Pick Perplexica if
people who will run Docker and an LLM (local or BYOK) to keep search+answer off a hosted Pro plan.
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Our take
Pick Perplexica if people who will run Docker and an LLM (local or BYOK) to keep search+answer off a hosted Pro plan. Pick khoj if people who will run an AGPL second-brain locally or on their own box. Skip Perplexica if someone who wants a signed-out hosted composer with a published $17 Pro card (Perplexity) and will not operate search + model. Skip khoj if people who want a MIT RAG workspace with a Cloud $50 card
Perplexica
Self-host AI search (now Vane). MIT
Best for
Perplexica Perplexity-shaped search on a box you run
khoj Chat over your docs and the web with custom agents
Free plan
Perplexica $0 · mIT. You pay the LLM (local GPU or an API key) and the search host
khoj $0 · software (AGPL-3.0). You bring the model and the machine
Lowest paid
Perplexica Not published by the vendor
khoj Not published by the vendor
Coding agent
Perplexica
khoj Home composer
Runs where
Perplexica Local or hosted
khoj Local or hosted
Watch out
Perplexica You operate two systems
khoj AGPL is not MIT
Last checked
Perplexica 2026-10-20 · github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Vane
khoj 2026-10-19 · khoj.dev
Which one, then?
Pick khoj if
people who will run an AGPL second-brain locally or on their own box.
Read the khoj page