Self-Hosted AI Agent Platform: Agents, Apps and Records on Infrastructure You Run
For IT heads and platform teams who run their own infrastructure and want AI agents and business apps inside it, not beside it.
A self-hosted AI agent platform puts the agents, the records they work on, and the controls around them on infrastructure you run. For some companies that is a policy requirement; for others it is about control over upgrades and costs.
Most agent tools are cloud services only. Self-hosting them usually means stitching together an open source framework, a database, an approval tool and a user directory yourself.
This page covers what that assembly costs, an illustrative example, and how Apragya runs as one platform on your own servers.
What a do-it-yourself agent stack costs
Many parts
Framework, database, queue, review tool and login stitched together.
A team to keep it running
Upgrades of each part break the others.
No business records
Agents still need an ERP or CRM to work on.
Controls to build
Audit, roles and review are left to you.
An example: a Vadodara specialty chemicals group
Take an illustrative group with its own data centre and a small platform team. It wanted agents for supplier bills and quality certificates, running on its own servers beside its finance and inventory records.
From licence to first agent
Week 1
Licence issued and release downloaded.Week 2
Installed on the group's own servers.Week 3
Single sign-on, roles and model keys set.Week 5
Opening data migrated for finance and inventory.Week 7
First agent live on supplier bills, with review.
The platform team runs one system rather than five. Upgrades arrive as numbered releases the team schedules, and the first agent works on the same supplier bills the accounts team already processes.
How on-premise AI agents run in Apragya
Step 1 of 5
Releases
Numbered releases with container images and an installer.
- Releases: Numbered releases with container images and an installer.
- Licence: A signed licence file checked on your server.
- Models: Your provider keys, or a self-hosted model endpoint where supported.
- Agents and workflows: Built, versioned and run inside your environment.
- Connections: Reach other internal systems through connectors.
Self hosted ERP with AI, or an agent framework?
An open source agent framework is flexible, but it is a library, not a product. You still need the business records, the review screens, the audit log and the user management. A self-hosted platform brings those with it.
Agent framework against Apragya self-hosted
| Feature | Open source agent framework | Apragya self-hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Business records | Bring your own | Finance, inventory, HR and more |
| Building agents | Code | Described in plain words |
| Human review | Build it | Built in |
| Audit and roles | Build it | Built in, with single sign-on |
| Upgrades | Each library separately | Numbered platform releases |
Checked against public information on 16 September 2026.
What sets Apragya apart as a private cloud AI platform
One platform
Apps, agents, workflows and records together.
Human review
Approve, reject, modify or escalate agent output.
Guardrails
Checks on agent input and output.
AI Credits
Usage metered per user, app and company.
Your branding
Your name, logo and colours on the platform.
Vibe Studio
Build your own apps on the same install.
Related: on-premise AI for regulated industries, the AI agent builder and how AI agents compare with SAP Business One.
Getting started
- Decide where the platform will run and who operates it.
- Size the servers with our team for your users and data.
- Plan identity, model keys and internal connections.
- Install, then migrate opening data at a period start.
- Launch one agent with review before adding more.
Treat the first release as a pilot; the second upgrade is when the team learns the routine.
What it costs to start
Self-hosted platform questions
Do we get the same features as the cloud?
What skills does our team need?
Can we reach systems in other locations?
How are upgrades delivered?
Which models can we use?
Can we brand it as our own?
What does it cost to start?
Plan a self-hosted install with us
Tell us where it will run; we will size it and plan the first agent.