Glean

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Country: United States (US)
Founded: 2019
Developer: Glean
Pricing: Custom enterprise pricing
Open source: No
Platforms: Web, iOS, Android

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Overview

Glean is an enterprise search and AI assistant platform that indexes company data from various tools to enable fast information discovery, people search, and collaboration aids. It targets knowledge workers in large organizations to reduce time spent searching for documents, colleagues, and answers. Key differentiators include personalized search results, people profiles with collaboration insights, and features like Collections for organizing resources.¹³⁵

Key Features

Enterprise Search - Provides personalized, spell-checked search across company data with high satisfaction rate of 85% on over 7 million searches.
People Profiles - Displays colleague availability, related contacts, shared projects, and recent activities to facilitate collaboration.
Collections - Organizes links, files, and web URLs into shareable packages with custom descriptions.
Answers - Delivers responses to frequently asked questions based on indexed enterprise knowledge.
Announcements - Surfaces important company news and updates.
Personal Graph - Uses AI to analyze and adapt to user communication styles and work patterns across profiles.
Directory - Enables easy discovery and customization of user profiles with bio, photos, and widgets.

Pricing

Plan	Price	Includes
Custom Enterprise	Contact sales	Full platform access, integrations, AI features, support tailored to organization size.

Platforms & Requirements

Glean operates primarily as a web application with mobile apps on iOS and Android for on-the-go access to search, updates, meetings prep, and news. No specific minimum requirements detailed; mobile apps provide assistant-first experience connected to enterprise data. Web version serves as core interface with full feature set.⁸

Integrations & Ecosystem

Google Workspace
Microsoft 365
Slack
Calendar systems
Document repositories

Alternatives

App	Difference
Guru	Focuses more on knowledge base curation with verification workflows, less on broad enterprise search.
Notion AI	Combines note-taking with AI search but lacks deep enterprise indexing across tools.
Elastic Enterprise Search	Emphasizes customizable search engines without built-in people profiles or AI personalization.
Algolia	Provides search-as-a-service API, not a full work AI platform with collaboration features.

Reputation

Glean receives positive feedback for reducing search time, with 85% user satisfaction on millions of queries and praise for improving onboarding and collaboration via profiles and collections.¹ Users appreciate personalization and people-finding capabilities that enhance team interactions.³⁵ No major criticisms noted in available data, though enterprise tools often face scalability challenges in very large deployments.

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