Praus is a sovereign AI harness that routes each request across open-source models to deliver fast answers while keeping your data under your control. Built by Ortelan, it positions itself as “frontier answers, sovereign data, a fraction of the cost”: web and deep research, projects and notes, group chats with Praus assisting, coding help, and a preview of file-handling Agents that run in a private cloud workspace with verified results.
What it does
Praus keeps research, projects, notes, and group chats in one place and picks the right open-source model per task, adding new models without a rebuild. Answers are checked for inconsistencies, permissions stay user-controlled, and businesses can opt for private deployment. The Agents (Preview) feature takes on file and data tasks in a private workspace and verifies the results before reporting back.
Key features
- Per-task model routing: each request goes to the open-source model best suited for it.
- Answer verification: results are checked for inconsistencies to reduce hallucinations.
- Web + deep research: sourced reports from web research alongside everyday Q&A.
- Projects, notes, and group chats: organized workspaces where Praus assists the whole team.
- Coding help: bug fixes and build planning with reasons given per change.
- Sovereign data controls: user-controlled permissions, private cloud workspaces, private deployment for businesses.
Who it is for
Praus is aimed at individuals and teams that want an AI assistant without sending sensitive research and data to closed frontier-model APIs: consultants, researchers, and companies with data-sovereignty requirements that still want fast, cheap answers.
Pricing
Free ($0) includes web search, image/file upload, notes and projects, and a monthly message allowance. Plus and Pro tiers exist, but at check time both show “Paid plans are temporarily unavailable” with no dollar prices published on the official site. Pricing from the official praus.ai homepage, checked 2026-11-04; see the official Praus website for current details.
Information in this post is based on the official Praus website, checked on 2026-11-04. Ortelan announced Praus via GlobeNewswire on 2026-11-03 with availability at praus.ai.
