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Onyx pricing

Onyx is an open source AI chat and enterprise search platform that connects to company apps and works with any LLM, offered as cloud or self-hosted.

AI search enginesSelf-serve + sales
Visit OnyxPrices checked Oct 29, 2026

How much does Onyx cost?

Paid plans start at $20/mo billed yearly
Free plan
Not stated
Free trial
14-day free trial, no credit card required
Enterprise
Contact sales
Read from onyx.app/pricing on Oct 29, 2026. Price changed? Tell usSee the line each price came from

In your favor

  • Free trial. 14-day free trial, no credit card required

Watch out for

  • Their pages disagree: connector count. "40+ App Connectors" vs "45+ connectors that don't just index your data, they mirror your fine-"
  • Their pages disagree: connector count. "50+ Connectors" vs "40+ App Connectors"

How you buy and get started

Self-serve + salesButtons on their site: Try for Free, Start Free Trial, Book a Demo, Talk to Sales
Sign up
Self-serve cloud signup
"Try for Free"
Setup
White-glove rollout with a forward-deployed engineer
"A dedicated forward-deployed engineer helps you identify key use cases, configure Onyx, and roll it out to your team."
When sales steps in
Enterprise plan is contact sales
"Talk to Sales"
Support
Community support on Business
"Community Support"
Support
Dedicated support on Enterprise
"Dedicated Support"

What Onyx does

Onyx indexes 40+ app connectors with source permissions enforced and gives answers with citations through chat, search, agents, MCP and Slack. It sells a self-serve Business plan at $20 per user per month and a contact-sales Enterprise plan.

Good for
Teams and enterprises that want AI chat and search over internal knowledge, including security-conscious organizations needing self-hosted, VPC or air-gapped deployment.
Channels
Desktop app, MCP, Slackbot, Chrome extension, Web chat and search UI
Main product
Onyx AI chat and enterprise search
Also includes
Chat and Search UI, Access to All Major LLMs, Custom AI Agents, Actions (MCP / OpenAPI), 40+ App Connectors, Web Search
Connects to
SharePoint, Confluence, Jira, Slack, Google Drive, Teams, Dropbox, Notion, Gmail, GitHub, Salesforce, HubSpot
Public API
Yes
MCP server
Yes
  • Cited AI answersGet exact answers with citations, or run Deep Research for in-depth analysis across your entire knowledge base
  • Connectors to work apps45+ connectors that don't just index your data, they mirror your fine-grained access controls.
  • Permission-aware resultsOnyx syncs ACLs from every connected source. Users only see documents they are authorized to access.
  • Live web searchWeb Search
  • Agents and workflowsCustom AI Agents
  • Search API accessDeveloper APIs
  • SSO and SOC 2SOC 2 Type II certified.
  • No training on your dataNo training on your data, by anyone, ever

The same 8 checks appear on every tool in AI search engines. Each tick quotes the vendor's own site.

Security and your data

QuestionTheir answerWhere it says so
Trains AI on your data?no"No training on your data, by anyone, ever"home
HIPAA (signs a BAA)Not stated
SOC 2SOC 2 Type II certified"SOC 2 Type II certified."enterprise
GDPRDeployed in GDPR-regulated environments"Currently deployed in FedRAMP, ITAR, CMMC, FERPA, and GDPR-regulated environments."enterprise
CCPANot stated
PCINot stated
ISO 27001Not stated
Single sign-onavailable on Enterprise"OIDC/SAML SSO"pricing
Trust centerNot stated

Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.

Every plan

PlanMonthlyBilled yearlyIncludedOver the allowanceWhere it says so
Businessper user / month – $20per month – – "mo /contact-sales pricing find the right plan for your team business for teams of any size"
Enterprise Quote – – – "Flexible pricing & deployment options for large organizations."
Their pages disagree: connector count"40+ App Connectors" vs "45+ connectors that don't just index your data, they mirror your fine-grained access contr"
Their pages disagree: connector count"50+ Connectors" vs "40+ App Connectors"

Fine print

Billing increment
Not stated
Billed beyond usage
Not stated
Contract
Not stated
Refunds
Not stated
Auto renew
Not stated
Price change notice
Not stated

"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.

About the company

Online since
May 4, 2018
Domain registration date
Founder
Chris Weaver and Yuhong Sun, Co-Founders
Customers
"1,000+ teams and 1M+ queries per week"
their claim
Backing
"Backed by leading investors including partners at Khosla Ventures, First Round C"
their words

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Questions

Is Onyx free?

There's no free plan. Free trial: 14-day free trial, no credit card required.

How much does Onyx cost?

Paid plans start at $20 per month billed yearly.

Does Onyx train AI on your data?

No, according to Onyx: "No training on your data, by anyone, ever"