Guru vs Slab

Guru

• Companies that want one verified source of answers for staff and AI tools
• Support, sales and IT teams that need cited answers inside Slack or Teams
• Organizations that need audit trails and permission-aware AI answers

Slab

• Teams of up to 10 that want a free internal wiki
• Companies that want one place to search docs and connected tools
• Non-profits and schools, which can get the Startup plan free

Guru

• Guru publishes no prices: its pricing page describes custom packages scoped with the sales team, and the site offers no self-serve signup.
• Every invited user takes a paid seat, including people who only read content.
• There is no native mobile app; phones use a mobile web app or Slack, and Guru says its desktop experience has the most complete functionality.
• Canceling requires written notice at least 15 days before the renewal date, and Guru does not issue refunds.

Slab

• The Free plan stops at 10 users and has no private topics, no custom domain and no AI features.
• SAML-based SSO, SCIM, the API and webhooks need Business at $12.50 per user / month billed annually; audit logs are Enterprise only.
• Slab has no read-only accounts: billing counts every user who can log in, and guests are capped at 3 or 5 per user below Enterprise.
• The downloads page offers desktop apps for Mac and Windows and a Chrome extension, but lists no mobile apps.

Guru

Verified knowledge base

Knowledge is organized into collections and kept current through verification. Usage signals, content age and policy rules handle most checks, and the rest are routed to assigned experts.

Knowledge Agents

Chat-style agents answer questions with citations, run multi-step research across sources and can act in connected systems, such as creating a ticket, as the signed-in user.

Search across connected sources

More than 100 connectors bring enterprise apps, databases and file systems into one search index, and each source keeps its original access permissions.

AI-drafted documentation

Agents turn conversations, meetings and tickets into draft documents and route them to subject-matter experts for review before anything is published.

Answers inside other tools

Guru answers questions in Slack and Microsoft Teams, in a browser extension for Chrome, Edge and Opera, and through an MCP server that AI tools can query.

Governance controls

Role-based access, SAML SSO and SCIM, audit logs with lineage, and DLP masking that redacts personal and sensitive data when content is ingested.

Slab

Posts and Topics

Content is written as posts and grouped into Topics, which organize related posts and give readers context. Posts and topics are unlimited on every plan.

Real-time editor and templates

The editor applies consistent formatting by default and lets several people work on a post at once. Templates are included on every plan.

Unified Search

One search box returns results from Slab content and from the tools connected to it, so answers stored elsewhere surface in the same list.

Post verification

A published post can be given a verifier and a review interval. A banner shows who verified it and when that expires, and verifiers are reminded to recheck it.

AI Autofix, Predict and Ask

Slab lists three AI capabilities: AI Autofix from the Startup plan, and AI Predict and AI Ask from Business. The Free plan includes none of them.

Integrations, API and webhooks

Standard integrations such as Slack, GitHub and Google Workspace are capped at 10 on Free. The GraphQL API, webhooks and premium integrations start on Business.

Guru

• Custom packageCustom

  Quoted by sales from an organization's scale, knowledge complexity and AI maturity; includes platform access and a team of solution engineers.

Slab

• Free$0

  Up to 10 users with unlimited posts and topics, 90 days of version history, 10 MB attachments and 10 standard integrations.

• Startup$6.67

  per user / month, billed annually ($8 billed monthly)

  Unlimited users, 3 guests per user, private topics, AI Autofix, 365 days of version history, 25 MB attachments and unlimited standard integrations.

• Business$12.50

  per user / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)

  5 guests per user, custom domains, AI Predict and AI Ask, SAML SSO, SCIM, the GraphQL API, webhooks, 3 premium integrations and an uptime SLA.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For at least 100 users: unlimited guests and premium integrations, audit logs, advanced AI Ask and dedicated support.

Guru

• Nonprofit

  Guru for Good nonprofit pricing

  Guru for Good offers the product at a reduced cost to eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits that contact the company. The pricing page does not state the size of the discount.

Slab

• Annual discount

  About 17% lower with annual billing

  Startup is $6.67 per user a month billed annually against $8 billed monthly, and Business is $12.50 against $15.

• Nonprofit

  Startup plan free for nonprofits

  Nonprofits can request the Startup plan at 100% off or the Business plan at 50% off, after registering a free team.

• Education

  Startup plan free for educational use

  The same request form covers educational use: the Startup plan is 100% free and the Business plan is 50% off.