Onyx
coding
Open-source AI chat and enterprise search over your company's knowledge.
Pricing
Free plan
Rating
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Votes
0
Head-to-head comparison
Onyx vs Refact.ai
Compare Onyx and Refact.ai side by side across pricing, features, ratings, pros, cons, best-fit use cases, and alternatives.
Refact.ai
coding
Open-source autonomous AI coding agent that runs end-to-end tasks in your IDE
Pricing
Free plan
Rating
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Votes
0
Feature comparison
Feature
Onyx
Refact.ai
Category
coding
coding
Pricing
Free plan
Free plan
Free plan
API access
Mobile app
Browser extension
Team collaboration
Custom training
Self-hosted option
Offline mode
Multi-language support
Onyx pros and cons
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
Self-hosting requires engineering effort to deploy and maintain
Less polished onboarding than turnkey SaaS
No native mobile app
Refact.ai pros and cons
Fully open source with a permissive license
Can be self-hosted on-premise for data privacy
Bring-your-own-key across many model providers
Strong ranking among open-source agents on SWE-bench Verified
Self-hosting requires infrastructure and setup effort
Agent quality depends heavily on the chosen BYOK model
Smaller ecosystem and community than Cursor or Copilot
Which one should you choose?
Best overall signal
Onyx
Selected using Toolglade popularity signals such as views and votes.
Best value signal
Onyx
Selected using free-plan availability and engagement signals.
Best for
Onyx
- self-hosted enterprise search
- internal knowledge assistants
- data-sovereignty use cases
- open-source AI deployments
- Engineering-capable teams
Refact.ai
- autonomous coding tasks
- self-hosted code assistance
- refactoring
- Privacy-sensitive engineering teams
- Open-source-first developers
FAQ
Is Onyx better than Refact.ai?
It depends on your use case. Compare category fit, pricing, feature availability, and ratings before choosing.
Which tool has a free plan?
Onyx and Refact.ai offer a free plan based on current Toolglade data.