AI assistants & chat

ChatGPT-style front-ends and always-on personal agents.

6 applicationssingle tenantfrom $5.99/mo
In short

A self-hosted AI assistant is an open-source chat interface — Open WebUI, LibreChat, OpenClaw and similar — running on your own instance and pointed at whichever model provider you choose. You get accounts, history and document upload without your prompts sitting in a vendor’s workspace.

Almost every team arrives here the same way: several people paying for individual AI subscriptions, one shared password nobody will admit to, and a document that should not have been pasted into a consumer chatbot. A hosted assistant fixes the structural problem rather than the symptom — one login, one place the keys live, and a conversation history that belongs to the company.

The choice inside this category is mostly about who is using it. Open WebUI is the smoothest general workspace and the safest default. LibreChat goes deeper for people who compare models seriously. OpenClaw is a different animal — an always-on agent that lives in your messaging apps rather than a chat window. SillyTavern and LobeChat serve their own audiences well, and Khoj is the one to pick when the point is searching your own notes.

Questions

Straight answers

Which one should I start with?
Open WebUI for a team that wants a familiar interface with accounts and document upload; LibreChat if people will be comparing providers; OpenClaw if what you actually want is an assistant that acts on schedules and answers in WhatsApp or Telegram.
Do I need a model plan as well?
Not necessarily. All of these work with a commercial API key you supply. Add an Ollama or LocalAI plan only if some of the work must never leave your infrastructure.

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