Like Vellum, built for your whole team

Vellum is an open-source personal agent. Alfera is the same idea for a whole team: one coworker everyone shares, with 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 one coworker for a whole team, vs a personal assistant on your own devices.

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VellumPersonal AI assistant (open source)Open source, or Alfera Cloud
What it isOpen-source personal AI assistant with long-term memory that takes actions across your apps, files and channels, run locally or in Vellum Cloud.The AI coworker your whole team shares, with a company brain that syncs your apps. Open source.
Open sourceYes, MITYes, AGPL-3.0
Self-hostYesYes: one click on DigitalOcean or AWS, or one command on any server
PriceFree to download and start; Vellum Cloud from $30/month (Mighty), usage credits $1 = 1 creditFree to start: open source to self-host, and Alfera Cloud starts with $10 of free AI usage
Where it worksMac and Windows desktop apps, iOS, Android, Web app, Voice, Email (own address), Telegram, Slack, Phone, Terminal (CLI)Slack, WhatsApp, email from its own address, the web app, a Mac app, the API and MCP
Team useBuilt as a personal assistant for one owner; trusted contacts can reach it through external channels. 'Team visibility' is listed on its roadmap.Multiplayer: one coworker for the whole team. It knows who is asking, and each connection is shared with everyone, one project, or one person
PermissionsEvery tool has a risk level (low/medium/high); a user-set risk tolerance decides what auto-runs. High-stakes actions need approval until marked trusted.Allow, ask first, or never, per connection and per action. Approvals in Slack, email or the app, and every action logged
Starts on its ownOne-shot and recurring schedules (cron or RRULE), heartbeats, watchers that poll services, playbooks for incoming messages, plugin webhooks.On a schedule, from a webhook, or on 600+ app events
ModelsOpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or open-weight models via Ollama; model profiles per job, custom profiles for other providers.230+ models: Claude, GPT, Gemini, open models, your ChatGPT plan, or your own

Where Vellum is the better choice

Individuals who want a personal assistant that remembers them and handles busywork across work and personal life.

  • Desktop app can see the screen and control your Mac or Windows PC (computer use, screen watch)
  • Native apps on iOS and Android, plus voice, sharing the same memory and tasks across devices
  • MIT-licensed code with free local use and no platform fee when self-hosted

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.

Vellum and Alfera

Yes, 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. Vellum is also open source (MIT).

Sources

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