Buyers usually compare Onky with Claude Cowork, ChatGPT Enterprise, Sauna.ai, Vybe.build, and Viktor.com. All are good products.
| Capability | Onky.aiSovereign AI work platform | Claude CoworkProprietary agentic workspace | ChatGPT EnterpriseWorkspace Agents, proprietary | Sauna.aiMultiplayer AI agent platform | Vybe.buildAgent and app builder | Viktor.comAI employee in Slack and Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work and apps | ||||||
| Contextual enterprise answersReads your internal documents and history before it answers | Native | Native | Native | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Autonomous micro-app generationTurns an unstructured workflow into a working internal app | Native | Partial | Partial | Partial | Native | Partial |
| Persistent org-level memoryRemembers how the company works, not just what you asked | Native | Partial | Partial | Native | Partial | Partial |
| Governance and policy | ||||||
| Policy-enforced agent actionsA default-deny policy engine on every single action | Native | Native | Native | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| No third-party model trainingYour work never becomes training data for an AI lab | Native | Native | Native | Native | Not offered | Native |
| Sovereignty and infrastructure | ||||||
| Open-source model stackNo lock-in to one model vendor | Native | Not offered | Not offered | Partial | Not offered | Not offered |
| On-premise and air-gapped deploymentThe whole platform inside your own perimeter, on request | Native | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Predictable cost controlFixed compute instead of metered agent usage | Native | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial |
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Proprietary agentic workspace
Anthropic's agentic workspace: excellent reasoning, strong built-in governance, and deep document work with your internal context.
Cowork runs on Anthropic's proprietary models in Anthropic's cloud. Onky runs open-source models on EU infrastructure it controls, offers on-premise and air-gapped deployment on request, and builds the internal apps a workflow is missing instead of stopping at the answer.
Workspace Agents, proprietary
The default workplace AI assistant: broad adoption, strong general capability, and workspace agents across the OpenAI ecosystem.
It is proprietary end to end, and most work still lands back in the chat window. Onky executes across the systems you run, ships what it builds as governed internal apps, and can move the whole platform inside your own perimeter, where proprietary-API models cannot follow.
Multiplayer AI agent platform
A multiplayer AI agent that learns how your team works, remembers context, and runs scheduled work in the cloud around the clock.
Sauna shares Onky's conviction that AI should act, not just answer. Onky adds what a regulated buyer needs on top of that: a default-deny policy engine on every action, an end-to-end audit trail, an open-source model stack, and sovereign deployment options.
Agent and app builder
An agent and app builder: describe what you need in chat and it builds the agent or app for you.
For Onky, building is one of four jobs, not the whole product. It also answers with context, acts across your systems, and remembers how your organisation works, and everything it builds is registered with the Kernel, our policy engine, before it can run.
AI employee in Slack and Teams
An AI employee that lives in Slack and Microsoft Teams and does the work where your team already talks.
Onky also acts where your team works, but puts an operating layer underneath: policy-checked actions with an audit trail, EU-sovereign open-source models, and the ability to build and govern the internal tools the work needs.
Open-source AI chat and enterprise search
Onyx.app (formerly Danswer) is an open-source AI chat and enterprise search platform: dozens of connectors index your documents and apps, custom agents answer over that knowledge with the LLM provider you choose, and you can self-host the platform or use Onyx Cloud. Despite the similar name, Onyx.app and Onky are unrelated companies.
Onky is not open-source, and the trade is deliberate: it ships as a complete, governed stack rather than a kit. Three things come with Onky that Onyx.app leaves to you. The models: Onyx.app brings the LLM provider you choose, which in practice means a third-party AI lab or a model stack you operate yourself, while Onky runs open-source models on EU infrastructure it controls, with on-premise and air-gapped deployment on request, models included. The governance: Onyx.app governs who may see what; Onky also governs what the AI may do, with a default-deny policy engine (the Kernel) and an audit trail on every autonomous action. And the building: Onyx.app agents answer and trigger actions; Onky executes whole workflows and builds the internal apps a workflow is missing.
Yes, for teams that want AI to act rather than only answer. ChatGPT Enterprise is a strong workplace assistant; Onky executes across the systems you run, builds the internal tools it is missing, and runs open-source models on EU infrastructure it controls, with on-premise and air-gapped deployment on request.
Governance and sovereignty. AI coworkers act on your behalf; Onky does too, with a default-deny policy engine (the Kernel) checking and logging every action, an open-source model stack with no third-party AI lab in the loop, and deployment options down to air-gapped.
Because your prompts, files, and workflows go wherever the models run. Proprietary assistants run on the vendor's cloud under the vendor's terms. Onky runs open-source models on EU infrastructure it controls (europe-west1), so nothing you share reaches a third-party AI lab or trains a model, and the same stack can run inside your own perimeter.
Of the assistants in the comparison grid, only Onky offers on-premise and air-gapped deployment, available on request. That is a direct consequence of the open-source model stack: self-hosted models can go where proprietary-API models cannot. Onyx.app, compared above, can also self-host its platform; the difference is that Onky brings the models with it, so the whole stack runs inside your perimeter without you operating model infrastructure.
No. Onky (onky.ai) and Onyx.app are unrelated companies with confusingly similar names. Onyx.app is an open-source AI chat and enterprise search platform; Onky is an enterprise AI assistant that executes work across your systems and builds governed internal apps. If you are comparing pricing or features, check the domain: this page is about Onky, at onky.ai.
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