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Khoj vs GPT Researcher: catalog facts
KhojGPT Researcher
Freemium

Free to self-host; the hosted service has free and paid plans.

Free

Free and open source; you pay for any LLM or search APIs you connect.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted, Command line
  • Searches and chats over your own documents
  • Works with local or remote language models
  • Writes cited reports from web and local sources
  • Works with many LLM providers
  • Self-hosting takes some setup work
  • The company now spreads its effort across several products
  • Requires API keys and some setup
  • Report quality depends on the model and sources used
Web application, Self-hosted, Hosted service Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: AGPL-3.0 License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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