Search everything.
Govern what changed.
Glean is a broad enterprise-search and work-AI platform with a large connector catalogue. Company Brain is not trying to out-search it—it governs the knowledge behind a consequential AI answer, inside a defined production scope.
Know what you are
actually buying.
The same 15-factor comparison already published on the homepage, filtered to Glean. Nothing here is a new claim—this is the same dataset, one competitor at a time.
| Decision factor | Company BrainGoverned knowledge | GleanEnterprise search |
|---|---|---|
| Primary jobWhat the platform is principally designed to govern. | Knowledge behind agent answers | Enterprise search and work AI |
| Named review before publicationA person can approve, reject or annotate the knowledge used in production. | Included: named reviewer route | Human oversight supported; not its core publication model |
| Source and version trailCan a buyer trace a governed answer back to the source material and its version? | Included: source, version and evidence trace | Grounded answers and source permissions |
| Source-change controlHow a changed policy or procedure is handled before it becomes a stale answer. | Included: drift / contradiction review and disposition | Up-to-date retrieval and connector maintenance focus |
| Evidence for a specific answerEvidence that links the answer, source, owner and change state together. | Core design point | Citations and audit activity available |
| External write actionsWhether the product is designed to execute actions in other systems. | Gated separately; not promised in the launch package | Agents can act with scoped, logged permissions |
| Enterprise searchBroad discovery across a large app estate. | Purposeful, not the primary proposition | Core strength: broad public connector catalogue |
| Connector breadthOut-of-the-box integration catalogue versus a focused launch scope. | Sources scale by plan; three connectors are included in the enterprise route | Core strength: broad native and custom connector estate |
| AI portfolio governanceInventory, risk management and regulatory controls across many AI systems. | Focused on governed knowledge for agents | Not its primary proposition |
| Customer-hosted environmentA production environment deployed into infrastructure the customer provides. | Customer-controlled deployment runs in approved infrastructure | Evaluate deployment model with vendor |
| MCP and REST accessIntegration into the customer or partner interface instead of a forced front end. | Available within the agreed production scope | APIs and agent platform available |
| Launch scopeWhat is made concrete in the commercial offer rather than left to a discovery call. | Bounded production route with named reviewers, governed sources and a go-live record | Enterprise scope is sales-led |
| Pricing basisWhether cost grows primarily with users, platform modules or governed operating scope. | Per organisation and deployment scope; readers are unlimited and never counted | Sales-led; deployment and user scope matter |
| Commercial routeHow commercial scope is set for a regulated production deployment. | Published self-serve plans; Enterprise scoped by quote | Contact sales |
| Usage protectionHow customers see and agree to scope expansion. | Usage statement; no retrospective surprise overages | Confirm contract terms with vendor |
Comparison based on the Company Brain Launch Package and public vendor materials reviewed August 2026. It is a product-fit guide, not an exhaustive benchmark; validate technical, commercial and security requirements in your own procurement process. Public reference: Glean.
If the risk is a stale answer,
not a missing document.
If what you need is broad discovery across a large app estate, Glean's connector catalogue is the stronger fit. If the risk is a policy-heavy AI answer that has become stale, unowned or impossible to defend, Company Brain is the focused control layer.
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