The Brain / Compare

2026Updated 15 September 2026

Ten tools you already know, compared.

You already pay for something that answers questions; three of these four categories are good buys, compared here from public product information, not a controlled test.

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WorkElate Chief's morning briefing on a seeded organization, the ranked list with a reason on each item
WorkElate Chief, the Brain, on a seeded organization
At a glance

Ten tools and the Brain, six columns

Bold is the value, grey is the qualifier. Every vendor cell comes from that vendor's own public pages, listed on its page. Each name opens the full comparison.

WorkElate Chief's morning briefing on a seeded organization, the ranked list with a reason on each item
WorkElate Chief, the Brain, on a seeded organization

PickWorkElate Chief, the Brain. One memory across the systems you already run: it reads what they record, judges what needs a person, and asks before it changes anything. A two-week Sprint, then $30K–$100K fixed.

Why the Brain →
ToolSits onSpeaks firstCarries to doneWho approves a writeHow it is boughtBest for
The Brain Pick200 to 2,000 people, many systems your systemsinstalled by WE_AINA, no rip and replace ranked list with reasonsafter deciding it is worth your time with a person's yesfind, read, draft, send, assign a person, alwaysthe AI cannot approve its own action 2-week Sprintthen $30K–$100K fixed One memory across the systems you already run
GleanEnterprise search and agents its own index275+ connectors, permissions honored agents on triggerssearch waits for the question agents, depth to documentagents that reason and act not documentedgovernance and oversight, no per-action yes found on request Finding anything across a wide estate
Microsoft 365 CopilotSuite copilot one suiteMicrosoft 365, grounded in Graph agents on triggersCopilot Chat waits for a question agents, depth to documentdeep inside its apps; Agent Store, Copilot Studio not documentedinherits your Microsoft 365 permissions $18 per user per monthBusiness add-on, yearly, promotional to 31 Dec 2026; list $21 Work that stays inside Microsoft 365
Gemini for Google WorkspaceSuite copilot one suiteGoogle Workspace and the Gemini app agents on triggersWorkspace Studio flows you build; the rest waits agents, depth to documentinside Workspace; flows for meeting prep, mail not documentedadmin controls decide who has Gemini includedfrom Business Starter; priced per region Work that stays inside Workspace
UnifyAppsAI platform for large enterprises its own platformyour cloud or on-prem, 950+ connectors automations on triggersno proactive briefing found agents, depth to documentagentic AI and automations you build not documentedgovernance named, no per-action yes found on requestno public pricing page found Large enterprises with a platform team
MoveworksEmployee assistant its own indexplugins into your apps, 50+ sources waits for a questionno proactive briefing found agents, depth to documentReasoning Engine picks plugins, runs actions not documentedgoverned AI with guardrails on requestcustom quote IT and HR tickets at scale, every channel
Notion AIWorkspace teammate a workspaceNotion, plus connected apps and MCP agents on triggersscheduled Custom Agents; Notion Agent on demand agents, depth to documentinside Notion, plus Slack, Mail, Calendar not documentedadmins limit who creates agents $20 per member per monthBusiness; Custom Agents $10 per 1,000 credits Teams whose record lives in Notion
GuruVerified knowledge its own indexgoverned knowledge base, 100+ integrations about knowledgeflags stale content and conflicts answersdrafts and corrections to knowledge only documented approvalsverification routed to experts; other writes not documented on requestscoped on the first call Keeping company knowledge verified and cited
DustAgent workbench a workspace70+ connectors into a Dust workspace agents on triggersin workflows your team builds agents, depth to documenttriage, CRM updates, review, by agents you build not documenteddual-layer permission model 24 euro per monthPro, billed yearly; Max 120 euro; Enterprise on request Teams that want to build their own agents
CoveoAI relevance and search its own indexconnectors into ServiceNow, Salesforce, SharePoint waits for a questionrecommendations on a visit answersretrieval for people and agents not documentedreads dominate on requestentitlement or seat based Relevance for commerce, service and intranet
WorkatoOrchestration and iPaaS its own platform12,000+ connectors, as an orchestration layer on your triggerevents, schedules and APIs along the recipeDeep Action runs the process written documented approvalsa person signs off on consequential actions on request Known processes that must run exactly once

yes, as documentedpartly, or only where you build itno, or not documented

Comparison based on publicly available product information as of September 2026, not a controlled test. Prices are the vendor's published entry plan where one is published, and "on request" where it is not. If we have something wrong, tell us and we will fix it.

By name

Each of the ten, in one line

Each page names what the product is better at before it names where we differ. Sometimes one of them is the right buy and we are not.

01

Glean

Better at finding anything across 275+ connectors with permissions honored. We differ: we start from what changed, keep one memory, and wait for a person before anything sends.

02

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Better inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams, grounded in Microsoft Graph, at a published price. We differ: one memory across the suite and everything next to it.

03

Gemini for Google Workspace

Better in every Workspace app you open, included in the Business plans. We differ: the record that lives outside Workspace is still ours to watch.

04

UnifyApps

Better as an AI operating system for a large enterprise, on-prem if you need it. We differ: a fixed-fee install for 200 to 2,000 people, not a platform to staff.

05

Moveworks

Better at answering every employee in every channel and language. We differ: we watch the work that goes quiet, not the queue that asks.

06

Notion AI

Better as a teammate inside the Notion page, with agents on triggers at a published price. We differ: one memory across systems, not one workspace.

07

Guru

Better at keeping knowledge verified, with a citation on every answer. We differ: we keep the work moving, not the wiki true.

08

Dust

Better as a workbench where your team builds its own agents over 20+ models. We differ: the judgment is installed, not assembled.

09

Coveo

Better at relevance for commerce, service and workplace search. We differ: we judge the next move, not the ranking.

10

Workato

Better at running a known process exactly once across 12,000+ connectors, with approvals on consequential actions. We differ: we judge the case with no recipe.

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The decision table

Six questions that decide it

The BrainPer-app copilotsEnterprise searchiPaaS and RPABuild your own
Sees across every systemYes, one map of how your deals, threads, tickets and documents connectIts own toolDocuments and messagesWhat a flow touchesIf you keep the connectors
Speaks before you askYes, after deciding it is worth your timeInside its toolNo, by designOn the trigger writtenWhatever you build
Carries work to doneYes, and stops for a person before anything consequentialInside its toolUsually notOn the path writtenOnce you build it
Who approves a writeA person. Anything that sends, deletes or shares waits for a clickVariesReads dominateNobody, usuallyWhatever you design
Adding the twelfth systemConnect it; nothing in the Brain is rewrittenAnother licence, another memoryA connectorNew flows per scenarioConnector, index, eval pass
What you own at the endYour systems, the map between them, and the rules on what needs a yesA subscriptionAn indexFlows that need ownersEverything, every year

Public product information, not a test. Read each: per-app copilots, enterprise search, iPaaS and RPA, build your own.

Not us when your estate is one vendor, when finding is the complaint, or when the same twelve things happen every week.

Updated 15 September 2026 · WE_AINA

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