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Nimbus is for work that also involves Drive, legal, and finance — with a lasting record of who signed off.",[174,190,191],{},"Nimbus will call Salesforce. It does not try to be Salesforce. That is the point. CRM platforms that pretend to be the only operating layer become unmaintainable outside the org. Operating layers that pretend to be CRM become untrustworthy on pipeline. Customer and pipeline truth live in Salesforce. Cross-department jobs that also live in Drive and legal email need a place that is not only field history on the opportunity.",[174,193,194],{},"Agentforce (including Agentforce 360) is Salesforce’s agent product family sitting on Sales, Service, Marketing, Commerce, and related clouds. The 2026 shape that matters to operators: a reasoning engine that can follow scripted, reliable steps and call a model only where judgment is required; a builder where admins put conditionals and hand-offs in a readable script, not only in a prompt; Data 360 (formerly Data Cloud) as the profile fabric; and actions that update records, launch flows, call APIs, and behave the way your industry cloud already behaves. Model choice inside Salesforce is expanding (OpenAI, Anthropic on Amazon’s cloud, Google’s Gemini among options). Service-grade voice and channels come with Salesforce-shaped auditability. The buyer is usually the Salesforce platform owner, RevOps, or customer service.",[196,197,199],"h2",{"id":198},"words-youll-hear","Words you’ll hear",[201,202,203,211,217,223,229,235,245,251],"ul",{},[204,205,206,210],"li",{},[207,208,209],"strong",{},"Agentforce / Agentforce 360."," Salesforce’s agent product family sitting on Sales, Service, Marketing, Commerce, and related clouds.",[204,212,213,216],{},[207,214,215],{},"Data 360."," Formerly Data Cloud. The layer that unifies customer profiles and unstructured context inside Salesforce.",[204,218,219,222],{},[207,220,221],{},"Einstein Trust Layer."," Grounding in CRM data, masking of sensitive fields, toxicity detection, an audit trail, and zero data retention with LLM partners. CRM-native trust. Not a company-wide work ledger.",[204,224,225,228],{},[207,226,227],{},"Workstream."," In Nimbus, a shared workspace for one job that can include Drive, legal, and finance on the same canvas as CRM.",[204,230,231,234],{},[207,232,233],{},"Wiki."," Official playbooks — including when a discount is an exception.",[204,236,237,240,241,244],{},[207,238,239],{},"Write-back."," Changing a live system. Writes to Salesforce are first-class in Agentforce. In Nimbus they are ",[185,242,243],{},"not"," default-on. They are gated, quoted, and recorded.",[204,246,247,250],{},[207,248,249],{},"Lifecycle Graph."," A lasting record of the programme, not only the field history on the opportunity.",[204,252,253,256],{},[207,254,255],{},"Agent graph (Agentforce)."," A reasoning map for a turn. Not the same as Nimbus’s operational ledger.",[196,258,260],{"id":259},"why-the-difference-matters","Why the difference matters",[174,262,263,264,269,270,275,276,281],{},"Success looks like: a service agent resolves a case, a sales agent updates opportunity fields, a flow still fires, the admin can preview what the agent did on the record. Grounding is strongest where Data 360 and the org are clean. It is weakest where the work is not a Salesforce object. Trust inside that org is the ",[177,265,268],{"href":266,"rel":267},"https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/trust.html",[181],"Einstein Trust Layer",". Salesforce’s ",[177,271,274],{"href":272,"rel":273},"https://www.salesforce.com/artificial-intelligence/trusted-ai/",[181],"Trusted AI"," pages and the ",[177,277,280],{"href":278,"rel":279},"https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/the-einstein-trust-layer/meet-the-einstein-trust-layer",[181],"Trailhead Trust Layer module"," describe the same stack: grounding in CRM data, masking of sensitive fields, toxicity detection, an audit trail, and zero data retention with LLM partners. That is CRM-native trust. It is not a company-wide work ledger.",[174,283,284],{},"Two jobs get conflated in every Agentforce demo.",[174,286,287,290],{},[207,288,289],{},"Update the next step on the opportunity."," Agentforce is the native answer. A sales agent with actions on Opportunity, maybe a flow, maybe a Slack ping via Salesforce. Ideal if the work already lives in Salesforce. Writes to Salesforce are first-class. Sharing rules are the permission model. That is the product working as designed.",[174,292,293,296,297,301,302,305],{},[207,294,295],{},"Write the pricing-exception memo, involve legal, update CRM, and file what happened."," You can script pieces in Agentforce. Legal, Drive, and the memo are someone else’s system unless you pipe everything into Data 360. In Nimbus, this is a ",[177,298,300],{"href":299},"what-is-an-ai-workstream","workstream",": connector scopes, a person on the write, Salesforce still the official home of the opportunity, Nimbus the place the cross-department job ran. The Trust Layer is how Salesforce keeps CRM data from leaking into LLM partners and how it logs prompts, toxicity scores, and user feedback ",[185,303,304],{},"on the record",". A pricing exception that also lives in Drive and legal email is a cross-function workflow. Do not ask the Trust Layer to be the memo, the legal comment, and the named signer outside the org.",[174,307,308],{},"A healthy split:",[310,311,312,315,318],"ol",{},[204,313,314],{},"Customer and pipeline truth live in Salesforce (plus Data 360 if you have paid for unification).",[204,316,317],{},"Agentforce handles in-CRM actions where Salesforce sharing rules are the product.",[204,319,320,321,324],{},"Nimbus agents read Salesforce under connector scope, operate across the rest of the stack, and write back only through ",[177,322,323],{"href":40},"governance",".",[174,326,327],{},"Skipping (1) and asking any operating layer to “just know ARR” is how you ship two pipelines. Dual write without a field-level policy is how you get sync fights. Default: Agentforce for interactive, in-CRM actions; Nimbus for batched, cross-system, approval-heavy programmes. Read-only Nimbus plus Agentforce writes is a valid starting posture. Agree the fields.",[174,329,330,331,334,335,324],{},"Role by role: a Salesforce platform owner, RevOps, or customer-service lead wants an agent on a Salesforce object — Agentforce is the fit, including service voice and in-app sales agents. Legal and finance sitting on a pricing exception need a canvas that is not only the org. Security will like the Trust Layer for CRM data and LLM partners, and still want a ledger of releases that is not only field history. A CIO who already paid for Einstein or Agentforce credits should ",[185,332,333],{},"use"," Agentforce where it is strong, not stretch it into an operating layer because the credits are sunk. Credits on CRM turns do not buy you model choice across the rest of the business, or a graph of non-CRM decisions. See ",[177,336,337],{"href":45},"models",[174,339,340],{},"Both mention graphs. They are not the same. Agentforce’s agent graph is a reasoning map for a turn. Nimbus’s Lifecycle Graph is an operational ledger of work, agents, and releases. Collapsing the terms is how you buy a CRM agent and think you bought institutional memory.",[196,342,344],{"id":343},"when-agentforce-is-a-better-fit","When Agentforce is a better fit",[174,346,347],{},"Choose Agentforce when the job is an agent on a Salesforce object, sharing rules are the permission model you need, and Data 360 is (or will be) the profile fabric. Choose it for service voice, in-app sales agents, and any workflow that should never leave the org.",[174,349,350],{},"Do not choose Agentforce as a stealth company operating layer. You will spend a year on Data 360 and agent scripts and still lack workstreams for everything that is not a Salesforce record.",[174,352,353],{},"Some organisations will run both. That is coherent if you do not pretend Agentforce’s turn-by-turn reasoning graph is a Lifecycle Graph. Attach Salesforce as a connector, keep Nimbus read-only at first, open writes through governance where the programme is batched and cross-system. Agentforce plus Data 360 is the Salesforce-platform path. They can coexist.",[196,355,357],{"id":356},"how-this-shows-up-in-nimbus","How this shows up in Nimbus",[174,359,360,361,364],{},"Nimbus’s knowledge is wiki plus ",[177,362,363],{"href":51},"connectors"," plus Lifecycle Graph. Wiki is how we run the business. Connectors are live systems — Salesforce is one of them, not the universe. The graph is what we decided after we saw the account.",[174,366,367,368,371],{},"You can ",[177,369,370],{"href":12},"set Nimbus up yourselves"," and attach Salesforce as a connector. Agentforce at scale is a Salesforce implementation: Data 360, sharing, agent scripts, often a partner. That is rational inside CRM. It is not how you stand up cross-company AI work. You do not need a Salesforce consulting partner to use Nimbus with Salesforce. Attach it, keep it read-only, open writes through governance.",[174,373,374,375,378,379,324],{},"See ",[177,376,377],{"href":32},"workstreams"," and the ",[177,380,23],{"href":24},[196,382,384],{"id":383},"questions-people-actually-ask","Questions people actually ask",[386,387,389],"h3",{"id":388},"does-nimbus-replace-agentforce","Does Nimbus replace Agentforce?",[174,391,392],{},"Not inside Salesforce-native service and sales motions. Nimbus can read and update Salesforce through governed connectors. It should not be the official home of opportunities and cases.",[386,394,396],{"id":395},"does-agentforce-replace-nimbus","Does Agentforce replace Nimbus?",[174,398,399],{},"Not as a place departments finish cross-system work. You can script impressive agents in the builder. You still need a company wiki, specialist teams for non-CRM work, and a ledger of releases that is not only field history.",[386,401,403],{"id":402},"do-we-need-a-salesforce-consulting-partner-to-use-nimbus-with-salesforce","Do we need a Salesforce consulting partner to use Nimbus with Salesforce?",[174,405,406],{},"No. Attach Salesforce as a connector, keep it read-only, open writes through governance. That is the self-service path. Agentforce plus Data 360 is the Salesforce-platform path. They can coexist.",[386,408,410],{"id":409},"both-mention-graphs-are-they-the-same","Both mention graphs. Are they the same?",[174,412,413],{},"No. Agentforce’s agent graph is a reasoning map for a turn. Nimbus’s Lifecycle Graph is an operational ledger of work, agents, and releases. Collapsing the terms is how you buy a CRM agent and think you bought institutional memory.",[386,415,417],{"id":416},"should-nimbus-write-to-salesforce-or-should-agentforce","Should Nimbus write to Salesforce, or should Agentforce?",[174,419,420],{},"Default: Agentforce for interactive, in-CRM actions; Nimbus for batched, cross-system, approval-heavy programmes. Agree the fields. Start read-only on the Nimbus side if you need a clean split.",[386,422,424],{"id":423},"we-already-paid-for-einstein-agentforce-credits-why-add-nimbus","We already paid for Einstein / Agentforce credits. Why add Nimbus?",[174,426,427,428,430,431,324],{},"Because credits on CRM turns do not buy you model choice across the rest of the business, or a graph of non-CRM decisions. Sunk cost on Agentforce is a reason to ",[185,429,333],{}," Agentforce where it is strong, not a reason to stretch it into an operating layer. See ",[177,432,337],{"href":45},[386,434,436],{"id":435},"who-owns-agentforce-vs-nimbus","Who owns Agentforce vs Nimbus?",[174,438,439,440,443],{},"The Salesforce platform owner, RevOps, or customer service typically own Agentforce: sharing rules, Data 360, agent scripts. Line operators outside the org — legal, finance, teams living in Drive — own Nimbus workstreams for those jobs. Security reviews the Trust Layer ",[185,441,442],{},"and"," Nimbus write gates. Do not give one “CRM AI” owner both products and expect them to notice the job split.",[386,445,447],{"id":446},"can-we-start-with-read-only-nimbus-and-agentforce-writes","Can we start with read-only Nimbus and Agentforce writes?",[174,449,450],{},"Yes. That is a valid starting posture. Salesforce remains the system of record for the opportunity. Nimbus reads under connector scope. Writes that are interactive and in-CRM stay in Agentforce. Promote Nimbus writes later only where the programme is batched, cross-system, and approval-heavy — and only after you agree the fields.",[196,452,454],{"id":453},"related-reading","Related reading",[174,456,457,461,462,466,467,324],{},[177,458,460],{"href":459},"what-is-write-back-governance","What is write-back governance",", ",[177,463,465],{"href":464},"what-is-a-lifecycle-graph","What is a lifecycle graph",", and ",[177,468,470],{"href":469},"what-is-human-in-the-loop-ai","What is human-in-the-loop AI",[196,472,474],{"id":473},"sources","Sources",[201,476,477,482,488,494],{},[204,478,479],{},[177,480,182],{"href":179,"rel":481},[181],[204,483,484],{},[177,485,487],{"href":266,"rel":486},[181],"Agentforce Trust Layer",[204,489,490],{},[177,491,493],{"href":272,"rel":492},[181],"Salesforce Trusted AI",[204,495,496],{},[177,497,499],{"href":278,"rel":498},[181],"Trailhead: Meet the Einstein Trust Layer",{"title":155,"searchDepth":156,"depth":156,"links":501},[502,503,504,505,506,517,518],{"id":198,"depth":156,"text":199},{"id":259,"depth":156,"text":260},{"id":343,"depth":156,"text":344},{"id":356,"depth":156,"text":357},{"id":383,"depth":156,"text":384,"children":507},[508,510,511,512,513,514,515,516],{"id":388,"depth":509,"text":389},3,{"id":395,"depth":509,"text":396},{"id":402,"depth":509,"text":403},{"id":409,"depth":509,"text":410},{"id":416,"depth":509,"text":417},{"id":423,"depth":509,"text":424},{"id":435,"depth":509,"text":436},{"id":446,"depth":509,"text":447},{"id":453,"depth":156,"text":454},{"id":473,"depth":156,"text":474},"2026-08-17","Agentforce is the right agent layer inside Salesforce; Nimbus is for jobs that also involve Drive, legal, finance, and a lasting record of who signed off.","/blog/nimbus-vs-salesforce-agentforce",{"title":165,"description":520},"comparisons","blog/nimbus-vs-salesforce-agentforce",[523,526,527,528,529],"salesforce","agentforce","crm","enterprise-ai","d6V391GhZVmfVq-GDzAlC7Xdi-6EMvlHgUjSv9K3h08",{"hero":532,"id":534,"title":535,"archived":149,"authors":150,"badge":150,"body":536,"date":150,"department":150,"description":540,"extension":158,"eyebrow":541,"faqHeader":150,"faqs":150,"footerBand":542,"headline":150,"image":150,"industry":150,"jobType":150,"listed":149,"location":150,"navigation":115,"openRoles":150,"pageLayout":150,"path":60,"relatedHeading":548,"seo":549,"series":150,"sitemap":115,"status":150,"stem":550,"subhead":150,"tags":150,"video":150,"whyJoin":150,"workplaceType":150,"__hash__":551},{"filename":533},"u2221455217_Flat_design_of_a_futuristic_minimalist_landscape__5d589295-cdea-4ea9-a262-be766881accf_1.png","content/blog/index.md","Exploring the future of intelligence.",{"type":152,"value":537,"toc":538},[],{"title":155,"searchDepth":156,"depth":156,"links":539},[],"Deep dives into pre-cognitive intelligence, sentient enterprises, and the evolving landscape of AI-driven business transformation.","Latest Research",{"headline":543,"description":544,"primaryLabel":545,"primaryTo":546,"secondaryLabel":547,"secondaryTo":12},"Stay at the frontier.","Subscribe for product updates and new insights.","Subscribe","/newsletter","Explore the platform","More research",{"title":535,"description":540},"blog/index","eK1RCXdDW8nfLSyKRXGB1mJm9FAmhAO6GWXwNKOMNVE",[150,553],{"id":554,"title":555,"archived":149,"authors":150,"badge":556,"body":559,"date":519,"department":150,"description":869,"extension":158,"eyebrow":150,"faqHeader":150,"faqs":150,"footerBand":150,"headline":150,"image":150,"industry":150,"jobType":150,"listed":149,"location":150,"navigation":115,"openRoles":150,"pageLayout":150,"path":870,"relatedHeading":150,"seo":871,"series":523,"sitemap":115,"status":150,"stem":872,"subhead":150,"tags":873,"video":150,"whyJoin":150,"workplaceType":150,"__hash__":876},"content/blog/nimbus-vs-perplexity.md","Nimbus vs Perplexity: Cited Answers from the Web, or Running the Work the Answer Implies?",{"label":167,"10|authors":557},[558],{"name":170,"to":120},{"type":152,"value":560,"toc":850},[561,569,572,592,594,645,647,655,673,676,683,690,693,697,700,703,706,709,711,721,731,738,742,744,748,751,755,758,762,765,769,772,776,782,786,789,793,796,800,803,807,810,812,823,825],[174,562,563,568],{},[177,564,567],{"href":565,"rel":566},"https://www.perplexity.ai/enterprise",[181],"Perplexity Enterprise"," is how people get cited answers from the web, and increasingly from files and connected tools. Nimbus is how the company runs the work those answers imply: a shared job, official playbooks, a human on the write.",[174,570,571],{},"If your bottleneck is “get a sourced answer fast,” Perplexity is in-category. If your bottleneck is “update the live recommendation without a shadow login,” Nimbus is in-category. Those are different verbs. Perplexity synthesises. Nimbus runs work. Do not shortlist an answer engine as a stealth operating system, and do not shortlist a work OS as the only web research tool.",[174,573,574,579,580,585,586,591],{},[177,575,578],{"href":576,"rel":577},"https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/perplexity-launches-enterprise-pro",[181],"Perplexity’s launch note for Enterprise Pro"," is the original B2B pitch: team management, SSO, SOC 2, and a promise not to train on enterprise customer data. Their later ",[177,581,584],{"href":582,"rel":583},"https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/how-perplexity-enterprise-pro-keeps-your-data-secure",[181],"security write-up"," is where those promises live in more detail. ",[177,587,590],{"href":588,"rel":589},"https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/10672063-introduction-to-perplexity-connectors-for-enterprise-orgs",[181],"Enterprise connectors"," can pull files from Drive, OneDrive, and SharePoint into that answer loop. Deep research and Computer-style loops browse and assemble memos, decks, and dashboards — still orbiting the thread that answers a question. That is a legitimate category. Perplexity trained a generation to expect synthesis with links, not a blue list of pages.",[196,593,199],{"id":198},[201,595,596,602,608,614,620,625,630,635],{},[204,597,598,601],{},[207,599,600],{},"Answer engine."," You ask; you get a synthesis with links, not a blue list of pages. Perplexity trained a generation to expect that.",[204,603,604,607],{},[207,605,606],{},"Enterprise Pro."," Perplexity’s B2B workspace: team management, SSO, SOC 2, and a promise not to train on enterprise customer data.",[204,609,610,613],{},[207,611,612],{},"Connectors (Perplexity)."," Pull files from Drive, OneDrive, and SharePoint into the answer loop. The right standard for an answer engine people will upload files into. Not a write gate on a retailer portal.",[204,615,616,619],{},[207,617,618],{},"Deep research / Computer."," Longer browse-and-assemble loops — memos, decks, dashboards — still orbiting the thread that answers a question.",[204,621,622,624],{},[207,623,227],{}," In Nimbus, a shared workspace for one job — not another search thread.",[204,626,627,629],{},[207,628,233],{}," Official playbooks: how we change assortment, who signs, what “done” means.",[204,631,632,634],{},[207,633,239],{}," Changing a live system. You do not want an answer engine holding production credentials.",[204,636,637,640,641,644],{},[207,638,639],{},"Perception."," Asking Nimbus in ordinary language over ",[185,642,643],{},"your"," graph, wiki, and scoped systems — with the next step being a workstream, not another search.",[196,646,260],{"id":259},[174,648,649,650,654],{},"It is also not workplace search. ",[177,651,653],{"href":652},"nimbus-vs-glean","Glean"," is permission-aware find-the-file across the apps your company already uses. Perplexity is web-native synthesis that can also ingest your stuff. Do not shortlist them as the same line on an RFP. Connectors that pull Drive, OneDrive, and SharePoint into the answer loop are the right standard for an answer engine people will upload files into. They are not years of crawl-and-permission engineering, and they are not a write gate on a retailer portal.",[174,656,657,658,661,662,665,666,669,670,672],{},"Perplexity’s trust story is provenance of ",[185,659,660],{},"claims",": links, snippets, a trail a human can click. That is the right standard for web research. Limits: memory of ",[185,663,664],{},"decisions"," is still thread-shaped unless you file the answer somewhere else. Nimbus’s trust story is provenance of ",[185,667,668],{},"actions",": who ran, what the wiki said, what was approved, what changed in a live system. Public-web citations may appear inside a workstream. They are not the product. The ",[177,671,23],{"href":464}," is.",[174,674,675],{},"SOC 2 and a non-training term make the research workspace safer to use. They do not turn a brief into a signed portal update. Uploading customer or employee files into any research workspace is still your processing. Those terms help. They do not replace a purpose for what you put in the box, and they do not replace a human on a production login. Perplexity Enterprise governance is mostly “who may ask and what corpus they see.” Nimbus governance is “who may change what.” Different verb.",[174,677,678,679,682],{},"A healthy pattern: Perplexity (or another search-grounded assistant) for the public-web pass; Nimbus for the company pass and the write. Do not paste a Perplexity answer into Salesforce — or a retailer portal — as if it were a ",[177,680,681],{"href":459},"release",". If you force Perplexity to do the operational job, you will bolt on brittle browser clicking and call it operations. If you force Nimbus to be the only web research tool, you will underuse an engine that is very good at cited public synthesis.",[174,684,685,686,689],{},"Role by role: a researcher or strategist wants cited answers from the web — Perplexity is in-category. A knowledge-work programme wants SSO, SOC 2, and a non-training term so people stop using the consumer tab; that is Enterprise Pro doing its job. RevOps and merchandising need the answer to become a signed change in a live system, not another thread. Legal cares what you uploaded into the research workspace; SOC 2 helps and does not replace purpose. Marketing should not buy Perplexity because “we need to show up in answer engines” — getting found is marketing; running the company is operations. Security should block ",[185,687,688],{},"production credentials"," in any research agent, not necessarily block Perplexity itself.",[174,691,692],{},"Three verbs sit near each other on RFPs. Perplexity synthesises (especially the web). Glean finds (especially workplace files with source permissions). Nimbus runs work. Most large companies will eventually own at least two.",[196,694,696],{"id":695},"when-perplexity-is-a-better-fit","When Perplexity is a better fit",[174,698,699],{},"Choose Perplexity when the job is web-grounded research with citations, you do not need gated writes, and you want an answer engine as the daily UX. Choose it as a complement to Nimbus, not as a stealth OS.",[174,701,702],{},"Do not choose Perplexity because “we need to show up in answer engines.” Getting found is marketing. Running the company is operations.",[174,704,705],{},"If you force Perplexity to do the operational job, you will bolt on brittle browser clicking and call it operations. If you force Nimbus to be the only web research tool, you will underuse an engine that is very good at cited public synthesis.",[174,707,708],{},"Keep an answer engine for public-web research if it helps. Route execution to Nimbus. That is a data-handling rule plus an operating model, not a ban. Block production credentials in any research agent. Allow cited research.",[196,710,357],{"id":356},[174,712,713,714,716,717,720],{},"A ",[177,715,300],{"href":32}," is the job after the brief. ",[177,718,719],{"href":51},"Connectors"," link to the tools you already run: internal sales, a research feed if you have one, the portal if you attach it. Reads first. Writes off until a named person releases them.",[174,722,723,724,378,727,730],{},"Nimbus can look like an answer box when you ask the business a question. It is not Perplexity. See ",[177,725,726],{"href":36},"Perception",[177,728,729],{"href":12},"overview",". Perception is ordinary language over the Lifecycle Graph, policies, teams, and integrations — in a product where the next step is governed work. It is not a citation engine over the public web.",[174,732,733,734,737],{},"A research-shaped ",[177,735,736],{"href":20},"agent team"," is grounded in wiki playbooks plus connectors, then a human release, then a graph record you can query next quarter.",[174,739,374,740,324],{},[177,741,39],{"href":40},[196,743,384],{"id":383},[386,745,747],{"id":746},"does-nimbus-replace-perplexity","Does Nimbus replace Perplexity?",[174,749,750],{},"No. Keep an answer engine for public-web research if it helps. Nimbus Perception is for company graph, wiki, and scoped systems.",[386,752,754],{"id":753},"does-perplexity-replace-nimbus","Does Perplexity replace Nimbus?",[174,756,757],{},"Only if “ask the web” is the entire AI programme. It does not replace workstreams, agent teams, or write gates.",[386,759,761],{"id":760},"is-asking-nimbus-just-perplexity-on-internal-data","Is asking Nimbus just Perplexity on internal data?",[174,763,764],{},"No. Perception is ordinary language over the Lifecycle Graph, policies, teams, and integrations — in a product where the next step is governed work. It is not a citation engine over the public web.",[386,766,768],{"id":767},"perplexity-vs-glean-vs-nimbus","Perplexity vs Glean vs Nimbus?",[174,770,771],{},"Perplexity synthesises (especially the web). Glean finds (especially workplace files with source permissions). Nimbus runs work. Three verbs. Most large companies will eventually own at least two.",[386,773,775],{"id":774},"should-we-block-perplexity-if-we-buy-nimbus","Should we block Perplexity if we buy Nimbus?",[174,777,778,779,781],{},"Not by default. Block ",[185,780,688],{}," in any research agent. Allow cited research. Route execution to Nimbus. That is a data-handling rule plus an operating model, not a ban.",[386,783,785],{"id":784},"can-we-paste-perplexity-answers-into-salesforce","Can we paste Perplexity answers into Salesforce?",[174,787,788],{},"You can. You should not treat that paste as a release. Provenance of claims (links you can click) is not provenance of actions (who signed, what changed). File the brief into a workstream if the next step is a live-system update.",[386,790,792],{"id":791},"who-should-own-perplexity-vs-nimbus","Who should own Perplexity vs Nimbus?",[174,794,795],{},"Research, strategy, and often the knowledge-work programme own the answer engine: who may ask, what files may be uploaded, SSO. Line operators own Nimbus workstreams that change assortment, CRM, or portals. Legal reviews what goes in the box. Security reviews credentials, not the existence of citations.",[386,797,799],{"id":798},"do-perplexity-connectors-mean-it-is-now-a-work-os","Do Perplexity connectors mean it is now a work OS?",[174,801,802],{},"No. Pulling Drive, OneDrive, and SharePoint into an answer loop is the right standard for a research workspace. It is not a write gate, not a workstream, and not a Lifecycle Graph. Deep research that assembles a memo is still a thread that answers a question.",[386,804,806],{"id":805},"what-should-a-procurement-pack-actually-compare","What should a procurement pack actually compare?",[174,808,809],{},"Compare a week of work, not a list of logos. For Perplexity, the test is: can a named role get a cited answer on an approved corpus without uploading a customer file to a personal account? For Nimbus, the test is: can the same organisation take that brief into a scoped job, keep CRM read-only until a named person signs, and still reconstruct the change next quarter? 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