Find out how 1up compares to legacy Knowledge Management Tools
| 1up | Guru | |
| 1-liner | Answer sales questions, RFPs, and questionnaires 10x faster. | Knowledge management platform. |
| Free Trial | ✅ Yes, 14-day free trial for all users. | ✅ Yes, 30-day free trial for all users. |
| Self Service | ✅ Yes, 1up is fully self-service | ✅ Yes, Guru is fully self-service |
| Pricing | 📅 1up starts at $250 / month for unlimited users | 📅 $18 / user / month |
| Setup time | ⚡ Minutes | ❗Days |
| Easy Knowledge Base Setup | 😀 Connect documents, URLs, and previously completed questionnaires to be up and running in minutes | 😔 Requires you to create an intranet/wiki-style knowledge base consisting of cards |
| Automate Answers in Bulk | ✅ Yes, 1up automates large questionnaires such as RFPs, DDQs, and compliance assessments. | ❌ Guru does not automate questionnaire responses. It only processes one search query at a time. |
| Automated Knowledge Base Maintenance | 😀 1up integrates with sources like Google Drive, Confluence, and Notion, and updates your knowledge database continually anytime the sources of truth are updated. | 😔 Guru has a great library of connectors, but users complain about outdated and deprecated data |
| Time to Complete a 500-Row Questionnaire | ⚡ Minutes | ❌ Guru does not automate questionnaires. |
| 3rd Party Chat Integrations | ✅ Connect 1up to Slack, MS Teams, and Google Chat to enable fast answers to any sales question | ✅ Guru connects to Slack, MS Teams, and Google Chat for AI search from the chat |
| Easy to use UI | 🏃 Lightweight interface with minimal setup time. 1up is extremely easy to navigate and get used to. | 😕 Complex UI with a time–consuming learning curve. Users complain that there are too many cards and noisy search results. |
| Automate Web-based Questionnaires | 💻 The 1up Browser Extension automates answers in any web portal based questionnaire | ❌ No, Guru does not automate questionnaires. |
| Live Chat Support | 🙋♀️ Yes, with a real human | ⌛ No, requires opening a ticket system and responds during business hours. |
Skip researching and writing answers - 1up automatically generates the best answer based on all your internal and external knowledge.
1up is purpose-built for Revenue teams to answer sales questions, RFPs, and questionnaires end-to-end, while Guru is a knowledge management platform. Guru helps teams store and search for information; 1up helps teams complete revenue-critical questionnaires in minutes, not hours.

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