Cognition
Medium (~300)
Glean
Large (~1,475)
Best For
Cognition
Best for: Elite engineers who want to build frontier AI coding agents and own a meaningful equity stake
Glean
Best for: AI engineers who want to work on enterprise search with ex-Google leadership and don't mind below-market base pay offset by strong equity upside
Ratings
CognitionGlean
3.8
4.2
Overall
3.2
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.3
Culture & Values
3.8
4.2
Comp & Benefits
3.6
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.0
Career Opps
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Scott Wu)
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
Culture Values
Cognition only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Glean only
🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Cognition
- Elite engineering team with strong equity
- Cutting-edge AI agent work
- High-intensity startup pace
- In-person SF expectations
Glean
- World-class AI talent — learn from ex-Google leadership on cutting-edge enterprise search
- Transparent collaborative culture with strong career growth
- Below-market compensation — comp rated only 3.6/5
- Sales org has high churn and toxicity problems in EMEA and US
Bottom Line
Cognition
Choose Cognition if you want world-class AI agent research (makers of Devin) with strong equity upside — but expect top-tier intensity and mandatory in-person in San Francisco.
Glean
Top-tier AI engineering talent and explosive growth, but comp lags peers and the sales org has churn problems — the engineering side is the real draw.
Open Roles
Cognition — 62 jobs
💻 Engineering
21
💼 Sales / GTM
10
📊 Data
3
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
💰 Finance
1
👤 HR / People
1
📣 Marketing
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
Glean — 180 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
62
💻 Engineering
38
📋 Product
15
👤 HR / People
7
⚙️ Operations
6
🎨 Design
5
📣 Marketing
5
🧠 ML / AI
5
📊 Data
1
💰 Finance
1
Summary
Cognition scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.2 work-life balance rating. Glean scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact. Cognition also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity. Glean also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Transparent.
On the hiring front, Cognition has 62 open roles and Glean has 180 open roles.