Agent Zero vs Kortix

Agent Zero

• Developers who want an agent whose prompts and tools they can inspect and change
• Keeping an agent sandboxed in Docker instead of running it on the host
• Running on local models through Ollama or LM Studio

Kortix

• Teams that want agent configuration versioned in a git repository
• Organizations that need to self-host or deploy in their own cloud
• Engineering-led teams comfortable reviewing agent work as diffs

Agent Zero

• The site lists no hosted version: you install it with the Launcher, a terminal installer or Docker on a machine you provide.
• Model access is not included. You connect a cloud provider, an AI account such as ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot, or a local model server.
• The Launcher is offered for macOS, Windows and Linux; the installation page lists no iOS or Android app.
• The project funds itself through its A0T crypto token, not paid plans; a beta LLM API with a daily quota is open only to people who stake A0T.

Kortix

• The Free plan is limited to 1 project and 200 sandbox credits a month, and you supply model access yourself.
• Kortix marks up managed model costs by 20% and most tool calls by 50%; with your own API key it charges a flat 10% platform fee instead, waived on Free.
• SAML SSO, SCIM, advanced RBAC and audit logs need Enterprise, and a self-hosted instance needs an Enterprise license to unlock them.
• iPhone, iPad and Android apps are listed as coming soon, and self-hosted instances still run agent sandboxes on an outside provider such as Daytona.

Agent Zero

Linux desktop in a container

The agent gets an XFCE desktop session inside its Docker container, where it runs terminals, file tools and GUI software. You see each action and share the same mouse and keyboard.

Browser with annotation

A built-in browser opens pages, clicks, types, uploads files and takes screenshots. In Annotate mode you click a page element to have it changed, inspected, copied or commented on.

Document cowork

A Markdown editor and LibreOffice Writer, Calc and Impress are built into the workspace, so you and the agent edit the same document, spreadsheet or slide deck.

Projects, memory and secrets

Projects keep files, instructions, memory, secrets, Git repositories and model presets separate per workspace. A Memory Dashboard is used to review and manage what is stored.

A0 CLI Connector

An optional command-line bridge lets a sandboxed instance request access to files, a terminal and a Chromium-based browser on your own computer.

Plugin Hub, MCP and A2A

More than 100 community plugins install from the Web UI, each scanned for risks first. The agent also connects to MCP servers and Agent-to-Agent flows.

Kortix

Company as code

Agents, skills, memory, connector settings and triggers are text files in one git repository, so any change can be searched, diffed and rolled back.

A computer per session

Each session boots its own isolated Linux machine with your repo and tools already on it, and many sessions can run in parallel without affecting one another.

Change requests and tool rules

Session work lands on the main branch as a change request you read as a diff first, and each tool call can be set to allow, ask or block.

Any model, your keys

Pick a model per agent, session or message, using your own API key, a ChatGPT subscription, any OpenAI-compatible endpoint or Kortix's managed gateway.

Connectors

Connects to 3,000+ apps plus MCP servers, OpenAPI, GraphQL and raw HTTP. Connector credentials are brokered server-side and never enter the session's machine.

Channels and automations

Sessions start from the web app, Slack, Microsoft Teams, the CLI or the API, or with nobody present from cron schedules and signed webhooks. Email is in preview.

Agent Zero

• Agent Zero (MIT licensed)Free

  The complete framework, installed with the desktop Launcher, a terminal installer or Docker, with a model provider of your choice.

Kortix

• Free$0

  200 credits a month for sandbox compute, 1 project, and model access through your own API key or a connected ChatGPT subscription.

• Team$40

  per seat / month

  2,500 pooled credits a month per seat (about 125 default Agent Computer hours), up to 200 projects and 100 seats, credit top-ups and email support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Team, plus SAML SSO and SCIM, advanced RBAC and audit logs, cloud, VPC or on-prem deployment, and an SLA, DPA and dedicated support.

Agent Zero

No public discounts listed.

Kortix

• Other savings

  Free to self-host

  Kortix is open source and can be self-hosted at no charge as one Docker Compose stack built from the same images as the managed cloud.