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: a 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, with 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.