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Onyx Community Edition vs MaxKB: catalog facts
Onyx Community EditionMaxKB
Freemium

The Community Edition is free to self-host; hosted and enterprise plans are sold…

Free

Free and open source to self-host.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Connectors to more than 50 workplace applications
  • Respects source document permissions
  • Self-hosted, so documents stay on your own server
  • Combines RAG knowledge bases with agent building
  • Aimed at teams; setup and indexing take real infrastructure
  • Some features are reserved for paid enterprise plans
  • Needs a server and a language model to run
  • Aimed at organisations, more than individuals
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: MIT 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

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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