Different buyers
Glean sells to IT and Knowledge Ops: "give your whole company one search box across every SaaS." Command+K sells to product teams: "ship an AI action layer in your own app." Same year, different aisle.
Different surfaces
- Glean — standalone app + browser extension; indexes 100+ connectors.
- Command+K — embedded widget inside the operator's product; runs MCP tools.
Different economics
- Glean — per-seat enterprise license, six figures typical.
- Command+K — platform fee per operator, optional resold AI margin per end user.
How to pick
If you're an IT leader buying a search and assistant layer for your company, evaluate Glean. If you're a product team shipping AI inside your own SaaS, evaluate Command+K. They aren't competitive purchases.
FAQ
- Is Glean a competitor?
- Adjacent. Glean is enterprise search across SaaS. Command+K is an embedded action layer per product. Different buyer (IT vs product team).
- Could I use both?
- Yes. Glean indexes the org's knowledge; Command+K runs actions inside your product. They don't share a pixel.
- Does Command+K do search?
- Yes, but scoped to one product. It's not trying to index Salesforce, Notion, and Drive at once.