“We rely on Glean to unify our Microsoft ecosystem and all our internal data into one connected truth – fueling smarter decisions and faster value creation.”
A comparison
Glean vs. Microsoft Copilot
One secure, horizontal AI platform that puts your company’s knowledge to work across Microsoft 365 and beyond.
Works across 100+ enterprise apps with turnkey connectors.
Works best inside Microsoft 365 apps, with limited third-party coverage.
Gives you full control over model choice and deployment, including on Azure.
Primarily tied to Azure-OpenAI LLMs, hosted on Azure.
Delivers personalized, source-backed answers grounded in your company data.
Relies on Microsoft Graph, which leverages semantic understanding of supported content type—not user-level data from Copilot connectors—resulting in less relevant, disjointed results outside the Microsoft ecosystem.
Deploys out-of-the-box with fast, guided setup and real-time, permissions aware sync.
Requires complex licensing, customization, and outside partner support.
Enforces permissions, protects sensitive data, and scales governance automatically.
Disjointed approach to permissions enforcement across third party connectors
Offers flexible pricing with safeguards against uncontrolled agent sprawl or surprise costs.
Poses a risk of agent sprawl and rising, unpredictable costs.
Deeply embedded in Microsoft 365, with especially valuable use cases in Teams, Outlook and SharePoint.
What sets Glean apart
AI that works everywhere you do
Connected ecosystem
Glean unifies 100+ enterprise apps, from Microsoft 365 to Salesforce, Zendesk, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow, so critical information is never siloed.
Open and flexible
Glean gives you full freedom of choice with open model access, flexible hosting, and single-tenant deployment that future-proofs your stack.
Simple to deploy
Glean is ready to use from day one. Trusted by global leaders like Samsung, Intuit, and Intercom, Glean’s guided setup and real-time sync make rollout fast and effortless.
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Connector breadth & depth
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Permissions
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Structured data support
Freedom of choice
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Model Choice
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Hosting
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Lock-in
Ease of deployment
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Impact and resources
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Licensing
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Agent Complexity
See how Glean connects with Microsoft 365 apps
MICROSOFT 365 APPS
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Teams
INTEGRATION DETAILS
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Microsoft Sharepoint
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Features
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FAQs
What makes Glean different from Microsoft Copilot?
Glean is a company-wide AI platform that connects to all of your enterprise data, not just an in-app assistant. It builds enterprise context across every system, learning from content, activity, and people to deliver relevant, trustworthy answers and automate work in seconds. Microsoft Copilot, on the other hand, is embedded within Microsoft 365 apps to help users work faster inside that environment, summarizing emails, generating documents, or analyzing spreadsheets. The key difference: Glean helps you find and understand information across your company, while Copilot helps you create and process information within Microsoft apps. Glean is ecosystem-agnostic; Copilot is ecosystem-bound.
Does Glean integrate with Microsoft tools?
Yes. Glean integrates deeply with Microsoft through native Microsoft connectors as part of 100+ turnkey, permission-aware integrations that keep access controls enforced end-to-end. Inside Microsoft Teams, Glean brings search and chat into the flow of work, allowing employees to ask questions and get source-backed, AI-generated answers without leaving Teams. Glean also connects to GitHub to unify developer knowledge alongside Microsoft content, ensuring enterprise-wide context. And with Glean Agents and a library of 100+ actions (including MCP host actions), teams can run permission-aware Microsoft and cross-stack automations to retrieve, reason over, and execute workflows on company data, securely and at scale.
Which tool works best across multiple data sources (e.g. Google Workspace, Slack, Confluence)?
Glean excels at multi-source integration, offering pre-built connectors for hundreds of enterprise tools including Google Drive, Slack, Confluence, Jira, Zendesk, Salesforce, and even custom data sources. Microsoft Copilot performs best with Microsoft-owned products. Integrations with non-Microsoft systems often require additional configuration or custom connectors, and the experience is less seamless.If your organization uses both Microsoft and non-Microsoft applications, Glean delivers a more unified, cross-platform experience.
What is the best alternative to Microsoft Copilot?
If you’re looking for an enterprise-grade Copilot alternative, Glean is built to go beyond Microsoft 365. It connects to your entire tech stack, from Slack and Salesforce to SharePoint and ServiceNow, giving employees AI that works across every tool, not just one suite. With enterprise-grade security, data governance, and cross-platform connectivity, Glean provides a single, trusted AI layer for all your company knowledge.