Glean alternative for teams on Slack
A Glean alternative priced for small teams
Kipwise Agent answers in your Slack threads from your CRM, Notion, Confluence and Kipwise pages, with each person’s own access. Then it updates the record or drafts the email when you say so.
$10per user / month
AI credit included
Free to try in Slack. No card needed.
@Kipwise what did we agree with Northwind on the renewal? I’m on a call in 10
Two-year renewal at $86,400 a year, closing 15 Nov. Northwind call notes from Tuesday add 5% off if they pay upfront.
They said yes to upfront. Log it on the deal and move it to Contract sent
Logged the note and moved Northwind to Contract sent, as you approved. It shows under your HubSpot user.
Sample data
4 quotes from Gartner Peer Insights, G2, r/EngineeringManagers
Why smaller teams look past Glean
“…it's great at finding information but stops short of actually doing anything with it”
With KipwiseIt does the next step in the thread: updates the deal, files the issue or drafts the email, after you approve.
“From a pricing/ROI perspective, it can be harder to justify for smaller teams”
With Kipwise$10 per user a month, for teams of three or more, with AI credit included.
“…as a manager I need to be tapped on the shoulder via a notification/Slack message rather than having to remember to visit Glean regularly.”
With KipwiseIt lives in Slack. Ask in the thread, or have it post the summary in your channel every week.
“Setup is also a significant undertaking; connecting everything and maintaining it puts real strain on internal resources.”
With KipwiseAdd it to Slack yourself. Each person connects a tool the first time a request needs it.
What changes when you switch
Less to buy, less to set up, and the agent does the job after it finds the answer.
Start
Add it to Slack yourself
No sales call needed to begin. People connect a tool the first time a request needs it, with their own account. Some Microsoft organisations need an admin to approve it once.
Access
Each person, their own permissions
Connected tools are read live, as the person asking, with no shared crawler account. In a shared channel, each person gets only what they can open.
Work
It does the next step
Ask it to update the deal, file the issue, draft the reply or post the weekly summary. It shows an Approve or Deny card before anything changes.
Glean vs Kipwise
Glean is enterprise search and AI for large companies. Kipwise is an AI teammate for teams that work in Slack.
| Glean | Kipwise | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Large companies, sold through a sales team | Teams of three or more that work in Slack, self-serve |
| Getting started | Admin-led rollout and connectors | Add it to Slack; people connect tools as they need them |
| Price | Not published. Buyers report about $50 per user a month, often with a 100-seat minimum | $10 per user a month, at least 3 users, AI credit included |
| How it finds things | Indexes your tools ahead of time | Reads each connected tool live, as the person asking |
| The next step | Glean agents and actions | Updates the record, files the issue or drafts the email in the thread, after you approve |
| Where it works | The Glean app, browser and chat apps | Slack threads and DMs, and Microsoft Teams |
Competitor details from their own sites and public reviews, read October 2026.
What to ask it first
@Kipwise what did we agree with Northwind on the renewal?
It reads the deal in HubSpot and the notes page, and answers with both links.
@Kipwise log that on the deal
It adds the note in HubSpot as you, after you approve.
@Kipwise file a Linear issue for the export bug and assign it to Tobias
It files the issue with your Linear account and posts the link here.
@Kipwise every Friday at 4pm, post where the Q4 projects stand
It reads the projects in Linear each Friday and posts the update in this channel.
Other Glean alternatives
- Microsoft 365 Copilot
- If your company runs on Microsoft 365 and its files live in SharePoint and OneDrive.
- Guru
- Verified knowledge cards with AI answers, for support and sales teams.
- Dust
- Build your own AI agents on top of company data.
- Slackbot
- Slack’s own AI, included on Business+ with a weekly message limit.
- Notion AI
- If most of your knowledge already lives in Notion.
- Onyx
- Open source enterprise search you can host yourself.
Questions
Is Kipwise enterprise search?
No. It reads your connected tools live, as the person asking, at the moment you ask. Then it does the work in the thread.
Can we try it without talking to sales?
Yes. Add it to Slack and the free trial starts on your first message. Book a demo if you’d like a walkthrough.
Who can see what?
The agent works as the person asking. It opens only the pages, files and records that person can open, in Kipwise and in every tool they connect.
What does it cost?
$10 per user a month, for at least 3 users. That includes $5 of AI credit per person and $2 per person of shared team credit every month. Add it to Slack and the free trial starts on your first message, no card needed.
Can it change things without asking?
No. Before it edits a page, updates a record or posts a message, it shows an Approve or Deny card in the thread. Only the person who asked can approve it, and the card expires after 30 minutes.
Does it work in Microsoft Teams?
Yes. The same agent runs in Microsoft Teams, with the same tools and approvals. If your team works in Teams, book a demo and we’ll set it up with you.