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Dust’s niche is real-time, multiplayer workspaces where humans and multiple agents run parallel workstreams with structured handoffs.Its $40M Series B<\/a> from Sequoia, Abstract, Snowflake Ventures, and Datadog in May 2026 shows clear demand for team-level AI coordination.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But most enterprise teams evaluating Dust.tt need to solve a wider set of problems. Dust’s agent-first architecture leaves gaps in how everyday employees actually work. They need unified search across every application. They need AI that lives inside their daily workflow, not a separate platform. And they need workflow automation across 100+ tools, without configuring an agent for every use case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick Answer:<\/strong> GoSearch is the strongest Dust alternative for enterprises that need more than multiplayer AI. It combines real-time federated search across 100+ connected apps, AI chat, no-code custom agents any employee can build, and multi-app workflow automation. It adds SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA compliance, plus a bring-your-own-cloud deployment option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GoSearch vs Dust.tt: Platform Comparison<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Capability<\/strong><\/th>GoSearch<\/strong><\/th>Dust.tt<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Primary use case<\/td>Enterprise-wide AI search, custom agents, and multi-app workflows<\/td>Human-agent coordination with structured handoffs <\/td><\/tr>
Unified enterprise search<\/td>Yes, across 100+ apps<\/td>Limited<\/td><\/tr>
AI chat<\/td>Yes, grounded in live enterprise data<\/td>Within shared workspaces<\/td><\/tr>
No-code custom agents<\/td>Yes, any employee, natural language, no engineering<\/td>Requires agent configuration<\/td><\/tr>
Multi-app workflow orchestration<\/td>Yes, acts across 100+ connected tools<\/td>Within workspace workflows<\/td><\/tr>
App connectors<\/td>100+ native, MCP, and custom connectors<\/td>Curated native connectors; self-serve plans cap out at 3 active connectors<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Real-time federated retrieval<\/td>Yes, data stays in source systems<\/td>No, data is ingested into Dust’s own data sources<\/td><\/tr>
Pricing model<\/td>Flat, per seat<\/td>Credit-metered per seat<\/a> (Free, Pro, Max); custom for Enterprise<\/td><\/tr>
Bring your own cloud (BYOC)<\/td>Yes: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud<\/td>Not publicly available<\/td><\/tr>
Deployment<\/td>Minutes to hours; full rollout in days<\/td>Varies by workflow complexity<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Why Teams Look for a Dust (Dust.tt) Alternative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dust follows a specific thesis: enterprise AI should operate at the team level, not the individual level. Instead of giving each employee an isolated assistant, Dust.tt builds shared workspaces where humans and agents work in parallel on structured tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams evaluating Dust typically run into one or more of these limitations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limited connectors cap how deep Dust can search.<\/strong> Dust integrates deeply with a curated set of tools, but its self-serve Business plan limits a workspace to 3 active connectors<\/a> at a time (Enterprise removes that cap). That’s a narrow foundation for enterprise-wide search. Employees often need one query to search Salesforce, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Drive, and dozens of other tools, with permission-aware, real-time results. A 3-connector cap can’t support that breadth. Enterprises running 50 to 100+ business applications need a platform that connects to all of them, through native integrations, MCP connectors, and custom APIs, without a plan upgrade for every new tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dust’s agent model is built for AI operators, not entire teams.<\/strong> Dust’s no-code agent builder is capable, but building agents that work reliably across complex enterprise data still takes configuration. That effort gates who can use it. Without a dedicated AI Operator role or technical background, most employees can’t build or maintain their own agents. It caps adoption at a small, technical slice of the org rather than the whole company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI lives in a separate workspace, not where employees already work.<\/strong> Dust’s multiplayer workspace is a purpose-built environment. Employees still need to go there to build or manage agents. For most organizations, adopting a new platform on top of existing tools creates adoption drag. Usage tends to concentrate among a small group of power users, instead of scaling across the whole organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why GoSearch Is the Right Dust Alternative for Most Enterprise Teams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

GoSearch addresses the operational reality most enterprise employees face. Information sits scattered across dozens of tools. AI is hard to reach from inside daily workflows. And agents often need engineering support to deploy and maintain. GoSearch solves each of these directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No-code custom agents for every team, not just AI specialists.<\/strong> Dust requires agent configuration expertise most teams don’t have. GoSearch requires none. Any team member can build and deploy a specialized agent<\/a> using natural language. No engineering required. A RevOps manager can build an agent that monitors Salesforce pipeline risk. A support lead can build one that resolves tier-one queries from Zendesk. An HR team can build one that answers policy questions from actual internal documentation. The people closest to the work own and iterate on these agents, not a central AI team, and agents are shared with any team the builder chooses, not gated behind a specialist role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real-time federated search across 100+ apps.<\/strong> GoSearch connects to 100+ enterprise tools <\/a>and retrieves real-time data directly from source systems. It never creates a central index of sensitive information. Employees get permission-aware answers across Salesforce, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Google Drive, Microsoft 365, and every other tool in their stack. One query covers all of them. Source-system permissions carry over automatically, so employees see only what their source-system permissions allow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI chat grounded in live enterprise data.<\/strong> GoSearch’s AI chat<\/a> does not operate on a snapshot of your data. It surfaces answers from live, connected sources. A sales rep asking about a deal in Salesforce gets its current state, not a cached version from last week’s indexing run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multi-app workflow orchestration across the full stack.<\/strong> GoSearch agents act, not just retrieve. An agent can pull data from one system, process it, and push an update to another. All of this happens within a single automated workflow,<\/a> across 100+ connected tools. That is the difference between AI that tells you something and AI that does something about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compliance coverage built for regulated industries.<\/strong> GoSearch holds SOC 2 Type II certification and is fully compliant with HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA. It maintains zero data retention<\/a> agreements with LLM providers. Enterprises in healthcare, financial services, or any environment juggling multiple regulatory frameworks benefit most. This coverage removes compliance blockers that narrower platforms cannot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bring your own cloud for full data residency control.<\/strong> GoSearch supports BYOC deployment on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Some organizations cannot operate on vendor-managed SaaS infrastructure, whether from data residency requirements, internal security policy, or regulatory obligation. They can deploy GoSearch entirely within their own cloud environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deployed in days, not quarters.<\/strong> GoSearch connects to most organizations’ tool stacks in minutes to hours. Full organization-wide rollout can happen in days. Many enterprises have watched AI implementations stall for months in configuration and change management. Fast deployment changes that calculus entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dust Pricing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The number that matters most in Dust’s pricing is the credit allowance, not the seat price. Every seat type comes with a monthly credit allowance. Free seats get a one-time allowance instead. That allowance drives the real cost: a short chat with a token-efficient model burns a handful of credits, while a multi-step agent task that calls tools, runs search, or does deep research can burn hundreds. Two workspaces with the same headcount can land on very different bills, depending on how teams actually use their agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dust’s self-serve Business plan<\/a> (up to 100 people) offers three seat types. Admins assign one per person and can mix and match at any time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n