Onyx vs Air

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Onyx compared with Air
Detail	Onyx	Air
What it does	Open source enterprise search and AI assistant platform	Enterprise Readiness
Stage	Growing	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	freemium	Not given
Pricing	Free open-source self-hosting available. Managed cloud Business plan: $20/user/month (annual) or $25/user/month (monthly). Enterprise plan with custom pricing, on-premise deployments, OIDC/SAML SSO, white-labeling, and dedicated support.	Not given
Key features	Chat and search UI Access to all major LLMs Custom AI agents MCP and OpenAPI actions 40+ app connectors Web search and deep research Code interpreter Slack integration Developer APIs Permission-aware connectors	Activation layer for data integration Orchestration layer for adaptive workflows Execution layer for mission outcomes Readiness Graph integration AI-native architecture Full-lifecycle program support
What makes it different	Searches all sources in parallel for faster answers Self-hosted with data never leaving customer infrastructure Permission-aware from day one with real-time sync Supports any LLM provider with one-click switching State-of-the-art search outperforming industry leaders	Readiness as real-time condition
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	62 no change since last check	62 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	29	29
Citation Flow (Majestic)	50	43
Referring domains (Majestic)	1686	1889

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