Paperclip AI alternatives for teams that are not developers
Paperclip is excellent at what it does: running many AI agents, often coding agents, as a company with tickets and budgets. Most lists of Paperclip alternatives are developer tools. This one is for teams that are not developers and want agents for everyday business work.
| Feature | Interweave OSCE Solutions | Relevance AIRelevance AI (OnSearch Pty Ltd) | LindyLindy | OpenClawOpenClaw Foundation | PaperclipPaperclip Labs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI models | Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok and more: any model your organisation connects | Several labs: Gemini, GPT, Claude, Kimi and GLM models are named on its site | "Most major models"; makers not named | Many labs (OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, local) | Whatever each agent runs: Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, Kimi and more, chosen per agent |
| Change model mid-conversation | Yes, the new model gets the whole conversation | Not stated | Pick a model for each task; mid-conversation not stated | Yes, with a /model command | Per task: pick another model or effort; the agent's account and harness stay fixed |
| Several people working with the same agents | Yes: group chats and team chats where everyone works with the same agents | Yes: agent workforces for a team; unlimited users on Enterprise | One Lindy shared across a team in Slack | Yes, one gateway shared by a team | Yes: people and agents share one org chart, tasks and history |
| Each person keeps their own access | Yes: every message is checked against the sender's rights, by the platform | Role-based access and audit logs on Enterprise; per-person access inside one agent not stated | Not stated | No: one trust domain, roles are guardrails not isolation | Partly: four roles, and personal tool accounts used only for your own runs; new connections default to everyone |
| Where it runs | Your organisation's own server | Hosted; data in Sydney, London or the US | Hosted | Self-hosted | Self-hosted; Paperclip Cloud on a waitlist |
| Setting it up | Sign in with a browser; an admin setup guide for the organisation | Sign up and build agents in its builder; enterprise onboarding | Sign up | Install on Node, onboarding wizard, API keys: command line | One command on Node 24.11 or later, then build an org chart: command line and web app |
| Where you talk to it | Web, phone browser, phone calls in and out, Telegram, Slack, Discord and Microsoft Teams | Its web app; agents triggered from Slack, Gmail, WhatsApp and 1,000+ apps; calling and meeting agents | Slack, email, iMessage, SMS, phone, Chrome extension | WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Teams, Signal, iMessage and more | Web app, installable on phones; Slack, Teams, Telegram, Discord and iMessage are experimental |
| Runs on a schedule | Yes: schedules and agents that check in, run as you | Yes: scheduled triggers | Yes: scheduled routines | Yes: cron jobs and a regular proactive check | Yes: heartbeats and routines on cron, webhook or API |
| Asks before acting outside | Yes: emails, invitations and public apps wait for the person who asked | Yes: approval required, auto run, or let the agent decide | Yes: anything with outside impact waits for approval | Up to your own setup | Yes: board approval for hires and plans; each tool action Allowed, Ask first or Off (not shell commands) |
| Price | Private beta, no public pricing yet | Enterprise only, by quote | Team from $29.99 a user a month for 3,000 credits | Free software; you pay for the server and model use | Free software; you pay for the server and each agent's model use |
Checked 14 November 2026 against each maker's own pages. Products change often; follow the sources below for the latest.
Interweave OS
A shared AI agent platform for organisations: an agent in every chat, many people in a chat, any model, on your organisation's own server.
Where it shines
- Every message is checked against the person who sent it, so a shared agent never reveals one person's private chats to another
- Any model your organisation connects, from several labs, switchable mid-chat
- Subagents in any model family, Council reviews by other AI labs, schedules and agents that check in
- No command line for anyone using it, and nothing goes outside the organisation until the person who asked approves it
Good to know
- In private beta: places are limited and there is no public pricing yet. Join the waitlist
Best for: Teams and organisations that want AI agents many people can use safely, with any model.
Relevance AI
A hosted platform for building teams of specialist AI agents, called an AI workforce, for sales, support and operations.
Where it shines
- Workforces where agents hand tasks to each other
- Approval required, auto run or let the agent decide, set for each trigger and tool
- Data stored in Sydney, London or the US, chosen at sign-up
Good to know
- Enterprise only: no public price, talk to sales. Source
- Your data region is fixed once your organisation is created. Source
Best for: Larger organisations that want governed agent workforces for repeatable business processes, with data kept in Australia.
Lindy
A hosted AI assistant, sold as an AI employee, that works across email, meetings, Slack and text messages.
Where it shines
- No setup and a public price
- Anything with outside impact waits for approval
- Slack, iMessage, email and 3,000+ integrations
Good to know
- Every active user is billed, and work uses credits that can run out. Source
- Model makers are not named: "most major models". Source
Best for: Small teams that want a no-setup assistant for inbox, meetings and follow-ups, mostly in Slack and email.
OpenClaw
A free, open-source gateway that connects your chat apps to an AI agent you run on your own machine or server.
Where it shines
- Works with models from many labs and switches mid-session
- The widest list of chat apps, from WhatsApp to Slack
- The largest community and skill library
Good to know
- Its own docs call a shared install "one trust domain": guests can read every shared session. Source
- A one-click remote code execution bug (CVE-2026-25253) was fixed in early 2026. Source
- Researchers found hundreds of malicious skills on its skill hub in 2026. Source
Best for: Technical individuals who want the widest choice of chat apps and skills, and are comfortable running a server.
Paperclip
A free, open-source app that runs other AI agents, such as OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude Code and Codex, as a company: an org chart, tickets, budgets and approvals.
Where it shines
- Runs agents from many vendors as workers, each with its own model
- Budgets in money per company, agent or project, with a hard stop
- Review and approval stages, and Allowed, Ask first or Off for each tool action
- Free, MIT licensed, and one of the most starred agent projects on GitHub
Good to know
- Talking to an agent is one person per conversation; teammates can read but not write. Source
- New tool connections start shared with everyone and every agent unless you narrow them. Source
- A critical remote code execution bug (CVE-2026-41679) was fixed in April 2026. Source
Best for: Technical teams that want to run many coding and AI agents from different vendors side by side, with budgets and sign-off.
The verdict
Stay with Paperclip if your agents mostly write code and you like tickets and budgets. Look at Relevance AI for governed process automation in a large organisation, and Lindy for a no-setup assistant in Slack and email. Look at Interweave OS when people and agents should work together in shared chats, each person keeping their own access, with any model on your own server.
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Questions
Can several people share one Relevance AI agent?
Yes: agent workforces for a team; unlimited users on Enterprise. Each person keeping their own access: role-based access and audit logs on Enterprise; per-person access inside one agent not stated.
Which AI models does Relevance AI use?
Several labs: Gemini, GPT, Claude, Kimi and GLM models are named on its site.
Can several people share one Lindy agent?
One Lindy shared across a team in Slack. Each person keeping their own access: not stated.
Which AI models does Lindy use?
"Most major models"; makers not named.
Can several people share one OpenClaw agent?
Yes, one gateway shared by a team. Each person keeping their own access: no: one trust domain, roles are guardrails not isolation.
Which AI models does OpenClaw use?
Many labs (OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, local).
Can several people share one Paperclip agent?
Yes: people and agents share one org chart, tasks and history. Each person keeping their own access: partly: four roles, and personal tool accounts used only for your own runs; new connections default to everyone.
Which AI models does Paperclip use?
Whatever each agent runs: Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, Kimi and more, chosen per agent.
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