Onyx vs Buzz

	Onyx AI search and chat across your company apps. Visit	Buzz Transcribe and caption audio offline on your computer. Visit
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Pricing	Freemium	Free
Category	Enterprise Search	Transcription
Tags	ai-assistantenterprise-searchopen-sourcepractical-ossragself-hosted	practical-ossopen-sourceself-hostedtranscription
Best for	Engineering-capable teams Security and privacy-focused organizations Companies avoiding vendor lock-in	—
Pros	Open-source and MIT-licensed with free self-hosting 40+ connectors to common workplace apps Model-agnostic, works with any LLM Granular access controls and data residency Active GitHub community and rapid development	Runs fully offline on your own machine, keeping audio private Permissive MIT license Handles files, YouTube links, and live microphone transcription Exports to TXT, SRT, and VTT, with speaker identification and a watch-folder option Hardware acceleration via CUDA, Apple Silicon, and Vulkan for faster processing
Cons	Self-hosting requires engineering effort to deploy and maintain Less polished onboarding than turnkey SaaS No native mobile app Advanced/enterprise features may need the paid tier Support for self-hosters is community-driven	Accuracy and speed depend on the Whisper model size and your hardware; larger models need a capable GPU Whisper's translation feature outputs English, so it is not a general any-to-any translator Installers are unsigned, so Windows and macOS show security warnings on first run Intel Macs are no longer supported beyond an older release; current versions require Apple Silicon

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