473
SaaS apps per enterprise
Each demanding credentials, attention, cognitive overhead.
The Hidden Crisis
Modern work is broken — and cloud AI makes it worse.
Dr. Gloria Mark's research at UC Irvine revealed a startling truth: attention spans collapsed from 2.5 minutes to 47 seconds in two decades. Microsoft's Work Trend Index confirms 48% of employees describe work as 'chaotic.' This isn't anecdotal — it's systemic.
By the numbers
What fragmentation costs.
28%
Of workweek on email
Only 39% spent on actual role-specific work (McKinsey).
47s
Average attention span
Down from 2.5 minutes. Attention residue reduces capacity.
$450B
Annual U.S. productivity loss
The true cost of workplace fragmentation (Asana Anatomy of Work).
Why existing solutions fall short
They lock you into their ecosystem.
It's by design — that's their core business model. Every major AI assistant sends your employees' data and documents to cloud infrastructure outside your control. We don't believe in vendor lock-in.
The regulated economy — healthcare ($4.3T), financial services ($4.6T), defense ($886B), legal ($350B) — cannot adopt cloud-only AI by law. But the same shape of risk hits any enterprise that takes its IP seriously: competitive intelligence, proprietary research, customer data, internal strategy. We built for the hardest case so the solution fits both — the regulated giant that must, and the ambitious enterprise that chooses to.
Comparison brief
Take this to your decision committee.
A 1-page Bolt + Aeira vs. Glean / Hebbia / Harvey / Microsoft Copilot — 14-dimension comparison with honest framing on where we win, where we tie, and where the incumbents win today. Designed to forward to your security and procurement teams without scheduling a call.
Honest framing: the brief includes a "Where they win today" section — Web UX polish, brand recognition, paying-customer references. We are not pretending those gaps don't exist.
Comparison
Bolt vs. Copilot 365 & Gemini Workspace
Microsoft Copilot 365 is a $30/seat add-on charged on top of existing M365 licenses ($14–22/seat), totaling $44–52/seat — and requires your data to route through Microsoft's Azure OpenAI cloud. Gemini Workspace similarly processes your documents externally.
| Bolt | Copilot 365 · Gemini | |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted / air-gapped deployment | ||
| Bring Your Own LLM — switch anytime | Vendor-locked model | |
| Works with any IdP — 365, Workspace, Zoho, Okta… | Own ecosystem only | |
| IP & PII protected from AI model | ||
| Data plane stays on-prem; only PII-masked prompts reach the LLM | ||
| HIPAA / ITAR / SOX deployable | ||
| Price per seat / month | $30Bolt Authorize · self-hosted, BYO LLM | $44–52$30 Copilot + $14–22 M365 base |
Comparison
Aeira vs. Glean
Glean is the leading enterprise search tool. It's cloud-hosted, SaaS-only, and routes all document indexing through Glean's infrastructure. Aeira offers equivalent search capability — with full data sovereignty.
| Aeira | Glean | |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted / on-prem deployment | SaaS only | |
| 4-level ACL filtering — public / department / group / user | Partial | |
| Documents indexed inside your perimeter | ||
| Bring Your Own LLM for AI answers | ||
| Price per seat / month | IncludedIncluded with Bolt Backbone | ~$50–65$50 base + $15 AI add-on · 100-seat min |
Comparison
Bolt vs. Harvey
Harvey is the leading vertical-AI assistant for legal teams — purpose-built workflows for diligence, drafting, and review. It is SaaS-only, cloud-routed, and centered on a fixed model provider. Bolt covers the same legal workflows and extends to the rest of the enterprise (M&A, IP, healthcare, defense, finance) — with full sovereignty.
| Bolt | Harvey | |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted / air-gapped deployment | SaaS only | |
| Data stays inside your perimeter | Routed to vendor cloud | |
| Bring Your Own LLM · swap models without re-certifying | Vendor-selected model | |
| IP & PII protected from the AI model | ||
| Identity-bound retrieval across every connected source | Workspace-scoped | |
| Covers legal + M&A + IP + healthcare + defense + finance | Legal-vertical focus | |
| Open MCP integrations · not locked to one ecosystem | ||
| Price per seat / month | $30Bolt Authorize · published rate | Enterprise contractNot publicly disclosed |
There is a way out.
See how Bolt and Aeira give your team the same productivity gains the cloud-AI vendors promise — while keeping your data inside your perimeter and your compliance posture intact.