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AI Experts for content, sales, research and operations, led by Otto, on a visual builder you can self-host.

AutoGPT is a platform of AI Experts, specialist agents for content, sales, research and operations, coordinated by a generalist agent called Otto. Underneath sits a visual workflow builder with blocks, branching and schedules, available on AutoGPT Cloud or self-hosted with Docker.

Best for
Small business owners who want AI assistants to automate repetitive digital work.
Look elsewhere if
  • you want to use it for real without paying
  • you need a written uptime promise
GitHub stars
188k

What we checked

Pages last read
Facts checked
22 factsFrom 18 sources, read 5 November 2026
AI answers
Named in 2 of 62Buyer questions, our November check

At a glance

Pricing

Plans
  • Free · $0
  • Pro · Custom

Code

Last push
10 October 2026

What changed: from workflow builder to a team of AI Experts

As of October 2026, agpt.co frames the product as "Your team of AI Experts": a head-of-AI orchestrator called Otto delegates to a roster of 32 named, role-specific agents (e.g., Maria, an SEO Content Manager; Max, an Account Executive; Frankie, an Executive Assistant) that you brief in plain English, connect to your apps, and set spending thresholds for (https://agpt.co/, https://agpt.co/experts/). The company's own blog dates the design work for this persona-based rebrand to October 3, 2026 (https://agpt.co/blog/designing-otto-and-ai-experts-clay-and-rock), and a June 30, 2026 post shows the product was still being marketed around a Discord/Telegram "AutoPilot" bot just three months earlier (https://agpt.co/blog/introducing-autopilot-discord). This is a recent, still-settling rebrand of the same underlying platform, not a new company.

Pricing: no permanent free cloud tier

The hosted plans on agpt.co/pricing are Pro at $50/month (billed monthly, 15% off yearly) after a 7-day free trial that requires a card up front, and Max at $320/month (8.5x Pro's usage, 5x file storage, priority support). A Team plan is listed as "Coming soon — Contact us," with no public price (https://agpt.co/pricing/). There is no free-forever cloud plan; the free trial converts to a paid subscription unless canceled. Credit-metered scheduled workflow runs sit on top of the plan price, with a spending cap you set per Expert.

Self-hosting is free, but it's not the same product experience

AutoGPT's own README is explicit: "Self-hosting is the free path. You provide the infrastructure and model API keys, and you maintain the deployment" (https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT/blob/master/README.md). Both the managed cloud Platform and self-hosting run from the same repository and include the "core builder and agent runtime," per the vendor's own comparison table, but self-hosting swaps managed infrastructure, built-in model access, and support for Docker, your own API keys, and community-only support. As of this check, the single-container installer the README promises is not yet shipped ("coming with the next appliance release"); today's self-host path is the manual setup guide at docs.agpt.co/platform/getting-started, which requires a working Docker stack.

License: 'open source' needs a footnote

AutoGPT's docs describe the product as "100% open source" (https://agpt.co/docs). That's an overstatement for the part most people would actually run today. Per the repository's own LICENSE file, code outside the autogpt_platform folder — the original standalone 2023 agent, Forge, the benchmark, and the classic GUI — is MIT-licensed, which is genuinely permissive open source. But the current Platform code (the Build canvas, Otto, the Experts system — what agpt.co now sells and what you'd self-host to get the modern product) is licensed under the PolyForm Shield License 1.0.0, a source-available license that is free for personal and internal business use but explicitly bars using it to "provide any product that competes with the software" — a noncompete clause that is not part of any OSI-approved open-source license (https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT/blob/master/LICENSE, https://polyformproject.org/licenses/shield/1.0.0).

Track record and development pace

The GitHub repository (Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT) is not archived and is still pushed to regularly (https://api.github.com/repos/Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT). Releases are frequent and substantial: autogpt-platform-beta-v0.8.3 shipped October 8, 2026 and v0.8.2 shipped September 30, 2026, each with dozens of merged features, UI changes, and bug fixes under active development (https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT/releases). AutoGPT was released March 2023 by Toran Bruce Richards of Significant Gravitas Ltd., became one of the first widely-covered autonomous-agent projects (Wired, Forbes, TechCrunch, Bloomberg all covered it in April–May 2023), and the company raised $12M in venture funding in October 2023 per its own announcement — no later funding round is independently confirmed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoGPT).

Community

AutoGPT's docs site states its Discord has "over 55,000 members" in one place and "a community of 65,000+ developers" in a header on the same page — the two figures aren't reconciled, so treat 55,000+ Discord members as the more specific, sourced number (https://agpt.co/docs).

Who it suits

A good fit for a founder, marketer, or operator who wants a managed roster of role-based AI workers (content, sales outreach, ops, finance, support, etc.) that they can brief like new hires, connect to real tools (Gmail, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce and 45+ other integrations per the README), and keep on a budget via per-Expert spending caps — without standing up infrastructure. A poor fit for someone who wants a free, lightweight autonomous agent to experiment with occasionally: that use case now costs $50/mo on the trial-to-paid cloud plan, or requires a Docker-based self-host setup with your own model API keys and no managed installer yet.

AutoGPT price and terms

Terms

Free to start
PartlyPartly7-day Pro trial for eligible new accounts, card required, trial usage limits apply
The terms in full

Separately, the platform can be self-hosted free with your own infrastructure and model keys.

Card to start
NoRequired
Sign up without sales
YesYes

For AI agents

MCP server
Yes
API
Yes

Developer docs

AutoGPT's pricing page

Pricing page, captured

agpt.co/pricing, checked

All plans and limits

PlanPriceMain limits
Pro$50 a monthNone stated
Max$320 a month5x file storage; Otto Chat allowance: 8.5× Pro's; 8.5x Pro usage
TeamPrice on requestNone stated

Read from agpt.co/pricing.

What we checked on AutoGPT

YesPartlyNo

What it costs to startYes

What the price counts

Cloud access has a flat monthly subscription, while workflow execution draws from a metered credit wallet.

The model: workflow runs are pay-as-you-go via the credit wallet — the same on every plan. The subscription (Pro vs Max) covers Otto and Expert chat…

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What it costs to startPartly

Free tier

The cloud product has only a 7-day Pro trial for eligible new accounts, but the platform itself can be self-hosted for free if you supply your own infrastructure and model access.

Eligible new accounts can try Pro free for 7 days. A card is required, with no subscription charge today.

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What it costs to startYes

Self-serve signup

A visitor can create a hosted account through the sign-up flow without first contacting sales.

Start free for 7 days

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What it costs to startYes

Card to start

The 7-day Pro trial asks for a payment card up front, although no subscription charge is taken on the day you start.

Eligible new accounts. Card required; no subscription charge today. Cancel anytime.

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What it costs to startYes

Contract

Pro and Max are sold month to month, with an optional yearly billing term at a 15% discount; no seat minimum is stated.

Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.

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What it costs to startYes

Cancel any time

The public Pro trial and both listed paid cloud plans state that cancellation is available anytime.

After the trial, monthly Pro is $50/month. Trial usage limits apply, and canceling ends trial access.

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What it works withYes

Works with

The integration catalog names Gmail, Slack, Notion, GitHub, HubSpot, Webhooks, and many other connected services.

Hundreds of AI models — chat, image, video, speech, transcription, OCR, embeddings — plus the tools your work already lives in. On cloud, credentials…

agpt.co/product/buildChecked

What it works withYes

Public API

A documented REST API (v2) with an OpenAPI spec runs, builds and schedules agents, and is the same on AutoGPT Cloud and self-hosted instances; rate limit is 200 requests per minute per user.

Run, build and manage AutoGPT agents from your own code. One REST API, the same on AutoGPT Cloud and on a self-hosted instance.

agpt.co/docs/platform/api-and-integrati…Checked

What it works withYes

MCP server

AutoGPT hosts an MCP server so compatible assistants can find, build, run, and manage agents through scoped tools.

AutoGPT runs a Model Context Protocol server alongside the API. Connect an AI assistant to it and the assistant can search the marketplace and your…

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What it works withYes

Webhooks

A webhook trigger can start a workflow when an event arrives from an external service.

Webhook and schedule triggers as first-class blocks

agpt.co/product/buildChecked

What it does on its ownYes

Acts on its own

Users can schedule recurring work, allowing an Expert to return to a task while the user is away.

Yes. Set up a routine or scheduled workflow for recurring work. Your expert may need details, connected services, and your instructions before it can…

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What it does on its ownYes

Limits on what it may do

Each Expert can receive chosen account access and a configurable threshold requiring approval for spending.

Choose app access and set spending guardrails for each Expert.

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What it does on its ownYes

No code needed

The Builder uses visual drag-and-drop blocks and wiring, while Otto can begin from a plain-English description.

No. Start with a conversation and a ready-made expert. Experts can use skills and workflows to carry out the work you give them.

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What it does on its ownYes

Several agents

Otto can coordinate multiple named Experts, and the site depicts Maria, Max, and Frankie working in parallel.

Tell Otto what’s on your plate. It brings in the right Experts, hands over the work, and keeps you up to date.

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What happens to your dataPartly

Retention you control

Memory controls let users review and forget stored facts and preferences, but no general retention schedule is published.

We will not keep your personal data for longer than we need it for the purpose for which it is used and different retention periods apply for…

agpt.co/legal/platform-privacy-policyChecked

What happens to your dataYes

Self-hosted

The platform can be self-hosted for free with Docker, with the customer supplying infrastructure and bringing its own model provider keys.

You can also self-host AutoGPT for free with a single Docker command, supplying and managing your own infrastructure and model access.

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What happens to your dataPartly

Open source

Code is public on GitHub, but the platform folder is under the PolyForm Shield License, a source-available license, while only the classic agent and other parts are MIT.

Code and content within the autogpt_platform folder is licensed under the Polyform Shield License.

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What happens to your dataYes

Take your data out

Workflows export to file on every plan, chats export as Markdown and outputs download as ZIP; a full account export is not described.

Workflow Import / Export

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Whether a company can buy itNo

Uptime promise

The terms of use explicitly decline to promise availability, and the company reserves the right to suspend the platform at any time; no uptime percentage is published.

While we try to make sure that the Platform is available for your use, we do not promise that the Platform will be available at all times or that…

agpt.co/legal/platform-terms-of-useChecked

Which models it runs onYes

You pick the model

AI blocks can run on the model the user chooses, and the platform lists many hosted model providers.

Access to virtually any leading AI model

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Which models it runs onYes

Open models

Open-weight families such as Llama 4, DeepSeek and Qwen appear in the model list and are marked included on every plan, including self-host.

Llama Family

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Which models it runs onPartly

Your own model key

Self-hosted installs run on your own model provider keys, but on AutoGPT Cloud credentials are managed for you and bringing your own key is not described.

Self-Host note: all model providers require BYO API keys when self-hosting.

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Questions about AutoGPT

How much does AutoGPT cost?
AutoGPT costs $50 a month. From agpt.co/pricing, checked 12 November 2026.
Does AutoGPT have an API or an MCP server?
It has an API. It has an MCP server.
Is AutoGPT open source, and can you host it yourself?
Part of it is open source. You can host it yourself.
What have we checked on AutoGPT?
22 facts, under these headings: What it costs to start, what it works with, what it does on its own, what happens to your data, whether a company can buy it, which models it runs on.
How do we check AutoGPT?
We hold 22 facts on AutoGPT, quoted from 18 pages. Facts last checked 5 November 2026. Price last checked 12 November 2026. Last change found 28 October 2026.

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