The Kortix Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Kortix in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Kortix
The Insider’s Guide
Open-source platform for running AI agents from a git repo you own
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI agents, read from Kortix’s own pages.
Made by Kortix · checked Oct 6, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Kortix’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Kortix’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 12 of the 51 other AI agents we grade
Kortix is an open-source platform for running a team of AI agents, which it calls an AI Management System. Agents, skills, memory, connector settings and triggers are files in one git repository, and each session runs on its own isolated Linux machine and lands its work as a change request for a person to review. It works with any model through your own API key, a ChatGPT subscription or Kortix's managed gateway, and can be used as a managed cloud or self-hosted with Docker Compose.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Kortix, taken from its own pages and our grades.
The configuration files are the product.
- 1
Best for engineering teams who want their agents in git
If git and diffs aren't how you work, look elsewhere.
- 2
Paid plans start at $40 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $40 per seat / month (Team).
- 3
There is a free plan
200 credits a month for sandbox compute and 1 project, with model access through your own API key or a connected ChatGPT subscription.
- 4
It runs on 4 platforms
Web, macOS, Windows and Linux.
- 5
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.
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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.
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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.
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A 2.2 GPA, above 12 of 51
That is against the other AI agents we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
To replace Kortix 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.
Kortix at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $40 per seat / month (Team)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web, macOS, Windows, Linux
- Made by
- Kortix
- Category
- AI Agents
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for engineering teams who want their agents in git
Kortix runs a team of AI agents out of a git repository you own: agents, skills, memory and triggers are text files, each session gets its own Linux machine, and the work comes back as a diff for a person to approve. Team is $40 a seat, and Kortix adds 20% to managed model costs and 50% to most tool calls. Free stops at 1 project, SSO and audit logs need Enterprise, and the phone apps are still coming soon. If git and diffs aren't how you work, look elsewhere.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | Team is $40 a seat each month, well above the $23 or so agent tools here start at, and then Kortix adds 20% to managed model costs and 50% to most tool calls, or a flat 10% if you bring your own key. Self-hosting is free, if you have someone to run it. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Free is 200 sandbox credits a month and 1 project, and you supply the model yourself through an API key or a ChatGPT subscription. One project is where you'll stop. Self-hosting the open-source stack costs nothing. |
| Features | A | Keeping agents, skills, memory and triggers as text files in a git repo, with each session's work arriving as a diff you approve, is something no rival here offers. Around it: a fresh Linux machine per session, allow, ask or block on every tool call, 3,000-plus connectors, cron and signed webhooks. |
| Ease of use | D | The configuration files are the product. Your agents live in a git repository, you read their work as diffs, sessions can start from a CLI, and you sort out model access yourself unless you use the managed gateway. No rating on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web plus Mac, Windows and Linux, with sessions startable from Slack, Microsoft Teams, a CLI or the API, and connectors covering 3,000-plus apps. iPhone, iPad and Android apps are listed as coming soon. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Kortix is for
- Fits if your team wants its agent setup versioned in a git repository
- Works for engineering-led teams that have to self-host or run everything in their own cloud
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you're a small team, at $40 a seat plus 20% on managed models and 50% on most tool calls
- Not for you if git and diffs aren't your thing, because that's how you work with it
- Tight if you're staying free, with 1 project and 200 sandbox credits a month, and your own model access
- Skip it if you need SAML SSO, SCIM or audit logs without Enterprise; self-hosted instances need its license too
- Watch out: phone apps are coming soon, and self-hosted setups still run sandboxes on an outside provider like Daytona
Good to know
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$40
A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too
Kortix has a free plan. Paid plans start at $40 per seat / month (Team).
Self-hosting is free, if you have someone to run it.
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.
Enterprise
Custom
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.
The free plan
200 credits a month for sandbox compute and 1 project, with model access through your own API key or a connected ChatGPT subscription.
Read from kortix.com on Oct 6, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on kortix.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
4
Places it runs: Web, macOS, Windows and Linux
Open-source platform for running AI agents from a git repo you own. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: open source, self-hostable, public API, workflow automation, AI agents.
iPhone, iPad and Android apps are listed as coming soon.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
- macOS
- Windows
- Linux
What it works with
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- GitHub
- HubSpot
- Google Drive
- Okta
- Apollo
- ChatGPT
Kortix is made by Kortix.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
12/51
Other AI agents it is graded above
Kortix's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 12 of the 51 other AI agents we grade, and level with 10.
It stands best on features (A, above 47 of 51) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $40 a month for each person, against a middle price of $21.25 for the category: 37 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 8 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 52 AI agents we grade, cut by the letter each got. Kortix’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 51
- CFree plan and trialAbove 9 of 51
- AFeaturesAbove 47 of 51
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 51
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 5 of 51
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 49 AI agents. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Kortix is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Kortix 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: 29 of the 51 other AI agents grade higher. It costs $480 a year. Kortix is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could not
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- The depth: we grade its features A, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Kortix’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Dust, Hyperagent, Manus, Agent Zero and Dify
The 5 tools Kortix is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.2GPA
Dust
Free trial · from $24/mo
Platform for building AI agents on your company's knowledge.
- Kortix has a free plan. Dust does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Kortix lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Only Dust lists a browser extension.
- 1.8GPA
Hyperagent
From $20/mo
Named AI agents that run from threads, Slack, email or a schedule.
- Kortix has a free plan. Hyperagent does not.
- Only Kortix lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Only Hyperagent lists an iOS app.
- 3.2GPA
Manus
Free plan · from $20/mo
General AI agent for research, slides, websites and browser tasks.
- Only Kortix lists a Linux app.
- Only Manus lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Manus lists a browser extension.
- 2.8GPA
Agent Zero
Free
Open-source agent framework that works in its own Linux computer.
- Kortix also covers workflow automation.
- 2.2GPA
Dify
Free plan · from $590/yr
Open-source platform for building AI agents and agentic workflows.
- Only Kortix lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Dify also covers no-code.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Kortix free?
Kortix has a free plan. 200 credits a month for sandbox compute and 1 project, with model access through your own API key or a connected ChatGPT subscription.
How much does Kortix cost?
Kortix lists 3 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Kortix work on?
Kortix is available on Web, macOS, Windows and Linux.
Does Kortix offer any discounts?
Kortix publicly lists the following: Free to self-host.
Does Kortix have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Kortix is listed for Web, macOS, Windows and Linux.
Does Kortix have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Kortix is listed for Web, macOS, Windows and Linux.
Is Kortix open source?
Yes. Kortix is open source, according to its own site.
Does Kortix have an API?
Yes. Kortix offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Kortix integrate with?
Kortix's listing names Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, HubSpot, Google Drive, Okta, Apollo and ChatGPT.
Who makes Kortix?
Kortix is made by a company of the same name.
What are the alternatives to Kortix?
The closest alternatives to Kortix in our directory are Dust, Hyperagent, Manus, Agent Zero and Dify.
How does Kortix compare with other AI agents?
Kortix's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 12 of the 51 other AI agents we grade, and level with 10.
Is Kortix good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Kortix D for value for money. Its paid plans start at $40 a month for each person, against a middle price of $21.25 for the category: 37 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Kortix?
To replace Kortix you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Kortix’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Kortix's own pages on 6 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-08-09.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Kortix. Prices change, so check kortix.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Kortix, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/kortix
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Kortix’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Kortix is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Kortix. Prices and plans change: check kortix.com before you buy.