Glean
Glean is an enterprise AI platform that searches across company apps with permission-aware results and powers assistants and agents with company context.
About this tool
Glean started as enterprise search and has become a platform for AI at work. It connects to more than 275 applications and data sources, indexes their content and respects existing permissions, so employees find documents, conversations and answers they are allowed to see without searching each tool separately.
On top of that index, Glean builds an Enterprise Graph of people, content and processes and an enterprise memory that learns over time. This context powers an assistant and agents that automate work. Glean Protect adds controls on sensitive content and agent behaviour, Glean Intelligence routes tasks across more than 40 models for cost and performance, and open APIs, a web SDK and MCP support let other tools use the same context.
What you can do
Permission-aware enterprise search
Search across connected work apps with results that follow each user’s existing access rights.
Enterprise Graph and memory
Map relationships between people, content and processes so AI answers reflect how the company actually works.
Assistant and agents
Use Glean’s assistant and build agents that automate tasks with full company context.
Security and model choice
Glean Protect safeguards sensitive data, and tasks are matched to suitable models among more than 40 options.
Who is it for?
- A new employee finds onboarding documents and answers across many tools.
- A support team builds an agent that drafts answers from internal knowledge.
- IT leaders deploy AI with permissions and data protection enforced centrally.
Before you choose
Search quality depends on how well source permissions are configured; audit over-shared files before connecting systems.
Glean is an enterprise purchase with implementation work; plan time for connectors, governance and adoption.
Frequently asked questions
What does Glean connect to?
Glean lists more than 275 connectors to work apps and data sources, indexing their content for search and AI.
Does Glean respect file permissions?
Yes, Glean’s results are permission-aware, showing users only content they already have access to.
Which AI models does Glean use?
Glean says it routes tasks across more than 40 open and frontier models to balance price and performance.
Check the official website for current features, pricing, and terms.
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