The Privacy-First Perplexity Alternative
Stop feeding your corporate research into cloud LLMs. Run Open WebUI with SearXNG on your own private server. No per-user fees, no data harvesting, and total control over your AI research stack.
Why teams switch from Perplexity to Open WebUI
A side-by-side look at privacy, costs, and data ownership.
Pricing based on Perplexity Enterprise seat costs as of 2024. Open WebUI cost is limited only by your server size.
Why run your Perplexity alternative on Opsily?
We handle the infrastructure so you can focus on the research. No DevOps degree required.
Absolute Data Sovereignty
Your queries and document uploads never leave your server. This is the only way to ensure 100% GDPR compliance for AI research.
Escape the SaaS Tax
Perplexity Pro costs $200 per year per person. On Opsily, one server supports your entire team for a single flat monthly fee.
Model Independence
Switch between Llama 3, Claude, or GPT-4o in seconds. You are not locked into one provider or one vendor's roadmap.
Built for teams who need reliability
Stop paying for seats you do not own
Perplexity has changed the way we search. But for a growing company, the math no longer adds up. Paying $40 per seat every month for an 'enterprise' tier that still harvests your metadata is a bad deal.
Open WebUI offers a better path. It is a feature-rich interface that does everything Perplexity does: web search, document analysis, and conversational AI. The difference? You own the code. You own the data. You own the server.
The power of Open WebUI + SearXNG
To build a true perplexity alternative, you need two things: a great interface and a private way to search the web. We deploy Open WebUI alongside SearXNG. SearXNG acts as a privacy shield between you and the big search engines. It aggregates results from Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo without tracking your IP or building a profile on your employees.
Enterprise features for everyone
Open WebUI is not just a hobbyist tool. It includes granular multi-user management, audit logs, and the ability to create 'Tools' and 'Functions' that connect to your internal APIs. It is a professional research suite that scales with your team, not your budget.
Your private search engine in 4 steps
Setting up a self-hosted AI stack used to take days. We cut it down to minutes.
Choose Your App
Select an app to get started.
Choose Your Server
Select a plan based on your team size. We recommend the Medium plan for teams of 5-10 researchers.
One-Click Stack Deploy
Select Open WebUI + Ollama + SearXNG from our catalog. Our system handles the complex networking and container setup.
Connect Your Models
Point Open WebUI to your Ollama instance for local models, or add your OpenAI/Claude API keys for hybrid performance.
Go Live
Invite your team via email. Start searching, summarizing, and researching with 100% privacy.
Saved per team of 10
Compared to Perplexity Pro subscriptions. This covers your server costs five times over while giving you better privacy and control.
See PricingEverything you need to replace Perplexity
We don't gatekeep features. Every server gets the full suite of research tools.
One price. Unlimited researchers.
No per-user fees. Pick the server size that fits your model usage.
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Ready for Enterprise Compliance
Move your AI research out of the legal gray area and into a secure, controlled environment.
GDPR Compliant
All servers are located in Germany. Your data never leaves the EU jurisdiction.
ISO 27001 Certified DC
Our infrastructure partners maintain the highest physical security standards.
Zero Data Training
We never access your data. Your queries are never used to train models.
Daily Backups
Automated, encrypted backups of your entire research database.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, it is the leading open source alternative. When paired with a search backend like SearXNG, it provides the same core experience: real-time web search, document citation, and conversational research. The key advantage is that you own the infrastructure and the data remains 100% private.
Ready to build your own private research engine?
Deploy Open WebUI in 3 minutes. No credit card required to start your configuration.