# Alternatives to GC AI > Source: https://theagentsindex.com/gc-ai/alternatives (current datasheets, evidence-ranked) Candidates share the baseline category or are previously researched peers. Requirements, preserved strengths, explicit trade-offs and research coverage decide the order; paid tier does not. ## Shortlist ### 1. Salesforce Agentforce Salesforce's platform for building, deploying and monitoring AI agents on top of CRM data. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on GC AI:** - [Runs autonomously: yes — Autonomy is a per-agent setting rather than a fixed trait; agents escalate to a human when an issue exceeds their scope.](https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/guide/) - [Open models: partial — The Salesforce-managed model list names only Anthropic, OpenAI/Azure OpenAI, Google Vertex, Amazon and NVIDIA (beta), with no Llama or Mistral, so open-weight models arrive only through the customer's own BYOLLM connection.](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/supported-models.html) - [Model choice: yes — The customer selects the model option in Setup and can override it per agent or subagent in Agent Script; leaving the default hands the choice to Salesforce's managed mix.](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/supported-models.html) **Trade-offs against GC AI:** - [Agent permissions: partial — Guardrails and filters bound which topics and actions an agent may reach and data access honours existing Salesforce permissions, but an approval-before-every-action mode is documented only for the Agentforce Vibes coding agent.](https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/how-it-works/) - [On the command line: partial — Salesforce CLI drives the whole agent lifecycle from a terminal, but the Vibes coding agent itself is distributed only as a VS Code extension and a hosted IDE. There is no standalone Vibes CLI.](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/headless-tools.html) [View Salesforce Agentforce](https://theagentsindex.com/salesforce-agentforce) ### 2. UiPath Agent Builder Low-code canvas in UiPath Studio Web for building AI agents that run on the UiPath automation platform. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on GC AI:** - [Runs autonomously: yes — Autonomous is one of the two agent types you pick at creation, human escalation is marked optional in the build flow, and a deployed agent runs as an unattended Orchestrator job; UiPath itself steers high-stakes regulated work back to deterministic automation.](https://docs.uipath.com/agents/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/building-an-agent-in-studio-web) - [Open models: partial — No open-weight family appears in the closed docs table of models supported for Agents, which lists only Google, OpenAI and Anthropic; open-source models are offered only for on-premises Automation Suite, plus a generic connector for any OpenAI-V1-compatible endpoint.](https://www.uipath.com/product/automation-suite) - [Model choice: yes — You pick the model per agent from the Properties panel, models are provisioned through the AI Trust Layer, and the vendor states a model can be swapped later without rebuilding the agent.](https://www.uipath.com/platform/agentic-automation/agentic-ai/agent-builder) **Trade-offs against GC AI:** - [Done-for-you service: no — This is licensed software the customer operates, pitched explicitly at the business user building the agent themselves; UiPath sells no build-and-run service on this page, only a trial and a demo.](https://www.uipath.com/platform/agentic-automation/agentic-ai/agent-builder) - [Admin controls: partial — Admins get Automation Ops governance policies that can override an agent's model settings, plus custom roles and access policies, but both rows carry an em dash on the Basic tier and start at Standard.](https://www.uipath.com/pricing) [View UiPath Agent Builder](https://theagentsindex.com/uipath-agent-builder) ### 3. Relevance AI Hosted low-code platform for building, evaluating and running teams of business AI agents. **Research coverage:** 34/35 criteria **Where it improves on GC AI:** - [Runs autonomously: yes — Agents are positioned to complete tasks without a human in the loop; approval modes are configurable per connection](https://relevanceai.com/docs/get-started/introduction) - [Open models: yes — Open-weight models reachable through the OpenRouter integration; the vendor also hosts LLaMA-family models in its own cloud](https://relevanceai.com/docs/integrations/llm-integrations/openrouter) - [Model choice: yes — You pick the model per agent, on every tier, plus a fallback model from another provider](https://relevanceai.com/docs/get-started/pricing) **Trade-offs against GC AI:** - [On the command line: partial — No first-party CLI; a Claude Code plugin and Codex MCP registration drive it from a terminal](https://relevanceai.com/docs/integrations/mcp/claude-code) - [Admin controls: partial — Approval gates, spend and usage limits on all plans; RBAC and fine-grained asset controls are Enterprise-only](https://relevanceai.com/docs/admin/security) [View Relevance AI](https://theagentsindex.com/relevance-ai) ### 4. Agno Python SDK, open-source AgentOS runtime and hosted control plane for building and operating agents. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on GC AI:** - [Runs autonomously: yes — Background execution and a database-backed scheduler run agents with no client attached; approval gates are opt-in.](https://docs.agno.com/use-cases/workflow-automation) - [Open models: yes — Local runtimes llama.cpp, LM Studio, Ollama and vLLM are first-class provider keys, alongside Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek and Qwen.](https://docs.agno.com/models/providers/model-index) - [Model choice: yes — You choose the provider and can switch without rewriting agents; 30+ providers behind one API.](https://www.agno.com/) **Trade-offs against GC AI:** - [Done-for-you service: no — You run the software in your own cloud; Enterprise adds dedicated build help, not a managed service.](https://www.agno.com/products/runtime) - [Agent permissions: partial — Runs are unattended unless a tool is marked for approval; then the run pauses in your database until an admin resolves it.](https://docs.agno.com/agent-os/approvals/overview) - [Certifications: partial — SOC 2 compliance is asserted on the homepage; Enterprise adds security reviews. No ISO 27001 or GDPR claim found.](https://www.agno.com/) [View Agno](https://theagentsindex.com/agno) ### 5. ElevenLabs Agents Hosted platform for building voice and chat agents, with telephony, SDKs and a choice of LLM. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on GC AI:** - [Runs autonomously: yes — Agents run whole calls and chats unattended, including scheduled outbound campaigns, with explicit system tools to end a call or hand off to a human number.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-agents/phone-numbers/batch-calls) - [Open models: yes — Open-weight models run two ways: ElevenLabs-hosted Qwen in the native model list, or Llama and Mixtral through a custom LLM endpoint such as Together AI, Groq or SambaNova.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-agents/customization/llm/custom-llm/together-ai) - [Model choice: yes — You pick the model per agent, plus a backup cascade; LLM usage is billed on top of the plan and varies by model.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-agents/customization/llm) **Trade-offs against GC AI:** - [In your editor: no — The vendor enumerates its surfaces as web widgets, mobile apps, phone systems and custom integrations; no editor or IDE extension appears in that list.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-agents/integrate/overview) - [Admin controls: partial — Guardrails constrain what an agent may say and per-tool approval constrains what it may do, but Guardrails is in Alpha and enabling MCP servers is not restricted to admins.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-agents/best-practices/guardrails) - [Data residency: partial — US by default; EU, India and Singapore exist as separate Enterprise workspaces with their own accounts, API hosts and reduced model choice, and processing may still leave the region.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/administration/data-residency) [View ElevenLabs Agents](https://theagentsindex.com/elevenlabs-conversational-ai) ### 6. n8n Workflow automation platform for building and running AI agents on a visual canvas, with code where needed. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on GC AI:** - [Runs autonomously: yes — Agents run a reasoning loop until they produce a result and fire from schedules or channels with nobody watching; approval steps are something you add.](https://docs.n8n.io/build/build-and-manage-agents) - [Open models: yes — Ollama chat and embedding nodes run local open-weight models; OpenRouter, Hugging Face Inference, DeepSeek and Mistral nodes cover hosted open-weight options.](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/sub-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmchatollama) - [Model choice: yes — You pick the provider and model per node or per agent, and swap it without rebuilding the workflow; a fallback model can be attached to an agent.](https://n8n.io/) **Trade-offs against GC AI:** - [Done-for-you service: no — Every plan is software you operate, on n8n Cloud or your own infrastructure; the only vendor-delivered service on the pricing page is support, dedicated with an SLA on Enterprise.](https://n8n.io/pricing/) - [Seat model: no — Not sold per seat. Users are unlimited on every plan and the quota is executions, so there is no seat floor or ceiling to negotiate; shared projects are what step up by tier (1, 3, 6, unlimited).](https://n8n.io/pricing/) - [Certifications: partial — SOC 2 audited with external pen tests and a public Trust Center; GDPR is covered by a pre-signed DPA carrying the Standard Contractual Clauses. No ISO 27001 claim appears anywhere on the site.](https://n8n.io/enterprise/) [View n8n](https://theagentsindex.com/n8n) ## Method Unknown data is never treated as a benefit or a trade-off. Featured placement is labelled but cannot alter recommendation order.