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Louvain vs Onyx
Two approaches to bringing company knowledge into AI. Choose around the answers, access model and workflow you need.
Why choose Louvain?
One set of sources
People and their AI assistants draw on the same connected sources, each within their own access.
Time and evidence
Work with current facts, historical context and the original sources behind them.
Access built in
Every answer is limited to what the person asking can open in the original app, checked as the data is read.
Compare the approach.
| Onyx | Louvain | |
|---|---|---|
| Product approach | Chat and search with custom AI assistants and actions. | Enterprise search, Plate, and checked answers for people and their AI assistants. |
| Connection access | Private, public and automatic permission-sync options. Permission-syncing connectors are documented as an Enterprise Edition feature. | Whether access follows each item depends on the source; other connections are shared with the people an admin chooses. |
| AI assistant integration | Developer APIs and actions through MCP / OpenAPI. | HTTP API and a remote MCP server, connected with OAuth, for answers, sources, facts and entities. |
Sources checked 7 September 2026. Compare connector support and plan terms for your own use case using the references below.
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