Self-hosted AI
Self-hosted AI
for your business.
Self-hosted AI means the software your AI works in runs on a server you control, not on a vendor's. An Ownbox runs on a server of its own, set up for you, and moves to your own account in one click. Your records, your agents' work and the code stay there, and the AI thinks on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for.
Runs on a Claude Pro or Max plan, or ChatGPT Plus, Pro or Business. Your login arrives by email about five minutes after you pay.
What it looks like
Your Ownbox, on your phone.
Self-hosted vs SaaS
Most business software is rented: it runs on the vendor's servers, holds your data there, and stops when you stop paying. Self-hosted turns that around.
| Typical SaaS | Ownbox, self-hosted | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your data lives | The vendor's servers | A server of its own, yours to take home |
| How you pay | Every month, often per seat | $799 once; Managed Support is free for 3 months, then $99 a month, and optional |
| Who can switch it off | The vendor | You. While we host it, cancelling gives you 30 days and a one-click move home |
| If the vendor goes away | The software goes with it | Take it home any day, and it runs without us |
| Your AI | The vendor's, billed by them | Your own Claude or ChatGPT account |
What happens to self-hosted software if the vendor goes out of business?
What self-hosted means on an Ownbox
- Your Ownbox is yoursIt runs on its own server, with hosting included in Managed Support. Move it to your own DigitalOcean account whenever you want; from then on you pay DigitalOcean directly, about $12 a month.
- We set it upYour Ownbox is delivered running on its own server, about five minutes after checkout. You don't need to open a terminal.
- The AI is your accountIt signs in to the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for; Gemini and Grok are planned. When it drafts, the text it needs goes to that account, under your own terms with that provider.
- Fully on your hardware, if you need itEnterprise adds a dedicated GPU server running a model locally, so your AI runs on your own hardware and your data never leaves it.
Do you need an IT person to run it?
No. Managed Support Services keeps it running for you: every update installed, monitoring and daily backups, and help from the people who built it. Every checkout includes the first three months free, then it's $99 a month, or $199 a month with Pro.
Cancel anytime. Your box keeps running for 30 days, then move it to your own DigitalOcean account in one click, or we power it off and keep it safe for you.
What self-hosted AI costs
- $799once, for Ownbox Core. No software subscription, no seat fees.
- $99a month for Managed Support after the first three free months: hosting, updates, backups and help. Optional; cancel anytime.
- $12a month, about, for the server, and only once you move your Ownbox to your own DigitalOcean account. Until then, hosting is included with Managed Support.
- $0extra for the AI. It runs on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for.
Pro is $1,899 once, for unlimited people, with both add-on machines. Enterprise, with its own GPU server, is priced for you.
Why we built it this way
People and companies should own their data, or at least have a copy they can take with them and build on. AI agents should work in one contained place, not across every computer in the office. And no business needs another subscription and another silo of data.
Questions about self-hosted AI
What is self-hosted AI?
AI software that runs on a server you control instead of a vendor's. On an Ownbox, your records, your AI employees' work and the code stay on its own server, which you can take home to your own account any day.
Does my data leave my server?
Your records stay on it. When the AI drafts something, the text it needs goes to your own Claude or ChatGPT account. On Enterprise, the model runs on your own GPU server, so nothing leaves it.
Is self-hosted AI hard to run?
Not with an Ownbox. It's delivered running on its own server, and Managed Support installs every update and keeps daily backups.
What happens if Ownbox goes out of business?
Your code and data were never ours to lose, and everything on the box exports in full. The box is yours to take home: from inside it, you move it to your own DigitalOcean account, where it runs without us. Take it home any day, and our going anywhere can't stop it.
What does self-hosted AI cost?
$799 once for Ownbox Core and the AI plan you already pay for. Every checkout includes the first three months free, then it's $99 a month, or $199 a month with Pro. It includes the hosting. Move your Ownbox to your own account and the server is about $12 a month, paid to DigitalOcean. There are no seat fees.
Own the machine, not the subscription.
Set up for you on a server of its own, yours to take home any day, running on the AI you already pay for.
$799 once · yours to keep
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