FAQ
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Product
What is Zaelar?
A Personal Operating System — one place where your agent lives, remembers, and acts for your digital life. It's not a chatbot or an assistant app; it's the layer it runs on.
So Zaelar isn't the assistant?
Right. Your agent is who you talk to — you give it a name (Harvey, Susan, or your own). Zaelar is the operating system that hosts it.
Can it talk to other agents?
Yes. Your agent can connect with other people's agents — or a business's — over our shared agent network, to compare notes, coordinate, or get something done together, like locking in a shared reservation. It only ever does what you've allowed, one relationship at a time.
Pricing
Is it free?
The software is fair-code: free to self-host for personal or internal use, forever, with the full source public. What the license doesn't allow is reselling it or offering it as a commercial service. Zaelar Cloud — the fully managed version — starts at €9.99/month.
What am I paying for?
Convenience, not hosting. The €9.99 base covers your cloud account, storage, automatic updates, encrypted backups and sync. The AI compute your agent uses is paid separately as Energy — because you're really paying for the external AI, not for Zaelar.
What are Energy Capsules?
Recharges for the AI compute your agent consumes. Your plan includes monthly Energy; when you need more, you top up (€10–€500). Energy never expires, and if you run out, Zaelar simply eases off with a heads-up — never a surprise bill.
Self-hosting
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Zaelar's source is public — clone it, bring your own AI keys, and run it anywhere for your own use. You'll handle setup, updates, backups and uptime yourself.
Why choose Cloud if self-hosting is free?
Because self-hosting well means running a server 24/7, keeping it updated, backed up and secure. Cloud does all of that for you and stays continuously up to date. When something breaks, we lose sleep — not you.
Privacy & Access
Is my data private?
Yes. Your data lives in your own space — isolated, encrypted and portable. Because Zaelar's source is public, anyone can verify exactly what runs on your data. You can leave and self-host anytime. No lock-in.
When can I use it?
Zaelar Cloud is rolling out to a whitelist in small batches. Request early access — or self-host today.
Who's behind Zaelar?
Zaelar is an Asimovia company.