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Faction vs Glean

Glean and Faction both connect company tools to AI, but they solve different problems. Glean is enterprise search: index everything, find knowledge across the company, then add agents on top. Faction is a team workspace built for action: connect HubSpot, Notion, Asana, and the rest of your stack once, govern access by team, and chat with AI that uses your tools today.

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The short version

Use your tools with AI, not index the whole company.

Glean starts with search. You stand up a permission-aware index across sprawling systems, run an IT rollout, and pay enterprise pricing before most teams get daily value. That fits when finding documents across 50 tools is the core pain. Faction starts with doing work. Connect your stack once, group access into workspaces, and let marketing, ops, and sales chat with AI that pulls context and takes action in the tools they already use. No index project, no platform fee, no six-month onboarding.

Learn more about Glean at glean.com.

Feature comparison

Side by side.

Glean is search infrastructure for large enterprises. Faction is a governed AI workspace for teams that want to act on their tools now, with transparent per-seat pricing and no IT rollout.

Capability	Faction	Glean
Product model
Built-in AI chat workspace
Take action in connected tools		Via Glean Agents
Action-first, not search-first
Connect your own AI apps (Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT)		Limited
No-code setup for members
Company-wide enterprise search
Access and governance
Connect tools once at the org level
Credentials stored server-side, not on laptops
Per-tool and per-action permissions		Search permissions only
Workspaces scoped by team
Same governed context in external AI apps
Rollout and pricing
No dedicated search index to stand up
Same-day time to value		Enterprise onboarding
Transparent per-seat pricing	From $16/seat/mo	Custom, per seat plus platform fee
Best for	Cross-functional teams using AI with their tools	Enterprise search at company scale

Which one fits

Choose based on the job you need done.

Choose Faction if

You want AI that acts on HubSpot, Notion, Asana, and your stack, not just finds documents
You want your team working in a governed workspace this week
You want transparent per-seat pricing without an enterprise sales cycle
Your buyers are marketing, ops, sales, or leadership on a cross-functional team

Choose Glean if

Company-wide search across dozens of systems is the primary problem
You have IT budget and staff for a dedicated index rollout
Finding existing knowledge matters more than taking action in tools
You are buying for a large enterprise with compliance-driven procurement

Give your team AI that shares the same context.

Connect your tools once, organize them into workspaces, and let everyone chat with access your admin controls. No index to build, no enterprise rollout.

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