The open-source alternative to Airia

Looking for something like Airia, but open source and free to start? Alfera is the AI coworker your whole team shares: a company brain that syncs your apps, connections shared per person or per team, permissions on every action, and Slack, WhatsApp and email. Self-host it in one click, or start on Alfera Cloud.

In one line: Alfera is open source with a company brain, vs a closed enterprise AI governance platform.

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AiriaEnterprise AI security, governance and agent platformOpen source, or Alfera Cloud
What it isEnterprise platform to discover, secure and govern AI agents, models and tools, with a builder for governed agents.The AI coworker your whole team shares, with a company brain that syncs your apps. Open source.
Open sourceNoYes, AGPL-3.0
Self-hostYesYes: one click on DigitalOcean or AWS, or one command on any server
PriceContact sales (no public prices; docs list Professional, Teams and Enterprise license tiers)Free to start: open source to self-host, and Alfera Cloud starts with $10 of free AI usage
Where it worksWeb app (Airia Catalog), Slack bot, Microsoft Teams bot, WhatsApp bot, Chat widget, Browser extension, API, MCP toolSlack, WhatsApp, email from its own address, the web app, a Mac app, the API and MCP
Team useAgents built in projects and published to a shared catalog; user groups, admins and project admins; agents can be shared by link, file or community.Multiplayer: one coworker for the whole team. It knows who is asking, and each connection is shared with everyone, one project, or one person
PermissionsHuman Approval step pauses a run until assigned approvers or a user group approve; policies stop unauthorized agent actions before a tool call runs.Allow, ask first, or never, per connection and per action. Approvals in Slack, email or the app, and every action logged
Starts on its ownUsers or admins schedule catalog agents (one-time, daily, weekly, monthly); security event triggers start agents when an Airia security event fires.On a schedule, from a webhook, or on 600+ app events
ModelsModel library from leading providers plus Airia fine-tuned models; use the Airia Universal Key or bring your own key and custom model endpoints.230+ models: Claude, GPT, Gemini, open models, your ChatGPT plan, or your own

Where Airia is the better choice

Security and AI transformation teams in large enterprises that must govern every AI agent, model and tool in use.

  • Finds shadow AI: AI apps, models, agents and MCP servers in use across the company, including unapproved ones
  • Generates governance documentation mapped to EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, HIPAA and SOC 2
  • Deploys as SaaS, in private cloud (incl. AWS GovCloud, Azure Government) or on-premises on VMware, Kubernetes or bare metal

Everything Alfera does

  • A company brain that syncs your apps. Connect Google Drive, Notion, Slack and the rest. Documents sync on their own, keep every version, and every answer draws on them.
  • One coworker for the whole team. It knows who is asking. Many people, many tasks at once, each with their own chats and connections, and shared chats when you want.
  • 3,000+ app connections, shared the way you choose. Each connection is open to everyone, one project, or one person. A personal mailbox stays personal; the support inbox is the team’s.
  • Permissions on every action. Allow, ask first, or never, per connection and per action. Approvals land in Slack, email or the app, and every action is logged.
  • Where your team already is. Slack, WhatsApp, email from its own address, the web app, a Mac app, and your own code through the API and MCP.
  • It starts work by itself. On a schedule, from a webhook, or on 600+ app events in Gmail, HubSpot, Stripe and more.
  • Its own computer. Every chat runs in a sandbox with a terminal and a browser, and its files stay from one chat to the next.
  • Any model. 230+ models: Claude, GPT, Gemini, open models, your ChatGPT plan, or a model you run yourself.
  • Open source, and free to start. AGPL-3.0. Self-host it in one click on DigitalOcean or AWS, or start on Alfera Cloud with $10 of free AI usage.

Airia and Alfera

Alfera. Alfera is the AI coworker your whole team shares. It has a company brain that syncs your apps, 3,000+ app connections shared per person or per team, permissions on every action, and it works in Slack, WhatsApp, email and the web app. It starts work by itself, runs on any model, and it is open source: self-host it in one click or start free on Alfera Cloud. Airia is not open source.

Sources

Facts about Airia come from its own pages, read on 16 October 2026. Something out of date? Write to hello@alfera.ai and we will fix it.