Comparison
The all-in-one alternative to Dust for your business
Chat, agents, web search and audio transcription in a single model-agnostic platform, deployable on your own infrastructure.
Why companies look for an alternative to Dust
An agent builder isn't a complete platform
Dust is built mainly for creating agents in its own cloud; QAnswer brings chat, agents, web search and audio transcription together, deployable on your infrastructure.
Model choice shouldn't stop at the vendor's cloud
Dust lets you pick several models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Google), but always in its cloud; QAnswer lets you deploy a sovereign LLM on your infrastructure.
Self-hosting should be a real option
Some organizations need to deploy on their own infrastructure, not only in a vendor's cloud.
QAnswer vs Dust
The criteria that matter for a business.
QAnswer
Dust
Location of your data
Your servers, your private cloud, or our sovereign cloud in France
Dust cloud only
On-premise / air-gapped deployment
Yes, on your own infrastructure
Not publicly disclosed
Choice of AI model
Agnostic: sovereign LLM, GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, Llama…
Agnostic across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Mistral
Audio transcription and diarization
Included, with speaker identification
Transcription available; diarization not disclosed
Pricing model
From €10/month, transparent tiers, no minimum seats
Pro from €24/user/month (€30 monthly), Enterprise on request
Comparison made in good faith at the time of publication; vendor offerings evolve.
What QAnswer concretely does for your teams
Much more than an agent builder: a complete work platform, with several AI models running in the EU or on your own infrastructure.
Chat connected to your documents
Answers drawn from your own sources, with every answer cited and traceable back to the original document.
AI agents and automations
Build agents that run your recurring processes, with human validation at critical steps.
Agentic web search
Up-to-date information, with cited sources, directly in the conversation.
Audio transcription and diarization
Your meetings transcribed, with speaker identification, usable by AI.
Enterprise connectors
SharePoint, Confluence, Google Drive and more — indexed with existing permissions.
Turnkey self-hosting
The same platform, deployed on your own servers or in a sovereign cloud, so your content never leaves your perimeter.
What you gain by switching to QAnswer
Model-agnostic: sovereign LLM, GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, Mistral or Llama, in a single interface
A complete platform: chat, agents, web search, audio transcription and enterprise connectors
Your data stays with you: servers, private cloud, or our sovereign cloud in France
Every answer cited and traceable, with permissions inherited from your existing systems
No minimum seats, no mandatory quote to get started
ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 certified
Discover all the features, the security and the pricing of QAnswer.
How we support you
No need for a DevOps team or a pre-existing AI plan: we guide you from the first conversation to deployment.
A discovery call with our team
We discuss your current use cases, regulatory constraints and priority needs, with no commitment.
Deployment on your infrastructure
We install the platform on your servers or our sovereign cloud in France, and connect your data sources.
Training and ongoing support
Training for your teams, support from our team, and SLAs available on Enterprise plans.
Frequently asked questions
The choice isn't about the vendor's nationality but about functional coverage and deployment flexibility: QAnswer is model-agnostic, offers on-premise, air-gapped or sovereign-cloud self-hosting, and brings chat, agents, web search and audio transcription together in a single platform.
Your existing documents (SharePoint, Drive, Confluence, etc.) connect through our native connectors. Complexity mainly depends on the volume and structure of your data — let's talk about it during a discovery call to assess your specific case.
Dust publishes self-serve per-seat pricing, with Enterprise plans negotiated on request. QAnswer offers a free plan and transparent paid tiers, with no minimum seats to get started.
Yes. QAnswer deploys in the cloud, on your on-premise infrastructure, or in an air-gapped environment with no internet connection at all — the same security model, whatever the configuration.
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