The open-source alternative to Sana Agents

Looking for something like Sana Agents, 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 knowledge and agent platform.

Enterprise AI agent and knowledge platformAlfera on GitHub
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Sana Agents (Sana Labs)Enterprise AI agent and knowledge platformOpen source, or Alfera Cloud
What it isEnterprise AI platform for building no-code agents and workflows grounded in company knowledge, with search and a meeting notetaker.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
PriceEnterprise: custom pricing (book an intro). Help center also lists Free and Team tiers; Team price not shown.Free to start: open source to self-host, and Alfera Cloud starts with $10 of free AI usage
Where it worksWeb app, iOS app, SlackSlack, WhatsApp, email from its own address, the web app, a Mac app, the API and MCP
Team useWorkspaces with Owner/Editor/Viewer roles and groups. Agents and workflows are shared with the whole workspace or chosen people/groups.Multiplayer: one coworker for the whole team. It knows who is asking, and each connection is shared with everyone, one project, or one person
PermissionsRoles per agent, folder and asset; private integrations mirror each user's source access. Per-action approvals: Not published.Allow, ask first, or never, per connection and per action. Approvals in Slack, email or the app, and every action logged
Starts on its ownScheduled workflows run on a schedule, before a meeting starts, after a meeting ends, or when an email is received.On a schedule, from a webhook, or on 600+ app events
ModelsModel agnostic: Azure, Anthropic, Cohere, OpenAI and self-hosted models listed; Team tier has OpenAI and Claude. Own API key: Not published.230+ models: Claude, GPT, Gemini, open models, your ChatGPT plan, or your own

Where Sana Agents (Sana Labs) is the better choice

Enterprises (finance, law, consulting, private equity, industrial) that want AI agents grounded in company knowledge.

  • 100+ apps listed as automatically synced, plus an MCP client for custom integrations
  • Built-in meeting notetaker for Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, with recaps on an iOS app
  • Single-tenant architecture, SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR, with an option to deploy on the customer's cloud

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.

Sana Agents (Sana Labs) 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. Sana Agents (Sana Labs) is not open source.

Sources

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