Own Your AI vs renting the software.
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.
Competitor prices on this page read between 2026-08-19 and 2026-08-21, each row dated, each one read on the vendor's own page and linked in Sources.
The subscription math.
13 months of Claude Pro (Anthropic) costs what Own Your AI costs once.
The fine print
How we counted. One seat on the entry consumer plan, priced as most people buy it — month to month. OYA is a one-time purchase that runs on your own hardware; the model is yours to choose and license separately.
3 months of Claude Max (Anthropic) costs what Own Your AI costs once.
The fine print
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.
11 months of Microsoft 365 Copilot (bundled plans) costs what Own Your AI costs once.
The fine print
How we counted. Copilot is sold bundled with Microsoft 365 seats; the comparison is the entry bundle per user per month. Not a like-for-like feature match — a hosted assistant inside Office versus a local agent with a ledger — the number is what a seat costs.
Work out your own numbers.
The rented figures use the cited plan price above; per-seat plans scale by the seat count from that same cited price. This is arithmetic, not a quote.
Why owning beats renting here.
No per-month, per-seat or per-location fees: the license does not expire.
Your data sits on a server you choose; customer records are not held in a vendor's cloud unless you put them there.
Records, users and usage are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.
It keeps working if the vendor doesn't: no one can switch your copy off, and keeping it up to date is in your hands.
The fair trade-offs: you host it, you back it up, and updates are yours to apply. The product page lists what Own Your AI deliberately doesn't do.
Related on this site
Sources
- Claude Pro (Anthropic): price checked 2026-08-21, source“profor everyday productivity$17per month with annual subscription discount ($200 billed up front) ... standard seatall claude features, plus more usage than pro*$20per seat / month if billed annually. $25 if billed monthly.”
- Claude Max (Anthropic): price checked 2026-08-21, source“max get the most out of claudefrom $100per month”
- Microsoft 365 Copilot (bundled plans): price checked 2026-08-19, source“Business Standard with Copilot Powerful apps across devices, with Copilot built in to enhance creativity, collaboration, and efficiency $23.50 user/month, paid yearly (Annual subscription—auto renews) ... $32.00 user/month, paid yearly (Annual subscription—auto renews)”
Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown.