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The self-hosted Claude Max (Anthropic) alternative

Own Your AI (OYA): Software that answers to you: you run it on a model you choose, it counts every outside connection, and you connect it to every Ownware tool. Buy once. The license never expires. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Claude Max (Anthropic) every month.

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Stop renting Claude Max (Anthropic).

Rented Claude Max (Anthropic) From $100/month — the 5x usage tier; the 20x tier costs more ^[1] billed every month, for as long as you use it; your data in their cloud

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Own Your AI (OYA)

$249 once · self-hosted · your data on your server

3 months of Claude Max (Anthropic) costs what Own Your AI (OYA) costs once.

Buy once

How we counted: The heavier consumer plan, at its entry (5x) price — the tier most comparable to running an agent all day. OYA is a one-time purchase on your own hardware.

Why owning beats renting Claude Max (Anthropic).

One payment

No monthly, per-seat or per-location fees. The license is perpetual.

Your data stays on your server

It never lives in Claude Max (Anthropic)'s cloud.

No plan ceilings

Records and users are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.

It keeps working if the vendor doesn't

Self-hosted software can't be sunset or repriced out from under you.

The fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up and apply updates yourself. See the product page for its limits, and the full Own Your AI (OYA) vs renting comparison.

Questions about moving off Claude Max (Anthropic).

What do I need to run it?

A machine with Node.js 22+ and a local model server (llama.cpp, Ollama, LM Studio or vLLM). A 24 GB GPU runs a strong 27B model; 8–16 GB runs the smaller ones the setup recommends. Linux and macOS are the execution hosts; Windows runs it under WSL.

Does it phone home?

No. The only connection made on your behalf without asking is to the model endpoint you configure. Everything else is a tool you invoke, counted in the ledger. The report lists every host that appears in the source and its stated purpose; the tests fail if a host is unclassified.

Is a model included?

No — models are licensed by their publishers and you pick the one that fits your hardware. The setup recommends one and downloads it, verified. You can also point OYA at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint you trust; the app then labels the model REMOTE.

How is this different from a chat UI like Open WebUI or a cloud assistant?

It is a workbench with proof, not a chat window: on your instruction it plans, uses tools and acts on your files, mail, calendar and connected software — and every outside connection is counted and reportable. Cloud assistants run on the vendor's machines. OYA runs on yours and counts every outside connection.

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Sources

Claude Max (Anthropic): price checked 2026-08-21, source“max get the most out of claudefrom $100per month”

Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory: every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.

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