Productivity

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AI knowledge base that surfaces answers inside your workflow

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★4.5ratingPricing · Freemium from $14/moRising
The FalcoScan Intel PanelGuru · Productivity
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

Productivity AI has a narrow moat on average, from the moat scores of its rated products. What protects Productivity AI tools, and the widest moats

The Brief

What Guru does

Guru delivers verified answers inside Slack, email, and your browser — right when you need them, without leaving your workflow.

How Guru compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Guru does. Only LUCI lists a starting price, $17 a month. 3 of the 5 offer an API, as Guru does. Guru offers a web app and a browser extension. Of the alternatives, 3 offer a web app and 1 offers a browser extension. Guru was founded in 2015; the alternatives were founded between 2019 and 2022. Guru is based in Philadelphia, United States; 2 of the 3 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too, and the others in France.

Market position · Productivity

How Guru compares in Productivity

Guru has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 353 live Productivity tools on FalcoScan. Across Productivity, the average opportunity score is 63.2 and the average saturation score 47. FalcoScan rates Guru's own market position as contested. 58 of the 353 operating Productivity tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 5 shutdowns in the category.

Guru compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
GuruFounded 2015 · Philadelphia, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium$14/moYesYesWeb, ExtensionRising
GleanFounded 2019 · New York, United StatesHighContestedPaid—NoYesWeb, DesktopHot
Fabric Second BrainFounded 2022ModerateContestedFreemium—YesNoWeb, ExtensionRising
Slite AI KnowledgeFounded 2020 · Paris, FranceModerateContestedFreemium—YesNoWeb, SlackRising
LUCIModerateContestedFreemium$17/moYesYesDesktopStable
Raycast ExtensionsFounded 2020 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesDesktopHot

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Productivity.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Guru exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Knowledge RetrievalSemantic Search
Industry Verticals
Customer ServiceSales
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Alternatives to Guru

Products still running that do the same job, from the productivity market and related ones, closest match first.

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Productivity
Glean

The AI work assistant that searches across all your company tools

★ 4.6Opportunity High
Paid
Productivity
Fabric Second Brain

AI-powered knowledge base and browser

★ 4.4Opportunity Moderate
Freemium
Productivity
Slite AI Knowledge

AI knowledge base for remote teams

★ 4.3Opportunity Moderate
Freemium
Productivity
LUCI

Local AI memory that records meetings and screen activity for you and your agents

Opportunity Moderate
Freemium
Productivity
Raycast Extensions

Supercharged productivity launcher with AI

★ 4.8Opportunity High
Freemium
Productivity
Kagi Search

Ad-free AI-powered search with personalization and summaries

★ 4.7Opportunity Moderate
Paid
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Questions

Guru: common questions

Is Guru free?

Guru has a free tier, with paid plans from $14 a month.

What are the best alternatives to Guru?

The closest alternatives to Guru that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Glean, Fabric Second Brain, Slite AI Knowledge, LUCI, and Raycast Extensions.

Is Guru still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Guru as operating at getguru.com.

Where is Guru based?

Guru is headquartered in Philadelphia, United States.

Does Guru have an API?

Yes. Guru offers an API.

Who is Guru for?

Guru is built for customer support and sales teams.

How do I sign in to Guru?

Sign in on Guru's own website, getguru.com. FalcoScan reviews Guru but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Guru directly.

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