Question 1

We already have Copilot

Accepted Answer

Most companies license Copilot for 10-15% of employees. QueryNow Search gives everyone AI search without per-user fees, and searches across Workday, ServiceNow, and Salesforce which Copilot cannot do by default.

Question 2

We're evaluating Glean

Accepted Answer

Glean is a capable product at $50/user/month. QueryNow delivers comparable AI search for a one-time fee of $25K-$150K, deployed in your Azure tenant so your data never leaves your environment.

Question 3

SharePoint search works fine

Accepted Answer

SharePoint Search uses keyword matching and only covers SharePoint/OneDrive. QueryNow uses AI-powered hybrid search across all enterprise systems with direct answers, not document lists.

Question 4

We want to build it ourselves

Accepted Answer

Building enterprise AI search from scratch takes 12-18 months and $500K+ in engineering time. QueryNow deploys a production-ready solution in 4 weeks and gives you the source code.

Capability	M365 Copilot	QueryNow Search
Pricing model	$30/user/month	One-time fee
Available to all employees	Licensed users only (10-15%)
Searches SharePoint
Searches Workday	Via Graph Connectors*
Searches ServiceNow	Via Graph Connectors*
Searches Salesforce	Via Graph Connectors*
Any REST API
Task completion
Generative UI
Data stays in your tenant	Microsoft cloud
Custom search UI
Vendor lock-in	High	None
Per-user licensing

Capability	Glean	QueryNow Search
Pricing model	$50/user/month	One-time fee
Deployment model	SaaS (Glean cloud)	Your Azure tenant
Data location	Glean servers	Your Azure subscription
Connector breadth	Pre-built connectors	MCP framework + custom
Task completion
Customization	Limited	Full source code access
Vendor lock-in	High	None
Annual cost (1K users)	$600,000	~$30K infrastructure
3-year TCO (1K users)	$1,800,000	$105K–$165K

Capability	SharePoint Search	QueryNow Search
AI-powered results
Natural language queries
Searches non-M365 systems
Task completion
Personalized results	Basic	Role, dept, location, history
Semantic understanding
Analytics dashboard	Basic	Advanced + Power BI
Security trimming
Custom UI	Limited	Full React frontend
Additional cost	Included in M365	One-time fee

QueryNow Search vs. the alternatives

vs. M365 Copilot

vs. Glean

3-year TCO: Glean vs QueryNow Search

vs. SharePoint Search (native)

“But we already have ___”

See the difference for yourself