The self-hosted Claude Pro / Max (Anthropic) alternative
Own Your AI (OYA) — a sovereign AI assistant and agent that runs on your machine — The assistant that answers to you: runs on a model you own, counts every outside connection, and connects to every Ownware tool. Buy once, run forever.. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Claude Pro / Max (Anthropic) every month.
Stop renting Claude Pro / Max (Anthropic)
15 months of Claude Pro / Max (Anthropic) equals this one-time price.
Assumption: Per-person subscription to a hosted assistant; the comparison is one seat at the entry plan. OYA is a one-time purchase that runs on your own hardware — the model is yours to choose and license separately.
Why owning beats renting Claude Pro / 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 Pro / Max (Anthropic)'s cloud.
- No plan ceilings. Records and users are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
- It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset or price-hiked out from under you.
Fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up, and apply updates yourself — see the product page for honest limitations, and the full Own Your AI (OYA) — a sovereign AI assistant and agent that runs on your machine vs Claude Pro / Max (Anthropic) comparison.
Sources
- Claude Pro / Max (Anthropic) — price checked 2026-08-19 —
source “Pro For everyday productivity $17 Per month with annual subscription discount ( $200 billed up front) ... Max Get the most out of Claude From $100 Per month ... $20 Per seat / month if billed annually. $25 if billed monthly.”
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