
Docent alternatives
Tools that do what Docent does, found by what they say they do rather than by shelf. Among the equally alike, the most used come first. Each line says how it differs from Docent.
Read 2026-11-05 · Docent itself: Free plan · From ≈ $9.01/user/mo
With a free plan or free to use: Heybrain, CustomGPT.ai, Mintlify.
- #1

HeybrainKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Connects company documents, conversations, and tools into a shared AI knowledge base that teams and agents query with source attribution and permission controls.
Also: Agents
Little sign of useActiveFrom $5/user/mo - #2

GleanKnowledge
Indexes company apps like Slack, Drive and Jira into one permission-aware search, with a chat assistant and agents that answer from that index.
Also: AgentsMore widely used
63.5kActiveContact sales2019 - #3

OnyxKnowledge
Open source AI chat platform that searches your docs, apps and knowledge base to answer questions with grounded responses.
Open sourceMore widely used
27.3kActiveFrom $20/user/mo - #4

SearchAI Inference ServerKnowledge
Indexes and searches enterprise data with intent understanding and personalized retrieval.
Also: Search, Analytics
339From $24,000/yr2003 - #5

DashworksKnowledge
Searches across all workplace apps and knowledge bases to answer team questions in real time.
Also: Search
172MaintainedFrom $12/user/mo - #6

Dewey LabsKnowledge
Builds a private knowledge base from your content to answer user questions with citations, keeping audiences on your site.
Also: Analytics
154ActiveContact sales - #7

2BrainKnowledge
Builds searchable knowledge bases from documents and media, then generates chatbots to answer questions from that content.
Also: Chat assistant
12Maintained - #8

CustomGPT.aiRetrieval (RAG)
Builds chatbots that answer from your uploaded documents and websites with source citations, embeddable on sites or used internally.
Also: Chat assistantMore widely used
5kActiveFrom $89/mo2023 - #9

MintlifyKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Hosts self-updating documentation and knowledge bases that agents and LLMs can access and search.
Also: SearchMore widely used
34.9kActiveFrom $450/mo - #10

CordonDataKnowledge
Stores and searches enterprise documents with semantic search, PII detection, and OCR, running on-premise with permission-safe retrieval.
Same job
2Maintained
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