Pinchy vs Langdock
Langdock is a proprietary, EU-hosted enterprise AI workspace — chat, workflows and agents for organisation-wide rollout, used by thousands of companies. Pinchy is open source (AGPL) and self-hosted: you run it, with per-agent permissions and a signed audit trail. Both are EU/GDPR-focused — but Langdock self-hosts only at 1,000+ seats, while Pinchy self-hosts for a team of any size.
The Core Difference
A polished, EU-hosted platform — chat, a workflow builder, custom agents and integrations — for organisation-wide AI adoption with central governance. Proven across large enterprises. The centre of gravity is a broad, managed workspace.
Run a single Docker stack on your own servers, with your own models. The centre of gravity is governed action you host yourself: per-agent allow-lists, a signed record of every call, air-gap capable — for a team of any size.
Langdock's on-prem and custom deployment start at 1,000+ seats; below that you're in its EU cloud. Pinchy self-hosts for a three-person team on day one — open source, no seat minimum, no sales call required to run it yourself.
Side by Side
Figures as of June 2026. Langdock does not publish pricing; details are from Langdock's public materials. Check each vendor for current details.
| Pinchy | Langdock | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Self-hosted agent platform | Managed enterprise AI workspace |
| License | AGPL-3.0 (open source) | Proprietary (closed source) |
| Who operates it | You (Docker, your servers) | Langdock (EU cloud) |
| Self-host / on-prem | Yes — any team size | Yes, but from 1,000+ seats |
| Where your data lives | Your infrastructure | Langdock's EU cloud (or yours at scale) |
| Fully offline / air-gapped | Yes (local model via Ollama) | Not a standard option |
| Free tier | Yes (AGPL, free) | No (7-day trial) |
| Pricing | Free + flat Pro (not per seat) | Sales-led, per-seat (no public pricing) |
| Model-agnostic | Yes (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, local) | Yes (leading models) |
| Per-agent tool permissions | Allow-list per agent (default-deny) | Central admin governance |
| Audit of agent actions | HMAC-signed per row, CSV export | Admin controls & governance |
| ERP-native (Odoo) | Deep, first-class | Via generic integrations |
| Proven scale | Early-stage, growing | 7,000+ companies (Merck, BASF, Würth) |
| Compliance | GDPR by architecture (your servers) | EU-hosted, GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II |
Being Honest
Langdock reports use across 7,000+ companies — Merck with 33,000+ monthly active users, BASF, Würth. For rolling AI out to thousands of people with central governance, that track record is hard to match.
Chat, a workflow builder, custom agents, integrations and admin controls — managed and polished out of the box. One platform for organisation-wide AI adoption, no infrastructure to run.
EU-hosted, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II. For large-enterprise procurement, those certifications plus a managed service make for a low-friction security review.
For 1,000+-seat customers, Langdock offers custom and on-premise deployment plus white-labelling — useful if you're a large org that wants both a managed product and your own branding.
Where Pinchy Wins
Pinchy is AGPL-3.0. Read the code, modify it, fork it, patch on your own schedule. With Langdock you depend on a proprietary vendor for every change, even when it runs in your cloud.
Langdock's on-prem starts at 1,000+ seats. Pinchy self-hosts for a three-person team with one Docker Compose command — on Linux, macOS, Windows, cloud or on-prem — and runs air-gapped with Ollama. No sales call to run it yourself.
Pinchy is free under AGPL with a flat Pro tier — not a sales-led per-seat contract. A three-person team and a fifty-person team can both start today, no minimum.
Every agent starts with zero tools; admins enable each one explicitly via a per-agent allow-list. Every tool call is recorded in an individually HMAC-signed audit row you can export and verify — in the free tier.
Pinchy ships a deep Odoo integration: query stock, create orders, reconcile invoices, all from chat or Telegram. Acting inside an ERP is a first-class use case, not a generic connector.
Pre-built images on GHCR, docker compose up, and you're running — no procurement, no seat threshold, no vendor operating your deployment. Update when you're ready.
Decision Guide
You're a large enterprise that wants a managed, broad AI workspace for organisation-wide rollout, with central admin governance, proven scale across thousands of users, and the option of on-prem at 1,000+ seats.
You want to self-host an open-source agent platform without a seat minimum, with per-agent governance and a signed audit, at a price a small or mid-sized team can afford — especially if Odoo is central or you need air-gap.
Do you want a managed enterprise AI workspace operated for you at scale? That's Langdock. Or self-hosted, governed agents you run and own — at any team size? That's Pinchy.
FAQ
For teams that want open-source, self-hosted agents, yes. Langdock is a proprietary, EU-hosted enterprise AI workspace — chat, workflows and agents for organisation-wide AI adoption, used by large enterprises. Pinchy is an AGPL, self-hosted agent platform you run on your own infrastructure, with per-agent permissions and a signed audit trail. Both are EU/GDPR-focused, but Langdock is a managed cloud (on-prem only at enterprise scale) while Pinchy self-hosts for a team of any size.
Only at enterprise scale. Langdock offers managed cloud, customer cloud, or on-premise deployment, but its custom and on-prem options are available from 1,000+ seats. Below that you run in Langdock's EU cloud. Pinchy self-hosts from day one for a team of any size with a single Docker Compose command.
Both are EU-focused and GDPR-compliant; Langdock is EU-hosted with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II. Langdock runs in its EU cloud unless you are a 1,000+-seat customer opting for on-prem. Pinchy runs on infrastructure you control by default, and paired with a local model via Ollama it can run fully air-gapped — no seat minimum required.
No. Langdock is a proprietary platform. Pinchy is AGPL-3.0: you can read the code, change it, and run it yourself on infrastructure no vendor can reach.
Choose Langdock when you are a large enterprise that wants a managed, broad AI workspace — chat, workflows and agents — for organisation-wide rollout, with central admin governance, proven scale across thousands of users, and the option of on-prem at 1,000+ seats. Choose Pinchy when you want to self-host an open-source agent platform without a seat minimum, with per-agent governance and a signed audit, at a price a small or mid-sized team can afford — especially for Odoo-centric work.
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