Head to head

Beagle vs Glean.

Glean is a powerful place to find an answer. Beagle is the teammate that takes the next step - drafting the reply, updating the record, and pinging the right person.

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The short answer

Which one is for you.

Choose Glean

Enterprise search

Pick Glean when the problem is that nobody can find anything and you want company-wide search that respects permissions.

Choose Beagle

AI teammate in chat

Pick Beagle when finding the answer was never the hard part - doing the next thing with it was.

Feature by feature

The scorecard.

Glean is an enterprise search. An enterprise search and assistant that indexes your company's tools. Six capabilities, marked the same way for both.

Capability	Glean	Beagle
Lives in Slack and Microsoft Teams	NoA search bar and a tab.	YesSlack and Microsoft Teams, as a teammate.
Reads your team's channels	PartialIndexes your connected docs and tools.	YesEvery channel it is invited to, scoped to what each teammate can see.
Speaks up without being asked	NoYou search, it answers.	YesPipes up unprompted when something needs you.
Acts across your whole stack	NoMostly reads and answers.	YesDrafts and does the work across ~2,700 connected apps.
Remembers your team over time	PartialBuilds a knowledge graph.	YesRemembers your tone, your people and what you decided.
Waits for approval before acting	Not applicableRead-first by design.	YesAlways waits for your nod before anything goes out.

YesDoes this
PartialPartly, or with setup
NoDoes not
Not applicableDoes not apply

Worth saying plainly: these six are the things Beagle is built to do, so they flatter Beagle. Glean is an enterprise search and is not trying to do most of them - a low score here is a difference in job, not a fault. What Glean does better is the other half of the picture.

What it costs

Price, plainly.

Published prices only. Where Glean does not publish one, we say so instead of guessing.

Glean

Free to start: No free tier
Paid from: Talk to sales
How it is sold: Enterprise, per seat

Beagle

Free to start: 1,000 credits, no card
Paid from: $49/mo
How it is sold: Flat, 5,000 credits every month

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Credit where it is due

What Glean does better.

Nobody switches on a page that pretends the other tool is rubbish. Here is the honest case for Glean.

Genuinely excellent search quality across every connected system.
A permissions-aware knowledge graph that honours your existing access controls.
Every answer cites the source document, so you can check the work.

The difference

Where Beagle fits.

The shape of work Glean was not built for.

Lives where you talk
Beagle is a teammate in Slack and Microsoft Teams, not a tab you switch to. It reads the channels it is invited to and answers in the thread.
Does the work, not just the talk
It drafts the reply, updates the record and chases the action item across ~2,700 tools - then waits for your nod before anything goes out.
Learns your team
Correct it once and it remembers. Over time it knows your tone, your accounts and your decisions - the part Glean leaves to you.

FAQ

Common questions.

Is Beagle a good Glean alternative?

If you want an AI that lives in Slack and Microsoft Teams, reads your channels, and does the work rather than waiting to be asked, yes. Glean is a powerful place to find an answer. Beagle is the teammate that takes the next step - drafting the reply, updating the record, and pinging the right person.

What is the difference between Beagle and Glean?

Glean is an enterprise search: An enterprise search and assistant that indexes your company's tools. Beagle is an AI teammate that sits in your Slack or Microsoft Teams channels, reads the thread, remembers your team, and drafts or does the work across roughly 2,700 connected apps - always pausing for your approval first.

When should I pick Glean over Beagle?

Pick Glean when the problem is that nobody can find anything and you want company-wide search that respects permissions. Glean is genuinely strong at: Genuinely excellent search quality across every connected system. A permissions-aware knowledge graph that honours your existing access controls. Every answer cites the source document, so you can check the work.

Can Beagle replace Glean?

It depends on the job. Pick Beagle when finding the answer was never the hard part - doing the next thing with it was. Plenty of teams run both - Beagle covers the day-to-day work inside chat and hands off to the specialist tool where it is better.

Does Beagle work in Slack and Microsoft Teams?

Yes. Beagle lives natively in both, reading only what each teammate can see and waiting for your nod before it acts.

How is Beagle priced compared to Glean?

Beagle is free to start - 1,000 credits on signup, no credit card. A $49/month membership adds 5,000 credits every month, with one-time top-up packs when you need more. Glean prices enterprise, per seat.

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