Glean unlocks your company’s knowledge and enables powerful work AI for everyone.
Glean - Unlock Your Company's Knowledge
"Glean" is a Chrome extension designed to unlock your company’s knowledge, offering instant search capabilities and generative AI for quick answers. It provides a new tab page featuring recommended documents, notifications, and calendar access, while allowing users to create no-code generative AI applications. Connects with popular workplace tools like Google Drive and Slack to boost your team's productivity.
Extension stats
Manifest V3 Overrides new tab
Permissions:
- activeTab
- alarms
- bookmarks
- contextMenus
- history
- offscreen
- scripting
- storage
- tabs
- favicon See more
Size: 172.03K
Email: te*****@glean.com
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
User reviews
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Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
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Pros
- Improves workflow by providing quick access to necessary documents and tools.
- The Glean extension serves as a new tab page which is convenient for users.
- Integrates well with Google Docs, enhancing productivity.
- Allows easy search across applications and documents using simple queries.
- Great for onboarding new employees, providing quick access to company information.
Cons
- Hijacks the Chrome startup page, making it the default new tab without an option to disable.
- Causes issues with bookmarks, blocking their access.
- Performance problems, including freezing and crashing Chrome.
- Login issues reported by corporate users, impacting usability.
- Inconsistent user experience leading to frustration in navigation.
Most mentioned
- Glean serves as a new tab page providing quick access to search and tools.
- Significant improvement in workflow and task completion speed.
- Integration with Google Docs is a highlight for users.
- Problems with bookmarks and tab hijacking are frequent complaints.
- Some users experience performance issues with the extension.
User reviews
Love it! Every tab I open, Glean is there!
by
Frank van der Bijl, 2025-01-15
Absolutely amazing,
by
Tafari Burke, 2024-10-15
I've been so impressed with this tool. I'll be doing something and instead of hurtling into 5 apps to search for something, i can just search for "figma file that X sent me with icons" and bam! It's right there. Truly magical.
by
Sandhya Simhan, 2024-08-23
Extension safety
Risk impact
Glean requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood
Glean is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.
Risk likelihood analysis details
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