Choose Glean when
Your primary need is enterprise search quality and a knowledge assistant at F500 scale, and custom agent build-out is acceptable.
Comparison
Renly vs Glean: agent runtime vs Work AI search.
Glean is a Work AI platform centred on enterprise search and knowledge assistants. Renly is a horizontal AI agent runtime with pre-built agent templates across 22 industries plus natural-language agent building, 22 connected business systems, and governance built into every action.
Side-by-side
Where each platform fits
| Dimension | Glean | Renly |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Work AI: enterprise search, assistant, and agents layered on a unified knowledge graph. | AI agent runtime: pre-built agents and workflows for every business function, with connected actions. |
| Pre-built agents | Assistant plus customer-built agents. No vertical library at launch. | pre-built agent templates across 22 industries plus natural-language agent building including finance, sales, ops, marketing, engineering, HR, legal, and healthcare. |
| Cross-function scope | Search and answer quality is horizontal, but agent build-out is customer-led. | Finance, sales, ops, marketing, engineering, HR, support, and compliance covered out of the box. |
| Cross-tool execution | Retrieval-first with assistant surfacing. Agent actions are customer-built on Glean Actions. | Actions-first. Agents read and write to 22 business systems with approval gates. |
| Model posture | Multi-LLM support with Glean-selected routing. | OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini, plus BYOLLM on Enterprise. |
| Pricing posture | Enterprise-priced custom contracts. Typically F500. | Free, Pro at 19.99 dollars per seat per month, Pro Plus at 49.99 dollars per seat per month, Enterprise custom. |
| Target customer | Large enterprises with mature search and knowledge needs. | Mid-market companies (50-500 employees) adopting AI across multiple functions. |
Decision guide
How to choose
Choose Renly when
You want pre-built agents for finance, sales, ops, marketing, and more, with cross-tool actions and mid-market pricing. Glean surfaces answers from a knowledge graph. Renly runs the work and proves it in the same layer: every agent action attributable to a user, agent, and model, captured in a correlated audit trail, and gated by approval before any write.
Use both when
You need Glean as your enterprise-wide search layer and Renly as the agent runtime that actually does the work across business systems.
FAQ
Common questions
Is Renly a Glean alternative?
They solve overlapping but different problems. Glean leads with enterprise search. Renly leads with a pre-built agent runtime. Many buyers evaluate both and some use both together.
How does Renly pricing compare to Glean?
Renly publishes seat pricing starting at 19.99 dollars per seat per month. Glean is enterprise-priced with custom contracts. For mid-market teams, Renly is generally easier to start with and scale.
Does Renly support BYOLLM like Glean?
Yes. Renly supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini, and customer-managed keys on the Enterprise plan.
Can Renly connect to the same tools as Glean?
Renly connects to Azure DevOps, Jira, GitHub, Slack, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Xero, OneNote, LinkedIn, Teams, and Outlook out of the box. Additional systems can be added via MCP on higher tiers.
See the agent runtime built for your whole company
Renly ships with agents for every function on day one. Connect your tools, deploy to your teams, and govern every action from one place.