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Running models on your own hardware

For when the data cannot leave the building.

Regulatory constraints, client contracts and simple caution all lead to the same question: what can be run without sending anything to a third party. These are the tools whose weights are published or whose software is self-hostable, along with what you give up by choosing them — which is usually capability at the frontier, and less than people expect.

  1. 01ContinueCode AssistantFree · self-hostedAn open-source assistant for VS Code and JetBrains that you point at whichever model you want, including local ones.
  2. 02n8nAutomationFree (self-hosted) · Cloud from €24/moWorkflow automation you can self-host, with AI agent nodes and the option to write code in a step.
  3. 03DifyAutomationOpen source · Cloud from $59/moDify is the platform for production-ready agentic workflows. Build agents, knowledge pipelines, models, and tools on one canvas, deployable on Cloud, in your VPC, or self-hosted.
  4. 04FlowiseAutomationOpen source · Cloud from $35/moDrag-and-drop building of language-model flows and agents, on top of LangChain.
  5. 05Qwen ChatAdvanced ChatbotsFree · API usage-basedAlibaba’s assistant, with one of the widest ranges of open-weight model sizes behind it.
  6. 06DeepSeekAdvanced ChatbotsFree · API from $0.14/M tokensA reasoning-focused assistant whose open-weight models undercut the commercial APIs by an order of magnitude.
  7. 07FLUXImage GenerationFree (self-hosted) · API from $0.003/imageBlack Forest Labs’ open-weight image models, the current default for anyone building generation into a product.
  8. 08Circle ChatChatbot$29 - $199/moState a goal. CircleChat plans it, routes each task to the right agent, checks the work before it counts as done, and waits for your approval on anything…