Alternatives / Relevance AI
Looking for an open source Relevance AI alternative? We compared 3 open source agent platforms by license, governance, and maintenance. AutoGPT builds and runs agents, Paperclip manages teams of agents with budgets, and Agenta covers prototyping to scheduled runs.
Written by Maxime DERAME
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We looked for open-source platforms to build and operate AI agents like Relevance AI. We verified each project's license, recent activity, stars, and self-hosting in its repository. See our methodology for the full criteria.
AutoGPT offers a chat builder, a visual block editor, a run dashboard, and a marketplace, connecting to services such as Gmail, Slack, and GitHub. Agenta moves from chat-based prototyping to scheduled runs, with approval gates, versioning, and tracing.
Paperclip manages teams of agents with org charts, goals, cost controls, hard budget limits, and audit logging, with multiple isolated companies in one deployment.
AutoGPT's autogpt_platform folder is under the Polyform Shield License, which is source available, and the rest is MIT. Agenta is MIT with enterprise directories. Paperclip is MIT.
All three had commits within days of this update.
Relevance AI is a proprietary platform priced by actions and seats, with agents and data hosted on its servers. Open-source platforms can be self-hosted so data stays with you, but you pay for model usage and run the platform.
AutoGPT is a platform for building and running AI agents that automate recurring work, with a chat builder, a visual block editor, a run dashboard, and a marketplace. The repository mixes licenses: the autogpt_platform folder is under the Polyform Shield License, which is source available, and everything outside it is MIT.
Pricing: Free to self-host; hosted cloud requires a subscription and you pay for model usage.
Paperclip is an MIT-licensed Node.js server and React interface that orchestrates a team of AI agents like a company, with org charts, goal alignment, heartbeat scheduling, budget and cost tracking, a ticket system, and governance approval workflows. You bring your own agents and models, run it self-hosted without a Paperclip account, and use cloud sandboxes such as e2b, Cloudflare, Daytona, and Modal. A hosted cloud is on a waitlist.
Pricing: Free and open source; model and sandbox costs apply.
Agenta is a workspace where teams build agents and automations through chat, with scheduling, human-in-the-loop approvals, versioning of prompts, skills, and tools, and run tracing with cost tracking. The repository is MIT outside any ee/ directory.
Pricing: Self-hostable and free; a paid cloud version is available.
| Alternative | Type | License | Self-hosted | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutoGPT | Agent platform | MIT + Polyform Shield | Yes | Closest replacement |
| Paperclip | Agent governance | MIT | Yes | Controlled agent fleets |
| Agenta | Agent workspace | MIT core + EE | Yes | Iterating on agents |
Want a visual agent builder
AutoGPT has a block editor, run dashboard, and marketplace.
Want cost control across many agents
Paperclip sets hard budget limits and keeps an audit log.
Want approvals and versioning
Agenta adds approval gates, rollback, and tracing.