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Enterprise search software AI work assistant Knowledge base search AI enterprise search Internal knowledge search Workplace search Search all company apps AI knowledge assistant Unified search Search Slack & Drive AI assistant for work Knowledge management RAG for enterprise Cited AI answers Confluence search Notion search AI for support agents Sales enablement search Engineering search HR knowledge assistant Permission-aware search Secure AI search Onboarding knowledge SharePoint search See all →
Glean alternative GoSearch alternative Dust alternative Guru alternative Coveo alternative Microsoft Copilot alternative Amazon Kendra alternative Lucidworks alternative Moveworks alternative Sinequa alternative Atlassian Rovo alternative Glean pricing Hebbia alternative Onyx alternative Bloomfire alternative
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Glean alternative: cited, permission-aware search that is easier to start

Glean defined this category, and it is genuinely strong: unified enterprise search across your apps with an AI assistant on top. Teams weighing Glean alternatives usually like the concept but raise the same practical points, large seat minimums, long enterprise deployments and custom, sales-gated pricing that make it a big commitment to even try.

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One search · cited answers · permission-aware

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Ask your company anything

InSearch searches across Drive, Slack, Notion, Confluence, Gmail, Jira and Salesforce in one query and returns a written answer with citations, only ever from sources you're allowed to see.

Drive Slack Notion Confluence Gmail Jira Salesforce
↓ one clear, cited answer

Searching connected apps

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Only sources you have access to
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Live, interactive · cited answers

Every answer cited to its source documents · permission-aware · never trains on your data

InSearch delivers the same core: one search across Drive, Slack, Notion, Confluence, Gmail, Jira and Salesforce, a written answer with inline citations, and item-level permissions enforced at query time. The difference is the on-ramp. Pricing is transparent and per-seat, there is no hard hundred-seat minimum to get value, and it never trains on your data. You get the cross-app, cited, permission-aware answer without the long, gated rollout.

Glean is the category leader for enterprise search and the AI work assistant. InSearch matches the cross-app, cited, permission-aware answer and leads on an easier start: transparent per-seat pricing and no hard seat minimum.

Side by side

Glean vs InSearch, honestly

A fair look at what each does well. Both are capable tools. Here is where they differ.

What matters InSearch Glean
Cross-app unified search Searches Drive, Slack, Notion, Confluence, Gmail, Jira and Salesforce in one query Broad cross-app search across many connectors
Cited answers Written answer with inline citations to the exact source docs AI answers with source references
Permission-aware Item-level permissions inherited and enforced at query time Respects source-level permissions
Getting started Transparent per-seat pricing, no hard seat minimum Custom pricing, larger seat minimums, longer rollout
Training on your data Never trains on customer data, encrypted under SOC 2 practices Enterprise security and governance controls
Best suited for Teams that want cited, permission-aware search they can start on quickly Large enterprises running a full guided deployment

Comparison reflects general, publicly understood positioning. Capabilities change, so check each product for the latest.

Why teams pick InSearch

One cited, permission-aware search across every app

Same wedge, easier on-ramp

Cross-app search, cited answers and item-level permissions, with transparent per-seat pricing and no hard seat minimum to get value.

Cited and permission-aware

A written answer with inline citations, scoped to exactly what each person can already see, just like the category leader.

Never trains on your data

Your content answers your questions and nothing more, encrypted in transit and at rest under SOC 2 practices.

Good questions

Glean vs InSearch, answered

If you want the same cross-app, cited, permission-aware search but an easier start, yes. InSearch matches the core capability and leads on transparent per-seat pricing with no hard seat minimum, so you can get value without a long, sales-gated deployment.
No. InSearch enforces item-level permissions at query time and cites the exact source behind every answer, the two things that make enterprise search trustworthy, so you keep what matters most.

More comparisons

See how InSearch compares

vs GoSearch

GoSearch alternative

Cited, permission-aware answers across every app.

 vs Dust

Dust alternative

Search-first, with cited answers out of the box.

 vs Guru

Guru alternative

Live search across every app, not just a curated wiki.

 vs Coveo

Coveo alternative

Cited answers and an easy start, not a platform build.

 vs Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot alternative

Neutral search across every app, not just Microsoft 365.

 vs Amazon Kendra

Amazon Kendra alternative

Kendra is in maintenance mode. Here is where to land.

 vs Lucidworks

Lucidworks alternative

Workplace search without a Kubernetes cluster to run.

 vs Moveworks

Moveworks alternative

Now a ServiceNow product. Here is the independent option.

 vs Sinequa

Sinequa alternative

Built for the modern SaaS stack, not a two-year rollout.

 vs Atlassian Rovo

Atlassian Rovo alternative

For companies that are not only an Atlassian shop.

 vs Glean

Glean pricing

What Glean actually costs, and what to compare it against.

 vs Hebbia

Hebbia alternative

Company-wide cited search, not finance-desk document diligence.

 vs Onyx

Onyx alternative

The same cited, permission-aware answers, fully managed and no-ops.

 vs Bloomfire

Bloomfire alternative

Search where work already lives, instead of curating a knowledge base.
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Find any answer at work with InSearch

One search across all your company apps, a clear cited answer, scoped to exactly what each person can see, and never trained on your data.

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One search across every app · cited answers · permission-aware · never trains on your data