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AI search and assistants across the tools you already pay for.

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#19 of 26 in KnowledgeBaseline Sep 22, 2026. The arrow shows when this rank moves.

What this page answers

This page is Afterstack’s Glean briefing for teams picking Knowledge or leaving a stack they already pay for. Glean is listed as a replacement for Confluence, SharePoint, Notion. AI search and assistants across the tools you already pay for. Editorial attributes below feed the quiz; affiliate status does not.

Glean is the AI-native answer to ‘our knowledge is everywhere and Confluence search failed.’ It connects Slack, Drive, tickets, and wikis. It does not replace the systems of record; it replaces the hunt. Highest-signal AI crop in this category.

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Who it's for

Editorial fit notes from the Afterstack briefing — not a marketplace persona pack, and not a rank.

  • Companies whose knowledge is scattered across many SaaS apps
  • Enterprise search and assistants grounded in internal systems of record
  • Teams replacing the hunt, not the wiki

Who it's not for

  • A wiki replacement by itself
  • Five-person teams with one Drive folder
  • Self-host without checking current options

Pros

  • AI search as the product
  • Works across the stack
  • Permissions-aware

Cons

  • You still have Confluence
  • Enterprise rollout
  • Custom pricing

Integrations and compliance

Catalog flags from the Afterstack briefing. Afterstack does not invent certifications.

Integrations

  • Gmail
  • Email sync
  • Open API

Compliance

  • SSO
  • SOC 2

In an AI workflow

How each catalog product sits on an Afterstack leave path — replacing an incumbent stack, or working beside an AI-native one. Editorial flags only. This module does not change a category rank.

  • Replaces the incumbent stack

    Glean

    Glean is in the AI-native crop for Knowledge. On an Afterstack leave path it is a product you move to, in place of the incumbent system — not an assistant bolted on beside it.

    • Editorial AI-native score 9/10.
    • Catalog flags an AI assistant.
    • Catalog flags workflow automation.
    • Filed as a replacement for Confluence, SharePoint, Notion.

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Company news

Attributed press and M&A from the Glean company page. Intel, not a category rank.

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How this product is scored

The published fit score is 0–100: achieved weights divided by the most these answers can award. 100 is a perfect match. Hard filters run first. Soft scoring uses these editorial 1–10 attributes. Affiliate status is not in the table.

Forbidden in the ranker: affiliateProgram, affiliateUrl, migrationDifficulty, media, sources. Full methodology.

AI-native90

Weighted when you say AI matters; under 7 is a hard filter if AI is a dealbreaker.

Speed to live50

Weighted on aggressive timelines (week / month).

Ease of use70

Weighted when you want simple configuration.

Customization50

Weighted when you need deep objects or a platform.

Reporting60

Weighted on advanced / enterprise reporting answers.

Email60

Soft score plus Gmail/Outlook hard filters.

Value50

Weighted on tight budget answers.

Migration40

Shown here for cutover honesty. Not a quiz weight.

Support60

Catalog attribute; not a primary quiz lever today.

Mobile60

Catalog attribute; not a primary quiz lever today.

Relationships / matching60

Weighted on relationship-intelligence jobs (CRM), talent matching (Recruiting), ABM (Marketing), and enablement adjacency (Knowledge).

Outbound / sourcing30

Weighted on outbound jobs (CRM, Sales engagement), candidate sourcing (Recruiting), ABM (Marketing), and enablement (Knowledge).

Migration

Cutover complexity is editorial (S / M / L). It is not a scoring input — the quiz scorer will throw if this field leaks into rank payloads.

Complexity

M

Medium

Plan a parallel run. Identity, history, and a few integrations will dominate the calendar.

Export and API

  • Open API is flagged — programmatic export and sync are plausible. Confirm object coverage on the vendor site.
  • Editorial data-migration score 4/10; speed-to-live 5/10. Those are judgments of the product surface, not a services quote.
  • SSO is flagged. Map identity groups before cutover day.
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Specialists for this stack

Matched to Confluence → Glean by partner focus stacks and product tags. These firms are migration specialists — they never enter a software quiz rank. How matching works.

Migration specialist

Faculty

project · unclaimed

Applied-AI partner when the migration is really ‘put models into the operating loop,’ not a CSV into a new SaaS.

Knowledge stack · Data focus

Migration · Ai Adoption · Data

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Migration specialist

Avanade

Custom pricing · unclaimed

Microsoft-centric migration programs (Dynamics, 365, Copilot-adjacent). Listed for SharePoint/CRM gravity, not as a product page.

Knowledge stack

Migration · Crm Implementation · Ai Adoption

ProfileVisit site

Migration specialist

Slalom

Custom pricing · unclaimed

Migration and adoption partner for teams whose switch is too complex for a DIY cutover — CRM, data, and AI programs.

Knowledge stack

Migration · Ai Adoption · Crm Implementation

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Migration specialist

Thoughtworks

Custom pricing · unclaimed

Engineering-led migration when the blocker is building the after, not buying another seat — data, AI, and platform cuts.

Knowledge stack

Migration · Ai Adoption · Engineering

ProfileVisit site

Questions teams actually ask

Who is Glean for?+

Companies whose knowledge is scattered across many SaaS apps; Enterprise search and assistants grounded in internal systems of record; Teams replacing the hunt, not the wiki. Not for: A wiki replacement by itself; Five-person teams with one Drive folder; Self-host without checking current options.

How much does Glean cost?+

Custom pricing. Enterprise AI search; per-seat or platform quotes. List prices go stale; confirm on the vendor's site.

Is Glean a good Confluence, SharePoint, Notion alternative?+

AI search as the product Constraints: You still have Confluence. Software quiz rankings ignore whether we get paid.

How AI-native is Glean?+

9/10 on our AI-native attribute. It has an AI assistant flag in the catalog. A 7+ is required if you mark AI as a dealbreaker in the quiz.

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Published answers

Afterstack-authored FAQs with links to guides, replace, compare, and migrate pages. Submitted questions stay unpublished until review. They never buy a rank.

Glean or Copilot if we cannot leave Microsoft 365?

If the constraint is “we cannot leave 365,” Copilot may be the stay. If the leave reason is search across Slack, Drive, and tickets SharePoint cannot see, Glean is the compare. Afterstack lists Microsoft 365 Copilot as a separate Knowledge product.

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How does the Knowledge quiz treat Glean?

As AI search, not a wiki clone. Fit is 0–100 against a perfect match, hard filters first, affiliates ignored. If you require a place to author, a search-only product may not be enough. If you require find-anything across a mixed stack, a wiki-only product may fail.

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