What it is
Different approach
Glean
A Work AI platform: enterprise search, an assistant and agents over the apps you connect.
Neocortex
An Enterprise AI Brain and governed operating layer, with installable business apps on the same platform.
Neocortex vs Glean
Finding answers, or running the work.
Glean is built to search and assist across the apps you already have. Neocortex is a governed AI operating layer that also ships the business apps. They overlap on knowledge search and differ on most of the rest.
| Glean | Neocortex | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is Different approach | A Work AI platform: enterprise search, an assistant and agents over the apps you connect. | An Enterprise AI Brain and governed operating layer, with installable business apps on the same platform. |
| Finding answers across your apps Partly available | Its core strength. Search and an assistant across connected apps, respecting each source system’s permissions. | The Second Brain gives hybrid keyword and semantic search and answers over your notes, files and synced sources. Permissions are organisation and PIN based today; per-source permission mirroring at query time is being built. |
| Breadth of connectors Glean is stronger | 100+ connectors that index content for search; its own materials cite 275+. | 35 integrations in the register today, plus access to 1,500+ apps through Composio for managed sign-in and actions. These read and act; only a few bespoke syncs index content for search, so Glean is ahead on indexed connectors. |
| Agent identity and attribution Partly available | Each agent can have its own governed identity and service credentials, making agent activity attributable and independently controlled. | Agent identity records (owner, purpose, autonomy, risk tier, verification, status) exist in the data model. Management screens and enforcement of verification are in build. |
| Agent lifecycle and governance Partly available | Agent Library controls, verification, access policies, sandboxing and lifecycle governance are designed for production agent fleets. | Trust Fabric already gates tools with allow, approve or deny, with approvals and run evidence. The agent library verification workflow and feedback screens are still to come. |
| Proactive and event-driven work Glean is stronger | Agents can be scheduled or triggered by content changes, forms and external events. | Scheduled and manual runs work today. Content-change, form and webhook triggers are declared but not yet dispatched, and the schedule runner is daily. |
| Agent observability and improvement Glean is stronger | Debug and Trace views expose inputs, tool calls, decisions and outputs; Agent Insights measures adoption, errors and ROI. | Agent run history, decision evidence, Agent Insights, searchable Agent Library discovery and Trust Fabric attention signals are visible today; deeper traces and measured ROI baselines continue to expand. |
| Enterprise intelligence control room Neocortex is stronger | Enterprise Context unifies organisational knowledge, people, activity and applications. | Enterprise Intelligence provides one operational view across context, AI workers, execution, governance, collaboration, model capacity and attention signals. |
| Secure agent sandbox Partly available | Agent Sandbox provides isolated filesystem, CLI and code execution for deeper research and analysis. | Neocortex Coder and a remote terminal run code and tools under Trust Fabric. Per-agent isolation, egress policy and resource limits are not yet in place. |
| Personal and organisational context Partly available | Personal Graph and Enterprise Graph combine user preferences, people, content and activity into reusable context. | Second Brain notes, Personas and organisation scoping provide reusable context. It is not a graph of people, teams and documents yet. |
| Running the business, not only finding things Neocortex is stronger | Positioned as search, assistant and agents on top of your existing systems. | Ships the apps too. Quote to Revenue CRM & ERP is a key installable app, suited to many businesses and particularly professional services: quotes, agreements, invoicing, projects, time and a client portal. |
| Where it can run Partly available | Multi-tenant cloud with configurable data residency, single-tenant cloud, or customer-hosted and on-premises. | Self-host with Docker or run on Vercel, in the country you choose. Self-hosting is supported today; region selection and residency controls in the product are not. |
| Choice of AI models Partly available | A Model Hub with 15+ models from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Amazon and Meta, selectable per conversation. | Provider-agnostic model router across Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Meta and more, cloud or self-hosted, with the model shown on each answer. A per-conversation model picker is still to come. |
| Assistants where people work (Slack, Teams, browser) Glean is stronger | Assistant in Slack, Teams and a browser extension, so answers appear where people already are. | Not available yet. Teams and Copilot connections exist for Carter Capner Law, but there are no general Slack or Teams bots or a browser extension. |
| Enterprise security and compliance controls Glean is stronger | SSO and SCIM provisioning, audit logs, data loss prevention and retention controls. | Sign-in through Clerk, domain audit trails and a recycle bin. SCIM, a platform-wide audit log, data loss prevention and retention policies are not built yet. |
| Building agents and workflows Partly available | No-code agent builder with templates and a managed agent library. | A no-code custom agent builder (prompt, tool allowlist, scope) and an n8n workflow API are available. An embedded visual workflow builder is still to come. |
| Ownership and lock-in Neocortex is stronger | A proprietary subscription platform. Source-code escrow is not described in its public materials. | Zero vendor lock-in: you own your data and the full source code is held in escrow. |
| Pricing and minimum seats Neocortex is stronger | Not published. Third-party reports cite roughly US$45–50 per user per month with a 100-seat minimum, falling at higher volumes. | A one-seat minimum. Start with a guided trial and one user, then scale. Organisations above 500 users are quoted as enterprise. |
Finding answers across your apps
Partly available
Glean
Its core strength. Search and an assistant across connected apps, respecting each source system’s permissions.
Neocortex
The Second Brain gives hybrid keyword and semantic search and answers over your notes, files and synced sources. Permissions are organisation and PIN based today; per-source permission mirroring at query time is being built.
Breadth of connectors
Glean is stronger
Glean
100+ connectors that index content for search; its own materials cite 275+.
Neocortex
35 integrations in the register today, plus access to 1,500+ apps through Composio for managed sign-in and actions. These read and act; only a few bespoke syncs index content for search, so Glean is ahead on indexed connectors.
Agent identity and attribution
Partly available
Glean
Each agent can have its own governed identity and service credentials, making agent activity attributable and independently controlled.
Neocortex
Agent identity records (owner, purpose, autonomy, risk tier, verification, status) exist in the data model. Management screens and enforcement of verification are in build.
Agent lifecycle and governance
Partly available
Glean
Agent Library controls, verification, access policies, sandboxing and lifecycle governance are designed for production agent fleets.
Neocortex
Trust Fabric already gates tools with allow, approve or deny, with approvals and run evidence. The agent library verification workflow and feedback screens are still to come.
Proactive and event-driven work
Glean is stronger
Glean
Agents can be scheduled or triggered by content changes, forms and external events.
Neocortex
Scheduled and manual runs work today. Content-change, form and webhook triggers are declared but not yet dispatched, and the schedule runner is daily.
Agent observability and improvement
Glean is stronger
Glean
Debug and Trace views expose inputs, tool calls, decisions and outputs; Agent Insights measures adoption, errors and ROI.
Neocortex
Agent run history, decision evidence, Agent Insights, searchable Agent Library discovery and Trust Fabric attention signals are visible today; deeper traces and measured ROI baselines continue to expand.
Enterprise intelligence control room
Neocortex is stronger
Glean
Enterprise Context unifies organisational knowledge, people, activity and applications.
Neocortex
Enterprise Intelligence provides one operational view across context, AI workers, execution, governance, collaboration, model capacity and attention signals.
Secure agent sandbox
Partly available
Glean
Agent Sandbox provides isolated filesystem, CLI and code execution for deeper research and analysis.
Neocortex
Neocortex Coder and a remote terminal run code and tools under Trust Fabric. Per-agent isolation, egress policy and resource limits are not yet in place.
Personal and organisational context
Partly available
Glean
Personal Graph and Enterprise Graph combine user preferences, people, content and activity into reusable context.
Neocortex
Second Brain notes, Personas and organisation scoping provide reusable context. It is not a graph of people, teams and documents yet.
Running the business, not only finding things
Neocortex is stronger
Glean
Positioned as search, assistant and agents on top of your existing systems.
Neocortex
Ships the apps too. Quote to Revenue CRM & ERP is a key installable app, suited to many businesses and particularly professional services: quotes, agreements, invoicing, projects, time and a client portal.
Where it can run
Partly available
Glean
Multi-tenant cloud with configurable data residency, single-tenant cloud, or customer-hosted and on-premises.
Neocortex
Self-host with Docker or run on Vercel, in the country you choose. Self-hosting is supported today; region selection and residency controls in the product are not.
Choice of AI models
Partly available
Glean
A Model Hub with 15+ models from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Amazon and Meta, selectable per conversation.
Neocortex
Provider-agnostic model router across Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Meta and more, cloud or self-hosted, with the model shown on each answer. A per-conversation model picker is still to come.
Assistants where people work (Slack, Teams, browser)
Glean is stronger
Glean
Assistant in Slack, Teams and a browser extension, so answers appear where people already are.
Neocortex
Not available yet. Teams and Copilot connections exist for Carter Capner Law, but there are no general Slack or Teams bots or a browser extension.
Enterprise security and compliance controls
Glean is stronger
Glean
SSO and SCIM provisioning, audit logs, data loss prevention and retention controls.
Neocortex
Sign-in through Clerk, domain audit trails and a recycle bin. SCIM, a platform-wide audit log, data loss prevention and retention policies are not built yet.
Building agents and workflows
Partly available
Glean
No-code agent builder with templates and a managed agent library.
Neocortex
A no-code custom agent builder (prompt, tool allowlist, scope) and an n8n workflow API are available. An embedded visual workflow builder is still to come.
Ownership and lock-in
Neocortex is stronger
Glean
A proprietary subscription platform. Source-code escrow is not described in its public materials.
Neocortex
Zero vendor lock-in: you own your data and the full source code is held in escrow.
Pricing and minimum seats
Neocortex is stronger
Glean
Not published. Third-party reports cite roughly US$45–50 per user per month with a 100-seat minimum, falling at higher volumes.
Neocortex
A one-seat minimum. Start with a guided trial and one user, then scale. Organisations above 500 users are quoted as enterprise.
Where we are, honestly
Governed agents are the foundation. Several pieces are still in build.
Enterprise AI needs identity, event-driven execution, governed autonomy, evidence and measurable outcomes. Neocortex has the data model and the Trust Fabric gate today. Rows marked “Glean is stronger” or “Partly available” above are tracked build items, not roadmap promises.
Agent identity
Digital workers have an owner, purpose, autonomy level, risk tier and lifecycle status in the data model; management screens are in build.
Event-driven agents
Scheduled and manual runs work today; content-change, form and webhook triggers are in build.
Agent quality loop
Run evidence and decisions are captured; ratings, trace viewing and ROI reporting are in build.
Enterprise context
Combine Second Brain, Personas, organisation context and activity into reusable agent context.
Governed execution
Trust Fabric keeps tool access, approvals, spend and consequential actions under policy.
Open context
MCP, REST, webhooks and the App SDK keep the platform open instead of creating another AI silo.
Based on Glean’s public website and documentation, and third-party reports where Glean publishes nothing (pricing), as at October 2026. Vendors change their products and prices, so confirm current details with Glean. Glean is a trademark of Glean Technologies, Inc., which is not affiliated with Neocortex.
Platform, component by component
Each Glean component, and what does the same job in Neocortex.
Glean on the left, Neocortex on the right. The two overlap on search and the assistant, and diverge on governance, hosting and the business applications.
Bring data in
Connectors
275+ out-of-the-box connectors, an Indexing SDK for custom data, OpenAPI actions and MCP servers. Permissions are inherited from each source.
Integration fabric
Partly available35 integrations in the register, plus 1,500+ apps through Composio for sign-in and actions, the App SDK, REST and webhooks, and MCP servers. Few connectors index content for search yet.
Understand it
Enterprise Graph and index
Indexes and knowledge graphs across your data, mapping people, content and activity, updated as sources change.
Second Brain
Partly availableOrganisational memory with semantic and full-text retrieval, source provenance, freshness and knowledge boundaries. A relationship graph (Data Intelligence Graph) is roadmap.
Remember
Enterprise memory and Personal Graph
Learned user preferences and organisation-wide lessons that guide planning.
Second Brain and Personas
AvailablePersistent organisational memory, and Personas that carry role, knowledge context, capabilities and autonomy for each digital worker.
Find
Enterprise Search
Finds information across all connected apps, respecting source permissions.
Unified search
Partly availableHybrid keyword and semantic search across the platform, notes, files and synced sources. Per-source permission mirroring at query time is in build.
Ask
AI Assistant
A personalised assistant that answers and does work using company context.
Conductor
AvailableThe universal command interface: chat and voice, with the right Persona, tools and workflow chosen for the request.
Automate
Glean Agents
No-code agent builder in natural language, with 100+ native actions in connected apps.
Agent runtime and Parlay
Partly availableBounded agents with a named owner, concurrent multi-agent work, workflows and scheduled jobs. A broader no-code agent builder is on the roadmap.
Govern
Glean Protect
Enforces permissions on every request, adds data and AI governance, and monitors for unusual activity and harmful prompts.
Trust Fabric
Partly availablePolicy engine: identity, purpose, data class, risk tier, tool allow-lists and spend, then allow, verify, require approval, deny or quarantine. Runtime enforcement across every tool call is being completed.
Choose models
Glean Intelligence and Model Hub
Matches tasks to models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Amazon, Meta and more, for cost and quality.
AI gateway
AvailableCapability-aware routing across providers with budgets, limits and failover, or models running on-box inside your data centre.
Build on it
Open APIs and SDKs
Search, Chat and Agents APIs, a UI-ready SDK and MCP support.
Platform contracts and App SDK
AvailableREST, MCP and signed webhooks, with manifest-based apps installed per organisation from the Marketplace.
Run the business
Your existing systems
Glean sits on top of the business applications you already run and acts in them.
Capability apps
AvailableQuote to Revenue CRM & ERP, client portal, projects, time, agreements and invoicing as installable apps on the same platform.
Prove it
Audit logging
Configurable audit logs of usage, exportable to a SIEM.
Evidence and audit
AvailableAgent runs, decisions, approvals, activity telemetry and an audit trail for consequential AI work.
Deploy and operate
Deployment models
Multi-tenant cloud with configurable data residency, single-tenant cloud, or customer-hosted and on-premises.
Hosting options and control plane
AvailableAustralian cloud, your own AWS, Azure or GCP tenancy, your data centre, or hybrid. A platform control plane for rollout and health is roadmap.
Feature comparison
Detailed, feature by feature.
Where Glean is ahead, such as certifications and connector breadth, it says so. Where something is not described in Glean’s public materials, it says “not described”, not “no”.
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features compared
11
both do fully
19
Neocortex has it; Glean’s public materials don’t describe it
18
where Glean is ahead or certified
Available ships todayPartly available part shipsRoadmap direction only
Knowledge and searchFinding and understanding what the organisation knows.
| Feature | Glean | Neocortex |
|---|---|---|
| Search across connected apps | Yes Its core product, over 275+ connectors. | Partly available Second Brain and unified search over notes, files and synced sources; most connected apps are action-only, not indexed. |
| Permission-aware results | Yes Inherits and enforces each source system’s permissions, reflected immediately. | Partly available Organisation, role and knowledge-boundary controls inside Neocortex. Mirroring source-system permissions is scoped per connector. |
| Index freshness | Yes Updates as soon as data changes in the source. | Partly available Freshness and provenance tracked on every item; sync cadence depends on the connector. |
| Personalised context users can inspect | Yes Users can view, edit and delete inferred personal graph details. | Partly available Persona and Second Brain context is explicit and inspectable; inferred preference controls are being expanded. |
| Knowledge graph of people, content and activity | Yes Enterprise Graph and Personal Graph. | Partly available Second Brain, organisation context and activity signals are live; the full Data Intelligence Graph continues to expand. |
| Source provenance on answers | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Every note and answer carries its source. |
| Learns from use | Yes Enterprise memory captures preferences and lessons learned. | Partly available Persistent memory and Persona context today; adaptive learning is a direction, not a shipped feature. |
Search across connected apps
GleanYes
Its core product, over 275+ connectors.
NeocortexPartly available
Second Brain and unified search over notes, files and synced sources; most connected apps are action-only, not indexed.
Permission-aware results
GleanYes
Inherits and enforces each source system’s permissions, reflected immediately.
NeocortexPartly available
Organisation, role and knowledge-boundary controls inside Neocortex. Mirroring source-system permissions is scoped per connector.
Index freshness
GleanYes
Updates as soon as data changes in the source.
NeocortexPartly available
Freshness and provenance tracked on every item; sync cadence depends on the connector.
Personalised context users can inspect
GleanYes
Users can view, edit and delete inferred personal graph details.
NeocortexPartly available
Persona and Second Brain context is explicit and inspectable; inferred preference controls are being expanded.
Knowledge graph of people, content and activity
GleanYes
Enterprise Graph and Personal Graph.
NeocortexPartly available
Second Brain, organisation context and activity signals are live; the full Data Intelligence Graph continues to expand.
Source provenance on answers
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Every note and answer carries its source.
Learns from use
GleanYes
Enterprise memory captures preferences and lessons learned.
NeocortexPartly available
Persistent memory and Persona context today; adaptive learning is a direction, not a shipped feature.
Assistant and agentsGetting work done with AI, not just answers.
| Feature | Glean | Neocortex |
|---|---|---|
| Conversational assistant | Yes Glean Assistant. | Available Conductor, with chat and voice. |
| No-code agent builder | Yes Natural-language and drag-and-drop Agent Builder. | Partly available Persona Builder and App Builder today; a broader agent builder is on the roadmap. |
| Native actions in business apps | Yes 100+ native actions in connected apps. | Available Actions through Composio (1,500+ apps) and MCP. |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Agent Parlay runs specialist agents concurrently. |
| Role-based digital workers (Personas) | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Persona = role, knowledge, capabilities, autonomy and style. |
| Human approval steps | Yes Human-in-the-loop checkpoints. | Available Trust Fabric can require approval before consequential actions. |
| Agent identity per digital worker | Yes Dedicated governed agent identities and service credentials. | Partly available Identity records (owner, purpose, autonomy, risk tier, status) are in the data model; management screens and enforcement are in build. |
| Scheduled and event-driven agent triggers | Yes Schedules plus content, form and external event triggers. | Partly available Scheduled (daily) and manual runs work today; content-change, form and webhook triggers are in build. |
| Agent feedback and outcome measurement | Yes Agent Insights tracks adoption, errors, feedback and ROI. | Partly available Run history and decisions are recorded; ratings, trace viewing and ROI reporting are in build. |
| Unified enterprise intelligence control room | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Enterprise Intelligence gives one operating view across context, agents, execution, governance, collaboration and model capacity. |
Conversational assistant
GleanYes
Glean Assistant.
NeocortexAvailable
Conductor, with chat and voice.
No-code agent builder
GleanYes
Natural-language and drag-and-drop Agent Builder.
NeocortexPartly available
Persona Builder and App Builder today; a broader agent builder is on the roadmap.
Native actions in business apps
GleanYes
100+ native actions in connected apps.
NeocortexAvailable
Actions through Composio (1,500+ apps) and MCP.
Multi-agent orchestration
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Agent Parlay runs specialist agents concurrently.
Role-based digital workers (Personas)
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Persona = role, knowledge, capabilities, autonomy and style.
Human approval steps
GleanYes
Human-in-the-loop checkpoints.
NeocortexAvailable
Trust Fabric can require approval before consequential actions.
Agent identity per digital worker
GleanYes
Dedicated governed agent identities and service credentials.
NeocortexPartly available
Identity records (owner, purpose, autonomy, risk tier, status) are in the data model; management screens and enforcement are in build.
Scheduled and event-driven agent triggers
GleanYes
Schedules plus content, form and external event triggers.
NeocortexPartly available
Scheduled (daily) and manual runs work today; content-change, form and webhook triggers are in build.
Agent feedback and outcome measurement
GleanYes
Agent Insights tracks adoption, errors, feedback and ROI.
NeocortexPartly available
Run history and decisions are recorded; ratings, trace viewing and ROI reporting are in build.
Unified enterprise intelligence control room
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Enterprise Intelligence gives one operating view across context, agents, execution, governance, collaboration and model capacity.
Models and AI governanceWhich models run, where, and under what rules.
| Feature | Glean | Neocortex |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple model providers | Yes Model Hub with models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Amazon and Meta. | Available OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Azure OpenAI and more through one router. |
| Models on-box inside the customer’s data centre | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Run models next to the data so no prompt leaves your network. |
| Budgets, limits and provider failover | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Per-provider budgets, limits and automatic failover. |
| AI policy enforcement | Yes Glean Protect: permissions on every request, governance and prompt monitoring. | Partly available Trust Fabric policy engine; complete runtime enforcement is in progress. |
| Evidence for consequential AI work | Yes Audit logging of usage. | Available Agent runs, decisions and approvals recorded as evidence. |
Multiple model providers
GleanYes
Model Hub with models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Amazon and Meta.
NeocortexAvailable
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Azure OpenAI and more through one router.
Models on-box inside the customer’s data centre
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Run models next to the data so no prompt leaves your network.
Budgets, limits and provider failover
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Per-provider budgets, limits and automatic failover.
AI policy enforcement
GleanYes
Glean Protect: permissions on every request, governance and prompt monitoring.
NeocortexPartly available
Trust Fabric policy engine; complete runtime enforcement is in progress.
Evidence for consequential AI work
GleanYes
Audit logging of usage.
NeocortexAvailable
Agent runs, decisions and approvals recorded as evidence.
Business applicationsRunning the work, not only finding things.
| Feature | Glean | Neocortex |
|---|---|---|
| Quote to Revenue CRM & ERP | Not described Not part of its documented platform. | Available Key installable app, suited to many businesses and professional services in particular. |
| White-label client portal | Not described Not part of its documented platform. | Available Branded portal for clients and partners. |
| Agreements, invoicing and accounting sync | Not described Not part of its documented platform. | Available Includes QuickBooks sync: pull-only, with manual, confirmed pushes. |
| Projects, tasks and Kanban | Not described Not part of its documented platform. | Available Tasks, calendar, projects and Kanban. |
| Time capture and timesheets | Not described Not part of its documented platform. | Available Time capture feeding quotes and invoices. |
| APIs and SDKs to build on | Yes Search, Chat and Agents APIs, Indexing SDK and UI SDK. | Available REST, MCP, signed webhooks and the App SDK. |
| App marketplace | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Install, configure and remove apps per organisation. |
| Enterprise architecture tooling | Not described Not part of its documented platform. | Partly available Enterprise Architect Expert and the architecture library; a fuller Architecture capability is planned. |
| Proactive operational attention | Yes Glean positions proactive AI and automated workflows as part of its platform. | Partly available Enterprise Intelligence surfaces live agent failures and unverified identities as immediate attention signals; richer event intelligence remains in build. |
Quote to Revenue CRM & ERP
GleanNot described
Not part of its documented platform.
NeocortexAvailable
Key installable app, suited to many businesses and professional services in particular.
White-label client portal
GleanNot described
Not part of its documented platform.
NeocortexAvailable
Branded portal for clients and partners.
Agreements, invoicing and accounting sync
GleanNot described
Not part of its documented platform.
NeocortexAvailable
Includes QuickBooks sync: pull-only, with manual, confirmed pushes.
Projects, tasks and Kanban
GleanNot described
Not part of its documented platform.
NeocortexAvailable
Tasks, calendar, projects and Kanban.
Time capture and timesheets
GleanNot described
Not part of its documented platform.
NeocortexAvailable
Time capture feeding quotes and invoices.
APIs and SDKs to build on
GleanYes
Search, Chat and Agents APIs, Indexing SDK and UI SDK.
NeocortexAvailable
REST, MCP, signed webhooks and the App SDK.
App marketplace
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Install, configure and remove apps per organisation.
Enterprise architecture tooling
GleanNot described
Not part of its documented platform.
NeocortexPartly available
Enterprise Architect Expert and the architecture library; a fuller Architecture capability is planned.
Proactive operational attention
GleanYes
Glean positions proactive AI and automated workflows as part of its platform.
NeocortexPartly available
Enterprise Intelligence surfaces live agent failures and unverified identities as immediate attention signals; richer event intelligence remains in build.
Deployment, residency and ownershipWhere it runs and who controls it.
| Feature | Glean | Neocortex |
|---|---|---|
| Managed multi-tenant cloud | Yes Glean-hosted SaaS. | Available Managed cloud in Australia (a dedicated instance per customer). |
| Single-tenant dedicated instance | Yes Single-tenant cloud with dedicated infrastructure. | Available Dedicated instance per customer, never pooled. |
| Customer-hosted or on-premises | Yes Customer-hosted deployment, including on-premises with Dell. | Available Your data centre, with local models. |
| Your own AWS, Azure or Google Cloud tenancy | Yes Customer-hosted in your cloud. | Available Standard container images into your tenancy. |
| Hybrid (app in cloud, data and models on-premises) | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Private connectivity between cloud app and on-premises data and models. |
| Data residency | Yes Configurable data residency. | Partly available Residency by hosting location, in Australia or any country. Policy-driven residency controls are roadmap. |
| Australian data sovereignty option | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Run on infrastructure you control, in Australia. |
| Source-code escrow or source licence | Not described Not described in its public materials. | Available Subscribe with source in escrow, or license it outright. |
| Zero vendor lock-in | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Standard Next.js and PostgreSQL; leave with your code and data. |
Managed multi-tenant cloud
GleanYes
Glean-hosted SaaS.
NeocortexAvailable
Managed cloud in Australia (a dedicated instance per customer).
Single-tenant dedicated instance
GleanYes
Single-tenant cloud with dedicated infrastructure.
NeocortexAvailable
Dedicated instance per customer, never pooled.
Customer-hosted or on-premises
GleanYes
Customer-hosted deployment, including on-premises with Dell.
NeocortexAvailable
Your data centre, with local models.
Your own AWS, Azure or Google Cloud tenancy
GleanYes
Customer-hosted in your cloud.
NeocortexAvailable
Standard container images into your tenancy.
Hybrid (app in cloud, data and models on-premises)
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Private connectivity between cloud app and on-premises data and models.
Data residency
GleanYes
Configurable data residency.
NeocortexPartly available
Residency by hosting location, in Australia or any country. Policy-driven residency controls are roadmap.
Australian data sovereignty option
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Run on infrastructure you control, in Australia.
Source-code escrow or source licence
GleanNot described
Not described in its public materials.
NeocortexAvailable
Subscribe with source in escrow, or license it outright.
Zero vendor lock-in
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Standard Next.js and PostgreSQL; leave with your code and data.
Security, privacy and complianceCertifications, controls and Australian obligations.
| Feature | Glean | Neocortex |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 Type II | Yes Certified. | Not certified Not certified. No attestation is claimed. |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Yes Certified. | Not certified Not certified. Architected against the control themes. |
| Encryption in transit and at rest | Yes AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit. | Available Encryption in transit and at rest. |
| Single sign-on and provisioning | Yes SSO and SCIM. | Partly available Identity-provider integration today; deeper enterprise identity such as SCIM is roadmap. |
| Audit logging | Yes Configurable, exportable to a SIEM. | Partly available Domain audit trails and agent-run evidence; a platform-wide, exportable audit log is in build. |
| Customer-commissioned penetration testing | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Welcomed and supported. |
| GDPR and HIPAA statements | Yes States GDPR and HIPAA alignment. | Not certified Not claimed. |
| Australian Privacy Principles | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Partly available Privacy-by-design controls you can map to the APPs. Compliance remains the customer’s responsibility. |
| ACSC Essential Eight and ISO themes | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Partly available Controls you can map to them. No certification is claimed. |
SOC 2 Type II
GleanYes
Certified.
NeocortexNot certified
Not certified. No attestation is claimed.
ISO/IEC 27001
GleanYes
Certified.
NeocortexNot certified
Not certified. Architected against the control themes.
Encryption in transit and at rest
GleanYes
AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit.
NeocortexAvailable
Encryption in transit and at rest.
Single sign-on and provisioning
GleanYes
SSO and SCIM.
NeocortexPartly available
Identity-provider integration today; deeper enterprise identity such as SCIM is roadmap.
Audit logging
GleanYes
Configurable, exportable to a SIEM.
NeocortexPartly available
Domain audit trails and agent-run evidence; a platform-wide, exportable audit log is in build.
Customer-commissioned penetration testing
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Welcomed and supported.
GDPR and HIPAA statements
GleanYes
States GDPR and HIPAA alignment.
NeocortexNot certified
Not claimed.
Australian Privacy Principles
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexPartly available
Privacy-by-design controls you can map to the APPs. Compliance remains the customer’s responsibility.
ACSC Essential Eight and ISO themes
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexPartly available
Controls you can map to them. No certification is claimed.
Commercials and deliveryHow you buy it and get it live.
| Feature | Glean | Neocortex |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum seats | Partly Reported as 100 seats (third-party reports; Glean does not publish pricing). | Available One seat. |
| Published pricing | Not described Not published. | Partly available Per-user pricing after a guided trial; above 500 users is quoted as enterprise. |
| Delivery approach | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Two-week discovery, then human-led delivery with AI doing the heavy lifting. |
| White-label the platform | Not described Not described in the sources used for this comparison. | Available Name, logo, colours, domain, documents and AI persona. |
Minimum seats
GleanPartly
Reported as 100 seats (third-party reports; Glean does not publish pricing).
NeocortexAvailable
One seat.
Published pricing
GleanNot described
Not published.
NeocortexPartly available
Per-user pricing after a guided trial; above 500 users is quoted as enterprise.
Delivery approach
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Two-week discovery, then human-led delivery with AI doing the heavy lifting.
White-label the platform
GleanNot described
Not described in the sources used for this comparison.
NeocortexAvailable
Name, logo, colours, domain, documents and AI persona.
2026 capability programme
The benchmark is the whole operating model.
Neocortex is being benchmarked across context, search, expertise, agents, orchestration, proactive work, governance, model intelligence, collaboration, openness, business execution, deployment, security and measurable outcomes — not just chatbot quality.
Context
Enterprise Intelligence now gives one operating view across knowledge, activity, agents and systems.
AI workforce
Agents, Experts, Personas, skills, identities and schedules are managed as a single fleet.
Execution
Neocortex operates the work itself: CRM/ERP, quotes, agreements, projects, time, invoices and client portals.
Governance
Risk, autonomy, identity, approvals and agent evidence are first-class controls.
Collaboration
Shared AI workspaces keep people, AI contributions, artefacts, versions and approvals together.
Ownership
Open MCP/API/App SDK plus customer-controlled hosting and source/data ownership keep the platform portable.
This is a product benchmark, not a claim of universal superiority. Glean currently has greater indexed connector breadth and formal security/compliance certifications; Neocortex differentiates through the breadth of the operating system around AI, customer control, open interfaces and business execution.
Capability uplift
What Neocortex takes from the comparison.
Glean has helped define the enterprise-context category. The comparison is most useful when it exposes the capabilities an AI operating layer must make first-class: context, agent lifecycle, collaboration, governance and measurable execution.
Enterprise context
Connect organisational knowledge, people, decisions and systems into a reusable context layer rather than treating every agent as a separate knowledge island.
Agent lifecycle
Build toward reusable agents with explicit identity, tools, permissions, routing, testing, observability and retirement controls.
Collaborative work
Make AI work a shared activity around projects and outcomes, not just a private chat transcript.
Proactive operations
Surface what needs attention, why it matters and what action is safe to take next.
Governance + telemetry
Bring permissions, policy, audit, cost, failures and outcomes into the same operating view.
Open context
Use MCP and APIs so governed enterprise context can travel to the AI front doors teams already choose.
Neocortex solution design
The platform in C4 diagrams (context, containers, the AI Brain core and deployment options) is on the Architecture page.
Glean may suit you if
- Your main problem is finding information scattered across hundreds of SaaS apps.
- You need content from hundreds of apps indexed for search from day one.
- You are happy to keep your business processes in the systems you already run.
Neocortex may suit you if
- You want governed AI inside the work itself, with Quote to Revenue CRM & ERP for quotes, agreements, invoices, projects and client portals. It suits many businesses, and professional services in particular.
- You need to own the data and hold the source code, with hosting in Australia or your own cloud.
- You want to start small: Neocortex has a one-seat minimum, so a team of five can use it as readily as a company of five thousand.
- You want to retire several licences, not add another one.
They are not mutually exclusive. An organisation can keep a broad search layer over its SaaS estate and still run quote to revenue, agreements and client work on Neocortex. The discovery phase is where we work out which of these you actually need.