A Glean alternative
for teams that move fast
A virtual version of your business
Glean is a powerful enterprise search platform, but it starts at $50K+/year, needs IT to deploy, and asks your team to work inside another app. Context Link gives small teams a virtual version of their business inside the AI tools they already use. Connect your sources, ask source-backed questions from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot, observe Lenses on positioning, competitors, customer support pulse, and business activity to see what's true right now, what changed, and what needs attention, then pick a goal and work through AI-suggested actions. No enterprise contract, no months-long rollout.
Key Differences
Glean is an enterprise search platform with $50K+/year contracts and multi-week deployments
Context Link runs inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot, no new app to adopt
Connect Notion, Google Docs, Google Drive, email, Basecamp, websites, and uploaded files in minutes, not weeks
Lenses on positioning, competitors, customer support pulse, and business activity surface what's true right now, what changed, and what needs attention, kept current by recurring AI deep research, then Suggested Actions turn each Lens goal into concrete next moves
Built for teams of 3-200, not 500+
Use Your Existing AI
Get Context
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Get Context
· Claude
With Your Existing Knowledge Sources
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Which Should You Choose?
Both tools give AI access to your company knowledge. They're built for very different teams.
Choose Glean If...
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You have 500+ employees and a dedicated IT team to manage deployment
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You need enterprise-wide search across 100+ apps (Salesforce, Jira, ServiceNow, Workday)
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You require deep compliance controls, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, fine-grained ACLs
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You want AI agents that automate multi-step enterprise workflows
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You can commit to $50K+/year contracts and a multi-week onboarding process
Choose Context Link If...
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You're a team of 3-200 that uses AI every day
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You want a virtual version of your business inside the AI tools you already use, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Copilot, with source-backed answers and citations
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You need to connect Notion, Google Docs, Google Drive, email (Gmail, Outlook, Zoho, Fastmail, IMAP), Basecamp, websites, or uploaded files
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You want to be set up this afternoon, not next quarter
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You want Lenses that show what's true right now, what changed, and what needs attention, plus AI-suggested actions that move the business where you want it to go
Feature Comparison
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| Where you work | Glean's own app, browser extension, and sidebar | Inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, the AI tools you already use |
| AI model | Model Hub, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta (but you still work in Glean's interface) | Model-agnostic, works across any AI tool, switch freely as models improve |
| Connectors | 100+ enterprise apps (Salesforce, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Workday, etc.) | Notion, Google Docs, Google Drive, email (Gmail, Outlook, Zoho, Fastmail, IMAP), Basecamp, any website, uploaded files (PDFs, Word, Markdown) |
| Setup time | 3-6 weeks (IT-led deployment, sales process required) | Minutes (self-serve, no IT needed) |
| Pricing | ~$45-50+/user/month, $50K+ annual minimum, 100+ seat floor | SMB-friendly per-seat pricing, no enterprise minimums, no 'contact sales' |
| Team size | Designed for 500+ employees | Built for teams of 3-200 |
| Living business state (Lenses) | No equivalent, Glean is enterprise search and agent automation, not source-backed analytical views of the business | Lenses on positioning, competitors, customer support pulse, and business activity, kept current by recurring AI deep research, surfacing what's true right now, what changed, and what needs attention |
| Direct question answering (Q&A) | 'Ask Glean' inside Glean's app, browser extension, or sidebar | Ask Question skill invoked from inside ChatGPT or Claude: `/ask-question [question]` or "ask Context Link what …". Returns one grounded paragraph with numbered citations. Secondary to the primary `get context on [topic]` workflow |
| Best for | Enterprise-wide AI search, agents, and workflow automation across hundreds of apps | Giving small teams a virtual version of their business inside the AI they already use: source-backed answers, Lenses, and Suggested Actions |
The Real Differentiation
Glean
Glean is a powerful enterprise AI platform. It indexes your company's apps, builds an 'enterprise graph' of your organisation's knowledge, and makes it searchable through its own AI interface. It supports multiple LLMs via its Model Hub and can automate workflows with AI agents. But your team still works inside Glean, another app to adopt, another login, another interface to learn. And for teams under a few hundred people, the $50K+ annual minimum and multi-week deployment are hard to justify.
Context Link
Context Link takes the opposite approach. Instead of building another app, it runs inside the AI tools your team already uses, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot. Connect your knowledge sources once (Notion, Google Docs, Google Drive, email, Basecamp, websites, uploaded files) and your business gets a virtual version of itself. Source-backed Lenses on positioning, competitors, customer support pulse, and business activity show what's true right now, what changed, and what needs attention, kept current by recurring AI deep research. Pick a goal for any Lens, like go upmarket or tighten your ICP, and Suggested Actions turn that goal into concrete next moves grounded in your sources.
Glean is another app to adopt. Context Link is a virtual version of your business inside the apps you already have.
Meet your team where they already work
Your team stays on the best AI tools for them — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot. Context Link upgrades every conversation with your company's actual knowledge. Easy adoption, zero workflow disruption.
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What Glean Does Well
Glean is a serious platform backed by $600M+ in funding and a $7.2 billion valuation. It reached $100M ARR in under three years. If you're a large organisation, these strengths genuinely matter.
Enterprise-grade search quality
Glean's hybrid search (keyword + semantic) with real-time indexing and an enterprise knowledge graph delivers genuinely impressive results at scale. It learns your organisation's structure, who works on what, which documents relate to which projects, and improves over time.
Massive connector ecosystem
100+ native connectors covering the full enterprise stack: Salesforce, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Workday, ServiceNow, and many more. If your company runs on enterprise tools, Glean probably connects to all of them.
Security and compliance
Single-tenant deployment, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA compliance, and permission-aware search that inherits ACLs from source systems. Users only see what they're authorised to see. For regulated industries, this matters.
AI agents and workflow automation
Glean's no-code agent builder lets enterprises automate multi-step workflows with governance controls. This goes beyond search into genuine task automation, something that large organisations with repeatable processes can benefit from.
Model Hub with multiple LLMs
Glean isn't locked to one model. Its Model Hub supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta models, with the option to bring your own API keys. Organisations can choose the right model per use case.
What Context Link Does Differently
No new app to adopt
Runs inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot. Your team doesn't change their workflow, they just get better context in the AI tools they already use every day.
Model-agnostic across tools, not just models
Glean offers multiple LLMs but you still work in Glean's app. Context Link works across ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini, different team members can use different AI tools and still pull from the same knowledge base.
Connect the sources SMBs actually use
Notion, Google Docs, Google Drive, email (Gmail, Outlook, Zoho, Fastmail, custom domains via IMAP), Basecamp, any website via sitemap, uploaded files (PDFs, Word docs, Markdown). Glean focuses on enterprise tools like Salesforce and Workday, Context Link connects to the tools small teams actually run on.
Minutes to value
Connect your sources and start retrieving context the same day. No IT department, no deployment project, no sales calls, no multi-week rollout. One person can set this up on a Tuesday afternoon.
Lenses, see your business from every angle
Source-backed analytical views of the business: positioning, competitors, customer support pulse, business activity. Each Lens combines your connected sources with recurring AI deep research and answers what's true right now, what changed, and what needs attention. Glean's enterprise search returns documents; Lenses turn your sources into a living self-portrait of the business.
Recurring AI deep research, kept current automatically
Each Lens runs on a schedule. Connections re-sync, and recurring AI deep research goes out and updates the Lens with fresh external evidence: competitor moves, market shifts, what's been written about your space. Snapshot history makes the change visible over time.
Suggested Actions, from insight to next move
Pick a goal for a Lens, go upmarket, tighten your ICP, refresh positioning. Context Link briefs an AI on your sources, your Lens, and your latest deep research, then turns the goal into concrete actions you can copy, open in any AI tool, or run yourself. Every action links back to the Lens snapshot and source it came from.
SMB-friendly pricing
Built for teams of 3-200. No 100-seat minimums, no $50K annual floor, no 'contact sales' pricing. You can see what it costs and start a trial without talking to anyone.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Context Link a direct replacement for Glean?
How does Glean's pricing compare to Context Link?
Glean has 100+ connectors. Can Context Link keep up?
Can I use Context Link with ChatGPT AND Claude?
How long does it take to set up?
What are Lenses?
Does Context Link work if my team uses different AI tools?
What about AI hallucinations?
Does Context Link have an 'Ask' feature like Glean?
The Bottom Line
Glean
Glean is a powerful enterprise AI platform backed by $600M+ in funding. If you're a large organisation with 500+ employees, a dedicated IT team, complex compliance needs, and hundreds of enterprise apps to unify, Glean is built for you. It does what it does well.
Context Link
Context Link is a virtual version of your business for teams of 3-200. It runs inside the AI tools you already use, connects to the sources you already have, and turns them into Lenses that surface what's true right now, what changed, and what needs attention, kept current by recurring AI deep research. Pick a goal for any Lens and Suggested Actions turn it into concrete next moves. Sets up in minutes, no new app, no enterprise contract.
Quick Decision Guide
I need enterprise-wide AI search across 100+ apps with compliance controls and agent automation
Glean is the right choice
I want my team's AI to know our company docs without adopting another app or signing an enterprise contract
Context Link is the right choice
I can't justify $50K+/year or a multi-week deployment for a team under 200 people
Context Link is the right choice
Give Your AI the Context It's Missing
Context
- Search all your sources by meaning, not keywords
- Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot & Gemini
- Connect Google Drive, Notion, files, email, websites & more
- Save AI outputs as reusable memories under any /slash
- Use /get-context for bigger briefings, or /ask-question for concise answers with citations
- Connections auto re-sync every 24 hours
Context + Lenses
- Living Lenses on positioning, competitors, customer support and more
- Backed by recurring AI deep research and your live-updating context
- Pick a goal in any Lens — AI suggests actions to move your business there
- Lens history shows how your business shifts over time
No credit card required. No IT department needed. No sales call.
