| Type | Examples | What it is | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted AI agent OS | MOKAGI | Runs on your own machine, multiple agents that act, data stays home | HK SMEs that need data sovereignty and agents that act |
| Open-source / developer platforms | Dify, LangChain, AutoGPT, n8n | Self-host or cloud, flexible but you assemble and maintain | Teams with engineers building their own flows |
| Cloud SaaS assistants | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot | Instant to use, data lives in the vendor cloud | People who only need Q&A and writing |
| # | Criterion | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data sovereignty | Where customer data lives affects PDPO compliance and trust |
| 2 | Can it act? | A chatbot replies; an agent plans, uses tools and finishes tasks |
| 3 | Hong Kong / Traditional Chinese support | Cantonese phrasing and local usage decide real usability |
| 4 | Pricing model | Per-seat monthly fees vs usage-based can diverge a lot over time |
| 5 | Setup and maintenance cost | How much engineering effort decides whether you can really run it |
| 6 | Integrations | Can it connect WhatsApp, your website and internal systems |
| # | Platform | Type | Strongest point | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOKAGI | Self-hosted multi-agent OS | Data stays on your machine; agents use browsers, desktop and social channels to finish tasks | Setup HK$5,000 (one-off) + HK$68 per million tokens; AI CS from HK$299/mo | HK SMEs wanting data sovereignty and real task completion |
| 2 | Dify | Open-source LLMOps platform | Visual agent and knowledge-base orchestration, self-hostable | Free self-host; cloud usage-based | Teams with engineers |
| 3 | n8n | Automation tool with AI nodes | Connects hundreds of SaaS apps | Free self-host; cloud usage-based | Ops teams integrating AI into existing systems |
| 4 | Microsoft Copilot / Power Platform | Enterprise AI assistant | Deep Office, Teams and SharePoint integration | Per-seat monthly | Organisations fully on Microsoft 365 |
| 5 | ChatGPT Team / Enterprise | Cloud assistant | Strong general ability, fastest to start | Per-seat monthly | Teams needing only Q&A and writing |
Pricing reflects public information as of 2026; check each vendor's site.
There is no single best; it depends on your priorities. For real task execution with data kept on your own machine, consider a self-hosted multi-agent OS such as MOKAGI. With an engineering team, open-source options like Dify and n8n offer more flexibility. If you only need Q&A and writing, cloud services such as ChatGPT or Copilot are the simplest.
It varies widely. Open-source self-hosted options (Dify, n8n) are free but cost server and labour. Cloud SaaS is usually per-seat monthly. MOKAGI charges a one-off HK$5,000 setup plus HK$68 per million tokens, with AI customer service from HK$299/mo.
Yes. Open-source options such as Dify and n8n can be self-hosted, and MOKAGI is a directly self-hostable multi-agent OS deployed on Ubuntu/Debian, keeping data on your own machine or server.
ChatGPT is a cloud chat service that mainly replies in a chat box. An AI agent platform such as MOKAGI lets agents plan steps, use tools and operate browsers and desktops to actually finish tasks, with the option to keep data in your own environment.
Filter with three questions: should AI act, can data leave the company, and do you have engineers? Most Hong Kong SMEs land on 'act + keep data + no engineers', which points to a ready-to-use self-hosted option.
It depends on the option. Self-hosted solutions keep data in your own environment, making PDPO compliance easier; if you use cloud model APIs, the content sent to the model is governed by that vendor's terms.
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