Open source vs Commercial
Wren AI open source is the full engine: free, self-hosted, and driven by one engineer or agent through the CLI and SDK.
Wren AI Commercial is the same engine built for a team. It runs as a hosted cloud service or as a self-hosted enterprise deployment, and it adds a web UI, accounts, managed access control, integrations, and support. Full overview: Wren AI Commercial.
Which one fits
Solo, in the terminal. One engineer or an AI agent, working through the CLI, SDK, and Git. Open source is all you need.
A data team. Several people need governed access with roles and SSO, and non-technical teammates want to ask questions in a browser, Slack, or Teams. This is where Commercial earns its place.
Analytics for your customers. You put analytics inside your own product, and each customer must see only their own data. Commercial enterprise gives you per-user RLS/CLS and multi-tenant isolation.
Feature comparison
| Capability | Open source | Commercial |
|---|---|---|
| Free and fully self-hosted | ✅ | ✅ |
| Fully managed cloud | ❌ | ✅ |
| CLI and SDK for your own agents | ✅ | ✅ |
| MCP server and hosted REST API | ❌ | ✅ |
| Access control defined in MDL (RLAC/CLAC) | ✅ | ✅ |
| GenBI dashboards | ✅ | ✅ |
| Web UI for non-technical users | ❌ | ✅ |
| Slack and Microsoft Teams | ❌ | ✅ |
| Agentic and interactive answer modes (web UI, sandboxed) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Accounts, roles, multi-user | ❌ | ✅ |
| SSO, LDAP, SCIM provisioning | ❌ | ✅ |
| RLS/CLS per user, session properties, audit log | ❌ | ✅ |
| Evaluation, AI Advisor, feedback tracing | ❌ | ✅ |
| Vendor support | ❌ | ✅ |
What Commercial adds
Open source is the full engine. Commercial adds the team layer on top:
- Runs itself. Hosted cloud, or self-hosted enterprise, so no one has to operate the stack.
- Built for people, not just agents. A web UI plus Slack and Teams, so non-technical teammates can ask questions.
- Real identity and access. Accounts, roles, SSO, LDAP, and SCIM, with access control tied to actual users.
- More ways in. A hosted API and MCP server, and dashboards that refresh on their own.
- Confidence. Accuracy tracking, feedback tracing, and a team to call when something breaks.
- No rebuild. Your MDL and context carry over unchanged.
Talk to us
See Wren AI Commercial for details and to reach the team. Open source stays first-class either way.