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Onyx
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Business | Annual Billing · Chat/search · major LLMs · custom agents · MCP/OpenAPI actions · 40+ connectors · web search · deep research · code interpreter · image generation · Slack · developer APIs · dashboards · RBAC · permission inheritance · encrypted secrets · community support | $20 a month |
| Community Edition | Core RAG · deep research · custom agents · actions · self-hosted | Free |
| Enterprise | Business features · OIDC/SAML SSO · on-premise · region-specific deployment · white-labeling · custom integrations · hooks · exports · invoice billing · volume discounts · dedicated support · SLA | On request |
As onyx.app lists them, read 20 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from Onyx's own pages
- Actions and MCP
- Five built-in actions cover internal search, web search, Python code execution, image generation and a beta coding agent; additional actions use OpenAPI or MCP with token or OAuth authentication. · docs.onyx.app, 20 Oct 2026
- API
- Nearly every feature is exposed through a REST API using JSON, with Bearer API keys or personal access tokens and an OpenAPI explorer at /api/docs. · docs.onyx.app, 20 Oct 2026
- API permissions
- API keys act as service accounts whose group memberships control chat, search, agent, connector and administrative access; custom groups are Enterprise-only. · docs.onyx.app, 20 Oct 2026
- Chat
- The chat interface supports file and URL context, model selection, citations, projects, sharing and multiple AI actions. · docs.onyx.app, 20 Oct 2026
- Chrome extension
- The Chrome extension provides new-tab search, a sidebar, selected-text queries and keyboard shortcuts, with full-page questioning listed as future functionality. · docs.onyx.app, 20 Oct 2026
- Company founders
- Crunchbase lists Chris Weaver and Yuhong Sun as founders. · crunchbase.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal entity as DanswerAI Inc., formerly known as DanswerAI and Danswer. · crunchbase.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Company location and size
- Crunchbase places the company in San Francisco, California, United States and lists 11–50 employees. · crunchbase.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Connector behavior
- Connectors sync data in the background and support hybrid semantic and keyword search across connected sources. · onyx.app, 7 Oct 2026
- Connectors
- Onyx keeps connected application data synchronized and can enforce source permissions in Enterprise Edition; documents can also be pushed through API or file upload. · docs.onyx.app, 20 Oct 2026
- Custom agents
- Users can define agents with natural-language instructions, scoped connector or uploaded knowledge and selected actions, then share them with users or groups. · docs.onyx.app, 20 Oct 2026
- Deep research
- Deep Research runs repeated reasoning, research and action cycles, can take several minutes and may consume more than ten times normal inference tokens. · docs.onyx.app, 20 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Onyx can run as self-hosted Standard or Lite, in Docker Compose, Kubernetes/Helm or cloud infrastructure, and is also offered as managed Onyx Cloud. · docs.onyx.app, 20 Oct 2026
- Desktop apps
- Official documentation provides downloads for Windows EXE, macOS DMG and Linux DEB, with additional MSI, RPM and tarball formats via GitHub Releases. · docs.onyx.app, 20 Oct 2026
- Desktop platforms
- The native desktop app is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux and connects to an existing Onyx deployment. · onyx.app, 7 Oct 2026
- Developer API
- Onyx supports APIs for messages, agents, LLM management, actions, and user authentication. · onyx.app, 7 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation includes feature guides, API authentication and reference guidance, Docker, Helm, Terraform, cloud deployment, security hardening, authentication and release notes. · docs.onyx.app, 20 Oct 2026
- Features
- The Business plan lists chat and search, major LLM access, custom agents, MCP/OpenAPI actions, web search, deep research, code interpreter, and image generation. · onyx.app, 7 Oct 2026
- File uploads
- Yes · onyx.app, 21 Sept 2026
- Founded
- G2 lists Onyx AI as serving customers since 2023 and gives 2023 as its founding year. · g2.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · onyx.app, 21 Sept 2026
- Funding
- Crunchbase describes Onyx as a private seed company with two funding rounds and names First Round Capital and Khosla Ventures among investors. · crunchbase.com, 20 Oct 2026
- Image generation
- Yes · onyx.app, 21 Sept 2026
- Independent review availability
- G2 says Onyx AI has not been reviewed yet and has insufficient reviews to provide buying insight. · g2.com, 20 Oct 2026
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