Replit

Replit vs Glean

Glean answers questions. Replit creates real apps.

Glean gives employees AI agents that answer questions and run steps inside Glean. On Replit, the same people create real apps that are hosted and shared securely.

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Make it, then share it

An app for the people who make it and the people who use it.

For the people who make it

Describe it, then keep improving it

  • Describe the app in plain words and get one that works, with its own screens.
  • Sign-ins, a database and hosting come built in.
  • Invite colleagues into the project to change it together.
  • Connect Stripe, Slack, HubSpot, Google Workspace, Notion and 450+ more.
For the people who use it

Open it like any other app

  • Colleagues or customers open it at a replit.app address or your own domain.
  • People can sign in to the app itself, each with their own account.
  • Changes reach everyone as soon as they’re published.
  • Apps run in isolated environments, keys stay hidden, and admins can require a security scan before anything is published.
Same app

Your team creates the app. Colleagues and customers use it.

Side by side

Glean gives you answers. Replit gives you real apps.

What you get with Replit and with Glean
What your company getsReplitGlean
An app with its own screensReplit creates an app with its own pages, buttons and layout. Glean agents start from a chat message, a form or a schedule inside Glean.YesGlean’s chat and forms
Hosted at its own addressReplit hosts the app on a replit.app address or your company’s own domain.YesRuns inside Glean
Database and user sign-insReplit apps keep their own data and can have their own sign-ins, ready to use in the same project.YesUses Glean accounts
Customers can use it tooReplit apps can be shared with colleagues or opened by customers. Glean agents are shared with people, teams or the whole company.YesShared with employees
Published apps in your own cloudReplit can run the apps your team publishes, or all of Replit, in your company’s own Azure, Google Cloud or AWS account.Azure, Google Cloud or AWSNot a host
The path

From a description to an app colleagues and customers use.

The same four steps on both. Replit includes every step in one project. With Glean, most steps need something extra: a tool to sign up for or a task someone has to do.

  1. 01

    Describe it in plain words

    Replit: Included
    Glean: Included
  2. 02

    A working app with its own screens

    Replit: Included
    Glean: 1 extra needed
    • tool: A separate app makerA Glean agent replies in Glean’s chat or forms, so screens of your own have to be made with another product.
  3. 03

    Live at its own address or your domain

    Replit: Included
    Glean: 2 extras needed
    • tool: A place to host itGlean runs agents inside Glean, so a standalone app needs hosting that someone picks, sets up and pays for.
    • task: Database and domain setupSomeone connects a database for the app’s records and points the company’s domain at it.
  4. 04

    Shared with sign-ins, improved together

    Replit: Included
    Glean: 2 extras needed
    • tool: A sign-in serviceLetting customers or partners log in takes a separate service that someone connects to the app.
    • task: Shared access to change itColleagues need access to the code and the hosting before they can work on the app together.

Replit4 steps, one project, everything included.

Glean4 steps, 5 extras — 3 tools and 2 tasks to set up and keep running.

ReplitOne project, start to finish
  1. Describe it in plain words

    Included
  2. A working app with its own screens

    Included
  3. Live at its own address or your domain

    Included
  4. Shared with sign-ins, improved together

    Included

4 steps, one project, everything included.

GleanExtras needed
  1. Describe it in plain words

    Included
  2. A working app with its own screens

    1 extra needed
    • tool: A separate app makerA Glean agent replies in Glean’s chat or forms, so screens of your own have to be made with another product.
  3. Live at its own address or your domain

    2 extras needed
    • tool: A place to host itGlean runs agents inside Glean, so a standalone app needs hosting that someone picks, sets up and pays for.
    • task: Database and domain setupSomeone connects a database for the app’s records and points the company’s domain at it.
  4. Shared with sign-ins, improved together

    2 extras needed
    • tool: A sign-in serviceLetting customers or partners log in takes a separate service that someone connects to the app.
    • task: Shared access to change itColleagues need access to the code and the hosting before they can work on the app together.

4 steps, 5 extras — 3 tools and 2 tasks to set up and keep running.

Enterprise controls

IT controls for apps your colleagues and customers use.

Apps made on Replit follow the sign-in rules, admin settings and audit logs your IT team sets, including the ones customers open, and can run in your company’s own cloud.

  • Identity and compliance

    SOC 2 Type II, SSO and SCIM

    People sign in through your identity provider, and accounts are added and removed automatically as they join or leave.

  • Workspace settings

    One policy, approved exceptions

    Set a rule once for the whole company, approve a different value for one team, or hand a setting to that team’s admin, including which model providers and models each workspace can use.

  • Audit logs

    A record of who changed what

    More than 65 event types across publishing, sign-ins, secrets, connectors, domains and Agent activity, streamed to Datadog, Splunk, Amazon S3 or any webhook.

  • Checks before publishing

    Safer apps by default

    Every app runs in its own isolated environment with separate development and production databases, keys stay hidden, and admins can require a security scan before anything is published.

  • Bring your own cloud

    Run it in your own cloud

    Host published apps, or all of Replit, in your company’s own Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud or AWS account, on a private network. For the people making apps, nothing changes: they still click Publish.

  • Custom connectors

    Connect your internal systems

    Connect internal systems that aren’t in Replit’s list of 450+ connections, and decide for the whole company which connections people can use and which credentials they sign in with.

Why companies add Replit

What changes when people outside engineering create products, not just agents.

Ideas become products people use.

When someone can describe an app and publish it the same day, a good idea reaches colleagues and customers without waiting for an engineering project.

  • Hosted apps
  • Customer-facing tools
  • Shared projects
  • One set of controls
  • Sign-ins and saved data

    Each app can have its own accounts and database, so colleagues and customers sign in and pick up where they left off.

  • Screens people click through

    Replit Design turns an idea into screens, slides and charts, so people react to something real.

  • Controls on what goes live

    Workspace policies and audit logs cover the apps people publish, and admins can require a security scan first.

  • 450+ connections, built in

    Stripe, Slack, HubSpot, Google Workspace, Notion and hundreds more connect inside the app, plus custom connectors for internal systems.

Try it on a tool your colleagues or customers have been asking for, with a complimentary trial.

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Foundations

Scale what works, on a foundation you can trust.

When a workflow proves itself on one team, roll it out across the company, connected to your systems and inside the access and oversight rules you set.

  1. Run every app, site, and automation within defined access boundaries, with SOC 2 Type II, SSO, and SCIM.

  2. Set access and publishing rules, and review the activity your administrators can see.

  3. Anyone can describe what they need in plain English and work through it with colleagues.

  4. Choose from the model options available to your organization.

  5. No per-seat fees, and teams reuse shared work instead of starting again.

Perspectives

Leading companies on turning ideas into apps people use.

Leaders at Zillow, Talkdesk, and SMFL Digital Lab on working with partners live, scaling internal solutions in hours rather than weeks, and turning individual concepts into team realities.

  • Agent 4 unlocks true collaboration and real-time learning — now our teams can design and build with our closest partners live, turn instant feedback into measurable wins, and deliver outcomes that delight customers and partners.

    Doug RodermundPrincipal Product Manager, Zillow
  • To deliver the world's best customer experience, our internal teams need to work without limits. Replit gives our teams the 'superpowers' to prototype and scale internal solutions in hours rather than weeks, ensuring our operations are as innovative as the products we build. We're excited to see what we can build with Agent 4.

    Shauna GeraghtySVP, Global People and Talent, Talkdesk
  • SMFL Digital Lab

    Agent 4 is a game-changer. Multi-user vibe coding via the kanban is a significant milestone for enterprises. It's great for turning individual concepts into team realities and managing tasks through diverse role definitions.

    Takeshi FujiwaraDirector, SMFL Digital Lab
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Let your team create the apps colleagues and customers use.

See how the people with the ideas could create, host and share apps your colleagues and customers use. You'll leave with:

  1. 01Use cases matched to your priorities
  2. 02Answers on your security and governance requirements
  3. 03A rollout and adoption plan, with pricing

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