Penno vs Glean
Enterprise-grade grounded AI. Without the enterprise rollout.
Penno is a Glean alternative built for small teams. It grounds AI in the tools you already use and cites its sources — the same core benefit as enterprise knowledge search, but self-serve, live in minutes, and priced for teams instead of IT departments.
Free forever · No credit card · 30-second setup
Glean says
“AI that searches all your company knowledge.”
The reality
Glean is built for the enterprise IT org — expensive, IT-led, and a multi-month rollout. For a small team, it is overkill and out of budget.
Side by side
| Penno | Glean | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Self-serve, minutes | IT-led, weeks to months |
| Pricing | From $0; $15–$25/seat | Enterprise contracts |
| Best for team size | Individuals to ~50 | Hundreds to thousands |
| AI writing + agents | Yes | Primarily search |
| Any frontier model | Yes | Limited |
| Cited answers | Yes | Yes |
Choose Penno when…
- You are a small or mid-sized team with no dedicated IT budget
- You want value today, not a rollout project
- You want chat and writing, not just search
Stick with Glean when…
- You have 1,000+ seats and deep enterprise systems
- You need a procurement-led, IT-owned deployment
Penno starts free and is $15–$25 per seat per month — team pricing, self-serve, no rollout. Glean is sold as enterprise contracts with an IT-led deployment.
Yes. Penno gives a small team grounded, cited answers over the tools they already use, live in minutes, without an IT project.
Stop losing what your team knows.
Connect your tools. Gather it in spaces. Chat with it. Write from it. That's Penno.
Free forever · No credit card · 30-second setup