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Jan.ai
✓ verifiedFree
Open-source desktop app for running AI chat models locally or via APIs, as a private ChatGPT alternative.
378K visits/mo609 saves
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BoltAI
✓ verifiedPaid
Native macOS app that unifies 300+ AI models in one private workspace with agents, MCP tools, and one-time licensing.
81K visits/mo33K saves
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Aikido Security
✓ verifiedFreemium
Developer-first security platform unifying code, cloud, runtime and AI pentesting with noise reduction and autofix.
670K visits/mo
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Vanta
✓ verifiedPaid
Compliance automation platform that continuously monitors controls and evidence to help companies achieve SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA.
775K visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
Essential: $79 (1 seat, one-time)
Pro: $99 (2 seats + 1 mobile, one-time)
Team Perpetual: $99/seat/year
Free trial available
Developer: $0 (2 users, 10 repos)
Basic: $300/mo (10 users, 100 repos)
Pro: $600/mo (200 repos)
Standard Pentest: $4,000 per assessment
Free trial available
No public pricing
Core features
- ✦Run open-source LLMs locally
- ✦Connect to online models (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini)
- ✦Private, offline-capable AI chat
- ✦Open source and self-hostable
- ✦Model library via Hugging Face
- ✦Cross-platform desktop app
- ✦Switch across 300+ hosted and local AI models
- ✦Native macOS app with global shortcut and screenshot-to-answer
- ✦Reusable agents, projects, and forked chats
- ✦Multimodal analysis of PDFs, images, and code
- ✦MCP tools and code execution
- ✦Local chat storage with encryptable API keys
- ✦SAST, SCA and secrets scanning
- ✦Cloud misconfiguration (CSPM) and container scanning
- ✦AI-powered autonomous pentesting
- ✦AutoFix pull requests and auto-triage
- ✦Runtime and bot protection (Zen)
- ✦SOC 2 and ISO compliance support
- ✦Continuous automated compliance monitoring across frameworks
- ✦Automated evidence collection and audit preparation
- ✦Personnel access and permissions management
- ✦Vendor and third-party risk assessment workflows
- ✦Automated security questionnaire responses
- ✦Public-facing trust center for compliance status
- ✦400+ tool integrations and an API for custom workflows
Use cases
- →Private local AI chat
- →Using multiple models in one app
- →Avoiding cloud data sharing
- →Experimenting with open models
- →Using multiple AI providers in one place
- →Explaining or fixing on-screen content instantly
- →Building reusable task-specific agents
- →Analyzing documents and screenshots privately
- →Finding and fixing code vulnerabilities
- →Securing cloud and containers
- →Running continuous pentests
- →Automating compliance evidence
- →Preparing for and maintaining SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification
- →Automating responses to customer security questionnaires
- →Managing vendor security reviews at scale
- →Centralizing risk management across a growing company
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