# Ask Sage review (2026): is it worth it? > Multi-model generative AI workspace for government and defense Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Ask Sage is a generative AI platform from BigBear.ai aimed at defense, federal and regulated organizations. It combines a model-agnostic chat workspace, a no-code agent builder, shared workbooks and a code editor, and can run in SaaS, on-premise or air-gapped setups. - **Category:** AI Agents - **Made by:** Ask Sage, Inc. - **Website:** https://www.asksage.ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a price, as none is published and cost follows token volume. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing Ask Sage's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Many models, one workspace:** The site says it supports 150+ models, including Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and open-source models, bought with a single token balance. - **Agent Builder:** A visual canvas where nodes are connected to build agents that automate tasks, analyze data and produce reports, with a real-time execution preview. - **Workbook:** A shared workspace where teams add sources, memos and chat history so colleagues work from the same documents. - **Code Canvas and Model Compare:** Code Canvas edits code side by side with the model, and Model Compare runs one query across models to show quality and speed. - **Security and hosting options:** The vendor says it is authorized for FedRAMP High and DoW IL5/IL6 and can be deployed as SaaS, on-premise or air-gapped. ## Good for - Defense and federal teams that need accredited AI hosting - Contractors checking documents against FAR, DFARS or NIST guidance - Organizations that want to switch between models in one workspace ## Worth knowing - No prices are published; the How to Buy page lists card payment, cloud marketplaces and government contract vehicles. - Usage is sold as tokens that teams can distribute among members, so cost depends on volume. - The vendor positions it for defense, federal civilian, defense industrial base and commercial enterprise buyers. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Ask Sage gives one workspace many models, an agent builder and security and hosting options, sold to defense, federal and commercial buyers. No prices are published and cost depends on tokens. It is not built for individuals. - **Value for money: C.** No price is published. The How to Buy page lists card payment, cloud marketplaces and government contract vehicles, and usage is sold as tokens. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial is listed, so the way in is a sales conversation. - **Features: C.** Many models in one workspace, an agent builder, a workbook, code canvas, model compare and hosting options. The pages read give few limits. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Accounts, tokens and team distribution have to be set up. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web platform only on the pages read. No integrations list in the listing, and no apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Ask Sage's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI agents - Ask Sage's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 178 other AI agents we grade, and level with 29. - It stands best on ease of use (C, above 36 of 178) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-agents ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Ask Sage you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 149 of the 178 other AI agents grade higher. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. - You could not: A builder that other people can use without writing code. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** AI agents, Chat assistant, No-code, Public API ## Alternatives - [Dust](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dust): Platform for building AI agents on your company's knowledge. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/agentic-sage-vs-dust) - [Vellum](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vellum-ai): Personal AI assistant with long-term memory that acts across apps. 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