# Glue

> Work chat organized into named threads, with AI agents built in

Glue is a work chat app that organizes conversations into named threads instead of channels. A thread can be addressed to any mix of groups and people, shows up in each participant's inbox, and can be closed once the work is done. Glue AI and agents such as Cursor can be mentioned in a thread to answer questions from workspace context, summarize and draft.

- **Category:** Team Communication
- **Made by:** Glue, Inc.
- **Website:** https://glue.ai
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

Glue has a free plan. Paid plans start at $6 per user / month, billed annually (Startup; first 5 users free).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** The Startup plan is free for a workspace's first 5 users, with up to 5 groups and 1 admin, unlimited threads and message history, integrations, external users and API access.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial of the Business plan with unlimited users, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Startup | $0 up to 5 users, then $6 per user / month, billed annually ($7 billed monthly) | Up to 5 groups and 1 admin, unlimited threads, message history, apps, webhooks and external users, public API access and open-source AI models. |
| Business | $12 per user / month, billed yearly ($14 billed monthly) | Everything in Startup plus unlimited groups, multiple admins, data imports up to 100 MB and premium AI models from Gemini, Anthropic and OpenAI. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Everything in Business plus unlimited data import, SAML and SCIM, priority support and guided onboarding. |

Read from https://glue.ai/pricing on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Glue before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **About 14% less with annual billing** (Annual discount): Glue's billing docs list Business at $12 per user / month on an annual plan against $14 monthly, and Startup at $6 against $7, a saving of about 14%. Source: https://docs.glue.ai/for-admins/billing

## Key features

- **Named threads:** Every conversation is a thread with a subject line, sent to any combination of groups and people. Any message can be turned into a new thread, and a finished thread can be closed.
- **Personal inbox:** The threads that involve you are tracked in your own inbox, so you follow individual conversations instead of whole channels and archive them when you are done.
- **Groups:** Groups collect people and threads for a department, team or project, and each has a group chat private to its members. Guests from outside the workspace can be added.
- **Glue AI:** Mention @Glue AI in a thread to ask about a project's status or get a summary. It answers from the web and from the threads and groups the person asking is allowed to see.
- **Agents and MCP servers:** Agents such as Cursor can be mentioned in a thread to work alongside the team, and the Apps section offers MCP servers next to the regular app integrations.
- **Integrations and public API:** Pre-built integrations post updates and link previews from tools like GitHub and Linear. Zapier, webhooks and a public API cover custom integrations on every plan.

## Good for

- Teams that find channel-based chat noisy and want every topic in its own thread
- Teams that want an AI assistant and coding agents inside their chat threads
- Workspaces of five people or fewer, which can stay on the free Startup allowance

## Worth knowing

- Only a Startup workspace's first 5 users are free, and it is capped at 5 groups and 1 admin; Glue's docs say this is not a freemium plan.
- Premium AI models from Gemini, Anthropic and OpenAI need Business or Enterprise; Startup uses open-source models.
- Data imports are not part of the Startup plan; Business allows up to 100 MB and Enterprise is unlimited.
- The plan cards and docs put SAML SSO and SCIM on Enterprise only, though the pricing page's comparison table also ticks SAML SSO for Business.

## Works with

GitHub, Linear, Jira, Notion, Cursor, Zoom, Google Drive, Zapier

**Tags:** Team chat, AI features, AI agents, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Slack](https://toolgpa.com/tools/slack): Channel-based team messaging with huddles, workflows and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glue-vs-slack)
- [Twist](https://toolgpa.com/tools/twist): Async team messaging organized into threads. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glue-vs-twist)
- [Zulip](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zulip): Open-source team chat that organizes channels by topic. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glue-vs-zulip)
- [Microsoft Teams](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-teams): Chat, video meetings and calling tied into Microsoft 365. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glue-vs-microsoft-teams)
- [Pumble](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pumble): Team chat with unlimited message history on the free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glue-vs-pumble)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://glue.ai/pricing
- https://glue.ai/
- https://glue.ai/apps
- https://docs.glue.ai/
- https://docs.glue.ai/for-admins/billing
- https://docs.glue.ai/for-admins/free-trial
- https://docs.glue.ai/get-started/download-apps
- https://docs.glue.ai/glue-ai/using-glue-ai
- https://docs.glue.ai/integrations/integrations-overview
- https://docs.glue.ai/for-admins/saml-sso

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