Glean
Large (~1,475)
Perplexity AI
Mid (~500)
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
Perplexity AI
Best for: Builders who thrive on speed and want massive user-facing impact at a rocketship
Ratings
GleanPerplexity AI
4.2
4.7
Overall
3.8
3.3
Work-Life Balance
4.3
4.8
Culture & Values
4.2
4.5
Comp & Benefits
4.0
4.5
Senior Mgmt
4.0
4.2
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
👍 92% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Aravind Srinivas)
Culture Values
Glean only
🪟 Transparent
Perplexity AI only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 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
Perplexity AI
- Fastest-growing AI product — real users, real revenue, genuine product-market fit
- Small team, massive impact per engineer — your work ships to millions quickly
- Startup intensity — expect long hours and high expectations
- Growing pains as the team scales — roles and responsibilities shift frequently
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.
Perplexity AI
Choose Perplexity if you want the fastest-growing AI product and huge per-engineer impact — but expect startup intensity.
Open Roles
Glean — 196 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
68
💻 Engineering
42
📋 Product
16
📣 Marketing
10
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
6
🎨 Design
5
📊 Data
3
⚙️ Operations
3
Perplexity AI — 78 jobs
💻 Engineering
43
🧠 ML / AI
6
📊 Data
5
💼 Sales / GTM
4
⚖️ Legal
3
⚙️ Operations
3
📣 Marketing
2
🎧 Support
2
👤 HR / People
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Glean scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Perplexity AI scores 4.7/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate. Glean also emphasizes Transparent. Perplexity AI also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Glean has 196 open roles and Perplexity AI has 78 open roles.