The open-source alternative to Moveworks

Looking for something like Moveworks, 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 AI assistant for a whole workforce.

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MoveworksEnterprise AI assistant platform / agent builderOpen source, or Alfera Cloud
What it isAn AI assistant platform for a whole workforce to search and act across business applications. Its site says ServiceNow acquired it.The AI coworker your whole team shares, with a company brain that syncs your apps. Open source.
Open sourceNoYes, AGPL-3.0
Self-hostNot publishedYes: one click on DigitalOcean or AWS, or one command on any server
PriceContact sales: custom quote from a Moveworks expertFree to start: open source to self-host, and Alfera Cloud starts with $10 of free AI usage
Where it worksMicrosoft Teams, Slack, Google Chat, Webex Teams, Zoom Chat, Web app, Intranet and portals, MobileSlack, WhatsApp, email from its own address, the web app, a Mac app, the API and MCP
Team useOne assistant for all employees. Launch rules set who can use each published plugin: by email list, or by role, department, or location.Multiplayer: one coworker for the whole team. It knows who is asking, and each connection is shared with everyone, one project, or one person
PermissionsOptional confirmation policies ask the user to approve before an action runs. Ambient agents can run actions only once approved.Allow, ask first, or never, per connection and per action. Approvals in Slack, email or the app, and every action logged
Starts on its ownAmbient agents start on their own from system triggers: webhooks (events in a source system) and scheduled runs. Both are listed as GA.On a schedule, from a webhook, or on 600+ app events
ModelsOpenAI models via Azure OpenAI and OpenAI (GPT-5.x, GPT-4.1, o3 and others) plus own fine-tuned models. Bring your own key: Not published.230+ models: Claude, GPT, Gemini, open models, your ChatGPT plan, or your own

Where Moveworks is the better choice

Large enterprises that want one AI assistant for IT, HR, finance and other teams across their business apps

  • 1000+ prebuilt AI agents in its marketplace, per its home page
  • Runs inside Teams, Slack, Google Chat, Webex and Zoom Chat, in 100+ languages
  • Lists FedRAMP authorization, ISO/IEC 42001, SOC 2 Type 2, and AWS hosting in US GovCloud and six other regions

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.

Moveworks 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. Moveworks is not open source.

Sources

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