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Khoj vs Local Deep Research: catalog facts
Khoj	Local Deep Research
Freemium Free to self-host; the hosted service has free and paid plans.	Free Free, with source code published on GitHub; cloud model providers may charge.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Searches and chats over your own documents Works with local or remote language models	Works with local models or cloud providers Searches arXiv, PubMed and more than ten other sources
Self-hosting takes some setup work The company now spreads its effort across several products	Good results with local models need a capable GPU Self-hosting setup is more involved than a hosted service
Web application, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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