# Alternatives to Relevance AI

> Source: https://theagentsindex.com/relevance-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. Agno

Python SDK, self-hosted AgentOS runtime and hosted control plane for building and operating agent platforms.

**Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria

**Where it improves on Relevance AI:**
- [Writes code: yes — Ships a CodingTools toolkit whose documented job is editing files and running commands in a scoped project directory.](https://docs.agno.com/use-cases/coding-agents)
- [On the command line: yes — A first-party terminal tool ships with the SDK and also standalone as agnoctl: it scaffolds projects, runs them, connects MCP clients and manages service-account tokens.](https://docs.agno.com/cli/overview)
- [Self-hosted: yes — The runtime and database are yours to host anywhere a container runs; only the control plane UI is hosted by default, and a self-hosted control plane is an Enterprise item.](https://www.agno.com/)

**Trade-offs against Relevance AI:**
- [Pooled budget: partial — There is no metered balance to pool; seats share access to the same connected runtimes and usage inside a connection is unlimited.](https://www.agno.com/pricing)
- [Certifications: partial — SOC 2 compliance is asserted in the trust band on the enterprise and SDK pages, but no ISO 27001 or GDPR statement is published; security reviews are an Enterprise item.](https://www.agno.com/enterprise)

[View Agno](https://theagentsindex.com/agno)

### 2. LangChain

Open source agent frameworks plus LangSmith, a hosted platform to trace, evaluate, deploy and govern agents.

**Research coverage:** 34/35 criteria

**Where it improves on Relevance AI:**
- [Writes code: yes — The vendor ships dcode, a free open-source terminal coding agent that writes and runs code from a prompt; it is a separate package from the paid LangSmith platform.](https://www.langchain.com/dcode)
- [On the command line: yes — Several terminal surfaces exist: the LangGraph CLI for local dev servers, a Sandbox CLI on every plan, a LangSmith CLI for issues, and the dcode terminal coding agent.](https://docs.langchain.com/langsmith/engine)
- [Self-hosted: partial — The open source frameworks run anywhere, but self-hosting or hybrid-hosting the LangSmith platform on Kubernetes is an Enterprise-plan option; Developer and Plus are cloud-only.](https://www.langchain.com/pricing)

**Trade-offs against Relevance AI:**
- [Bring your own key: partial — You can bring your own provider keys through the gateway on every plan, or buy inference as Gateway Credits, but Engine refuses your keys and bills its model use as compute units.](https://docs.langchain.com/langsmith/engine)
- [Getting out: partial — Traces can be queried through the SDK on any plan, but scheduled bulk export to your own S3 bucket in Parquet is now Enterprise-only for new customers, with older accounts cut off in 2027.](https://docs.langchain.com/langsmith/data-export)

[View LangChain](https://theagentsindex.com/langchain)

### 3. Glean

Enterprise AI platform for building, governing and running agents on permission-aware company context.

**Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria

**Where it improves on Relevance AI:**
- [Writes code: yes — Code Writer proposes code changes and opens draft pull requests in GitHub, callable from Glean, agents or Slack.](https://docs.glean.com/administration/assistant/features/code-writer)
- [In your editor: yes — A remote MCP server puts Glean inside Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, JetBrains AI Assistant and Claude Desktop.](https://www.glean.com/platform/api)
- [Self-hosted: partial — Customer Hosted runs Glean inside your own AWS or GCP account, but as a Glean-operated managed service you may not deploy or patch yourself.](https://docs.glean.com/get-started/prepare/about-deployment)

**Trade-offs against Relevance AI:**
- [Done-for-you service: no — Glean sells licensed software; it manages the infrastructure and application but customers build and run their own agents.](https://docs.glean.com/get-started/prepare/about-deployment)
- [Agent permissions: partial — Write actions require confirmation and are checked before execution; source-system permissions are re-checked on every request, but read work proceeds unattended.](https://www.glean.com/platform/security)
- [Getting out: partial — Audit logs, usage tables, org charts and agent definitions export to CSV, and Glean can stream logs to storage you own; nothing published says whether unused FlexCredits expire.](https://docs.glean.com/administration/management/audit-logs/admin-audit-logs)

[View Glean](https://theagentsindex.com/glean)

### 4. 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 Relevance AI:**
- [On the command line: yes — A standalone CLI authenticates by OAuth and pushes, pulls and diffs agent, tool and test configurations held as files in version control.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-agents/operate/cli)
- [Self-hosted: partial — The full agent runtime can run in your own VPC or hardware on AWS or GCP, but the documentation is NDA-gated and sold through the account team; Azure is unreleased.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/capabilities/private-deployment)
- [Free tier: yes — A permanent $0 plan includes 15 call minutes a month, four concurrent calls, the workflow builder, knowledge base and widget; no sales call.](https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/agents)

**Trade-offs against Relevance 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)
- [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)
- [Getting out: partial — Agents, tools and tests pull down as files via the CLI and conversations are readable over the API, but unused paid credits expire on cancel or downgrade and rollover caps at two months.](https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/agents)

[View ElevenLabs Agents](https://theagentsindex.com/elevenlabs-conversational-ai)

### 5. Tale

Open-source project workspace where teams assign tasks to AI coding agents running in sandboxes.

**Research coverage:** 33/35 criteria

**Where it improves on Relevance AI:**
- [Writes code: yes — Project agents run on a coding harness that reads and writes files and runs commands in a sandbox, so new code is authored from the task brief.](https://docs.tale.dev/platform/agents/harnesses)
- [Self-hosted: yes — Self-hosting is the Community edition's only deployment mode and remains an option on Enterprise, on your own hardware or in Tale's cloud.](https://tale.dev/pricing)
- [Free tier: yes — The Community edition is a standing free self-hosted option with every product feature, needing no sales call; support happens on GitHub.](https://tale.dev/pricing)

**Trade-offs against Relevance AI:**
- [Runs autonomously: partial — An agent completes a task unattended and posts its report, but it must stop at In review and cannot approve its own result, so a person or a separate reviewer agent closes the loop.](https://docs.tale.dev/platform/projects/task-automation)
- [Agent permissions: partial — Each agent is granted explicit tools, skills and secrets, connector writes are refused to the agent broker, and external automation writes pause for approval by default.](https://tale.dev/platform/governance)
- [Certifications: partial — Ruler GmbH holds ISO/IEC 27001 covering Tale Enterprise and offers a GDPR/FADP DPA with a custom DPA on Enterprise, but no SOC 2 report is published.](https://docs.tale.dev/cloud/trust-and-compliance)

[View Tale](https://theagentsindex.com/tale)

### 6. Gumloop

Multiplayer AI agent builder: teams build agents over their apps while IT keeps governance and spend control.

**Research coverage:** 32/35 criteria

**Where it improves on Relevance AI:**
- [Writes code: yes — Agents generate and execute Python and shell code in a per-conversation cloud sandbox that is on by default, and can ship code as a shareable artifact.](https://www.gumloop.com/vs/n8n)
- [On the command line: yes — A first-party CLI runs agents, calls MCP tools, searches Company Brain and manages skills and artifacts from the terminal, and is included on both plans.](https://www.gumloop.com/products/cli)
- [Self-hosted: partial — Virtual Private Cloud deployment is an optional Enterprise line item only, and Gumloop operates the stack inside your cloud rather than handing you software to run.](https://www.gumloop.com/solutions/security)

**Trade-offs against Relevance AI:**
- [Done-for-you service: no — Gumloop sells self-serve software your own team builds on; the only people-led option is an optional embedded expert on Enterprise, not a done-for-you build service.](https://www.gumloop.com/pricing)
- [Data residency: partial — Region choice comes with the optional Enterprise VPC deployment; on managed SaaS the vendor names no region options and routes open models through US-based providers.](https://www.gumloop.com/solutions/security)
- [Getting out: partial — Organisation-wide data export and continuous drains are an Enterprise feature, and unused credits never carry over to the next month.](https://www.gumloop.com/pricing)

[View Gumloop](https://theagentsindex.com/gumloop)

## Method

Unknown data is never treated as a benefit or a trade-off. Featured placement is labelled but cannot alter recommendation order.