Glean
Large (~1,475)
Granola
Small (~50)
Best For
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
Granola
Best for: Craft-focused generalists who love native macOS development and want to build a consumer-quality AI product people genuinely love
Ratings
GleanGranola
4.2
4.8
Overall
3.8
4.5
Work-Life Balance
4.3
5.0
Culture & Values
4.2
4.5
Comp & Benefits
4.0
5.0
Senior Mgmt
4.0
4.7
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Sam Stephenson)
Culture Values
Glean only
🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Granola only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
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
Granola
- Users absolutely love the product — everyone at Granola genuinely cares about quality
- Plenty of opportunities to work on things that make a real difference on a small team
- 5 days in office by default (with flexibility for life circumstances)
- Small team, so things can be busy — you'll wear many hats
Bottom Line
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.
Granola
Choose Granola if you want to work on one of the most loved AI products with a small, London-based, in-office team obsessed with craft — but note the 5-days-in-office policy is explicit and non-negotiable.
Open Roles
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
Granola — 16 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
6
💻 Engineering
4
📣 Marketing
2
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
Glean scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Granola scores 4.8/5.0 overall with a 4.5 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate. Glean also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Transparent. Granola also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Glean has 180 open roles and Granola has 16 open roles.