. Sales-led with mandatory demo; quotes are based on seat count, connector scope, and deployment model. Also confirm implementation time, support needs, and whether the medium setup matches your team.
Compare Glean with alternatives
Use this quick comparison before booking demos or moving data into a new system.
| Primary workflow | Permission-aware enterprise search across SaaS apps, Department-specific AI assistants for Sales, Support, Eng, HR |
|---|---|
| Best-fit team | Enterprises with 1,000+ employees and many SaaS apps, IT/CIO orgs governing internal AI rollout |
| Implementation effort | Medium setup and maintenance profile |
| Pricing check | Contact sales |
| Closest alternatives | GuruSliteSlabTettra |
Glean pricing
| Model | Contact sales |
|---|---|
| Snapshot | No public pricing. Sales-led with mandatory demo; quotes are based on seat count, connector scope, and deployment model. |
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Common questions about Glean
What is Glean?
Glean is an enterprise AI work platform: assistants, agents, and unified search over 100+ company applications, with real-time permissions enforcement so employees only see what they're allowed to. Includes a Work AI assistant, agent builder, and an 'Agentic Engine' that plans across company context. Used by Pinterest, Duolingo, Databricks, and Webflow.
What is Glean used for?
Common use cases: Permission-aware enterprise search across SaaS apps; Department-specific AI assistants for Sales, Support, Eng, HR; Building internal agents that take action on company data; Replacing legacy intranet/search portals.
How much does Glean cost?
No public pricing. Sales-led with mandatory demo; quotes are based on seat count, connector scope, and deployment model.
Who is Glean best for?
Glean fits Enterprises with 1,000+ employees and many SaaS apps, IT/CIO orgs governing internal AI rollout, Knowledge-heavy industries (financial services, healthcare, tech), Companies that already have a budget line for enterprise search. Right for you if you're a mid-to-large enterprise where institutional knowledge is fragmented across Slack, Drive, Confluence, Jira, Salesforce, etc., and ad-hoc ChatGPT use is leaking source-of-truth control. Skip if you're under ~200 employees or your data lives in 3-4 tools you can connect directly. Distinctive: Glean claims customers go live in three weeks and save up to 110 hours per user/year. Pricing is gated, expect six-figure annual contracts based on public reporting.
What are alternatives to Glean?
Common alternatives to Glean include Guru, Slite, Slab, Tettra, Sana, Dashworks.