Local AI Appliance Deployment
A local appliance puts your agents on a quiet box on-site. It's the lowest-cost-per-request, highest-privacy way to run everyday agents for a single office, property or team.
Best for
SMBs, single sites, confidential data and predictable everyday workloads. Data never leaves the premises.
Sizing
Start with a 12–16GB appliance for a private assistant and light RAG; step up to 24–48GB for serious agents. The compatibility engine sizes models to memory automatically.
All deployment options
Local appliance
A quiet box on-site running your agents. Lowest cost per request and full data residency for a single office or property.
Best for: SMBs, single sites, confidential data, predictable everyday workloads.
On-prem server
A workstation or server in your rack or closet, serving many agents and larger models to a whole team or department.
Best for: Departments, regulated data, high steady volume, multi-agent platforms.
Cloud GPU
Rented GPUs in your own cloud account for bursts, the largest models, or before you've validated volume — no hardware to own.
Best for: Spiky demand, frontier models, pilots, overflow capacity.
Hybrid
Everyday private agents run locally; heavy or occasional jobs burst to the cloud. The pragmatic default for most businesses.
Best for: Most real deployments — control and cost locally, elasticity in the cloud.
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Frequently asked questions
Is a local AI appliance private?+
Yes — prompts, documents and the model all stay on your hardware. It's the most private deployment mode.
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