A Glean alternative built for startups and small teams
Holka reads across every tool your team already uses and answers in plain English with a source link on every fact, for a flat $29 a month with no seat minimums.
Looking for a Glean alternative built for a small team? Holka connects to the tools you already use, reads across all of them at once, and answers questions in plain English with a source link on every fact. It is read-only by default, so nothing changes in your tools without a one-tap confirmation.
Glean is a polished, enterprise-scale platform, and for large organizations that fit its model it can be a strong choice. But its pricing is quote-based, often per-seat, and rollouts can take real setup time. Holka is a flat $29/month, no seat minimums, and you connect in minutes.
Holka is $29 per month with no seat minimums and no sales call, so you know the cost before you start.
Link Gmail, Slack, Notion, HubSpot and 300+ other tools through OAuth and start asking questions the same day.
Every fact shows which connected tool it came from, so you can verify instead of trust.
Holka never writes to your tools on its own; any draft email or message waits for your one-tap confirmation.
Why choose Holka as a Glean alternative?
Choose Holka if you are a startup or small team that wants answers across all your tools without an enterprise contract. Holka gives you one place to ask a question and get a plain-English answer drawn from Gmail, Slack, Notion, your CRM, and more, with a source link on every fact.
Glean is designed for large organizations and tends toward per-seat, quote-based pricing and longer rollouts. That fit is real for enterprises, but it can be heavy for a team of five or fifty. Holka keeps the useful part, cross-tool search with attribution, at a flat $29/month you can start today.
How is Holka's pricing different from Glean's?
Holka has one public price: $29 per month for unlimited messages, with a free tier of 40 messages a month to try it first. There are no seat minimums, no per-user math, and no quote to request.
Glean does not publish standard pricing; plans are typically arranged through sales and are often structured per seat, which suits larger deployments. If you want to know your cost up front and keep it predictable as your team grows, Holka's flat rate is built for that. You connect your tools, ask questions, and pay one simple monthly price.
Is my data safe with Holka?
Holka is read-only by default. It reads across your connected tools to answer questions, but it does not send, post, or change anything on its own. When a task would write, such as drafting an email or a Slack message, Holka shows it as a draft that needs your one-tap confirmation before anything leaves.
Your data stays in your own tools; Holka does not make a bulk copy of everything. Access tokens are encrypted at rest. You stay in control of what is connected and can see the source behind every answer it gives.
Holka vs Glean, at a glance
| Feature | Holka | Glean |
|---|---|---|
| Public pricing | Flat $29/mo, listed | Quote-based, not public |
| Seat minimums | None | Often per-seat |
| Setup time | Connect in minutes | Varies, often longer |
| Source attribution | On every answer | Cites sources |
| Reads across all tools at once | Yes | Yes |
| Write actions | Read-only, confirm before send | Varies |
| Best fit | Startups and small teams | Enterprise-scale |
Frequently asked questions
Is Holka a cheaper alternative to Glean?
Holka is a flat $29 per month with no seat minimums, plus a free tier of 40 messages a month. Glean does not publish standard pricing and is typically arranged through sales, often per seat, so a direct number-to-number comparison is not possible, but Holka is designed to be predictable and affordable for small teams.
Does Holka work for a small business or just enterprises?
Holka is built for startups and small teams. There are no seat minimums and no sales process; you connect your tools through OAuth and can start asking questions the same day. Glean is designed for enterprise-scale deployments.
Can Holka read across all my tools at once like Glean?
Yes. Holka connects to Gmail, Slack, Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce, Stripe, GitHub, Linear, Google Drive and 300+ other tools, reads across all of them in a single question, and shows a source link for every fact in its answer.
Will Holka change or send anything in my tools?
Not without your confirmation. Holka is read-only by default. Any write action, such as a drafted email or message, is surfaced as a draft that needs a one-tap approval before it is sent.
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