opencompany is an open-source, self-hosted AI system that runs the operational functions of a small business. Instead of a single chatbot, it provides six role-specialised AI employees — developer, designer, accountant, sales, marketer and tax preparer — each owning a function end to end and reporting the work it produced.

Who makes opencompany?

opencompany is built and maintained by Zeenie AI. The source is public on GitHub under the zeenie-ai organisation, and the software is free to run on your own infrastructure.

How does opencompany work?

You set a token budget. Work is dispatched to the AI employee that owns that function, which completes it and returns finished output rather than a suggestion. Each run reports what it cost in tokens and what it produced, so the loop from spend to result is auditable.

Is opencompany free and open source?

Yes. The source is public on GitHub under the MIT licence, and the Free plan is the whole product run on your own machine. Your only cost there is the LLM tokens you consume through your own model provider keys, plus whatever infrastructure you run it on. Hosted Pro and Max plans are also available, billed monthly on usage.

Can I self-host opencompany?

Yes, and it is free to. The Free plan runs on your own servers, so documents, customer data and financial records never leave infrastructure you control. If you would rather not run it yourself, the Pro and Max plans are hosted by opencompany.

Which AI models does opencompany support?

It is model-agnostic. You supply your own provider keys and can use over 200 models through OpenRouter, or point it at models you host yourself.

Do I need to be a developer to use opencompany?

You need to be comfortable deploying self-hosted software. Once running, work is assigned in plain language — you do not build the workflows step by step, because each AI employee already owns its function.

How is opencompany different from Zapier, Make or n8n?

Those are workflow automation tools: you design the sequence of triggers and actions, and the tool executes exactly what you specified. opencompany assigns an outcome to a role instead. You do not draw the workflow — the AI employee responsible for that function decides how to complete it and reports back.

How is opencompany different from OpenClaw, Hermes Agent or Paperclip?

Those are agent runtimes and coordination layers — OpenClaw is a personal assistant connecting models to your files and messaging apps, Hermes Agent is a long-running agent runtime with persistent memory, and Paperclip is a governance and org-chart layer that supervises other agents. opencompany ships the organisation itself: fixed business roles, a token budget going in, and revenue tracking coming out, as one self-hosted system.

Where is my data stored?

On the Free plan, on your own infrastructure: there is no vendor-side copy of your documents, customers or books. On the hosted Pro and Max plans it lives in your hosted workspace, and Max runs as a dedicated, isolated instance in the region you choose.

What does opencompany cost to run?

Free is $0: you pay your model provider for the tokens consumed and for the machine you run it on, and because spend is metered against a budget you set, cost is a dial you control. Pro and Max are hosted plans billed monthly in USD on usage, with no per-seat charge; the price is agreed on a short call, booked from the pricing page.

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