Best Dust Alternatives in 2026
30 AI tools that can replace Dust, ranked by how much of what Dust does they cover. The percentage is a match score, not a popularity score.
Replacing: Dust — Dust is a multiplayer AI platform where people and agents work from the same company conteInput: text, images, documents · Output: text, apps
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FastGPT is an open-source platform for building AI agents and knowledge-base applications.
Input: text, documents, web pages · Output: apps
Free planFrom $99/moAPITeams
89%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals25/25
- Feature description similarity9/20
Shared goals 2 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI AgentsKnowledge Management
Also tagged for
Chatbots
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
2
Gumloop is a multiplayer AI agent builder that lets people across a company create agents with the model and integrations they choose while IT keeps control of access.
Input: text, data · Output: apps
Free trialFrom $37/moAPITeams
89%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity18/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Workflow Automation
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
3
CrewAI is a multi-agent platform that covers the full agent lifecycle for businesses: discover what to automate, build agents, govern them in production and optimize them over time.
Input: text · Output: code, apps
Free planAPITeams
81%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity11/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Software DevelopmentNo-Code BuildingWorkflow Automation
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
4
Raghim AI is an enterprise agent platform for organizations that need AI to stay inside their own infrastructure.
Input: text, documents, data · Output: text, data
Free planFrom $20/moAPITeams
87%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals25/25
- Feature description similarity7/20
Shared goals 2 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI AgentsKnowledge Management
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
5
79%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity8/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Software DevelopmentNo-Code BuildingChatbots
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
6
79%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity9/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
No-Code BuildingWorkflow AutomationChatbots
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
7
Enterprises running AI agents in production need more than API access
Input: text, data · Output: text, data
Free planFrom $1/mo
77%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity7/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Workflow Automation
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
8
Lyzr is an enterprise platform for taking AI agents to production.
Input: text · Output: apps
Free planAPITeams
77%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
9
Rasa is an agent platform for product teams building customer-facing AI.
Input: text, code · Output: apps
Free planAPITeams
77%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Customer SupportChatbots
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
10
A marketing manager needs to post daily social media updates, pull performance metrics from three different platforms, and update a tracking spreadsheet, all tasks that eat up 90 minutes each morning
Input: text · Output: apps
Free planFrom $6/moAPI
77%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Software Development
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
11
75%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity4/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Software DevelopmentNo-Code BuildingWorkflow AutomationChatbots
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
12
Agent Factory lets you build AI agents that handle phone calls, emails, web research, and workflow automation without coding
Input: text · Output: apps
Free planFrom $49/moTeams
74%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity3/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Call CentersWorkflow Automation
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
13
Origon AI calls itself "The Agentic Operating System
Input: text, audio, data · Output: apps
Free planFrom $200/moAPITeams
77%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Call CentersCustomer Support
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
14
Enterprise sales teams can't manually handle thousands of customer interactions across multiple channels
Input: text, audio, data · Output: text, audio, apps
Free planFrom $3.65/mo
76%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Voice AssistantsCustomer SupportWorkflow Automation
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
15
77%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity7/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
No-Code BuildingWorkflow Automation
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
16
76%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity5/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
17
You text Lindy what needs doing—it handles the work
Input: text, audio, data · Output: text, documents, data
Free planFrom $29.99/mo
74%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity4/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Call CentersCustomer SupportLead GenerationWorkflow AutomationPersonal AssistantEmail WritingMeetingsScheduling
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
18
A finance director gets a Slack message at 4pm asking for Q3 P&L by EOD
Input: text, data · Output: text, data
Free planFrom $45/moTeams
76%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity5/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Personal Assistant
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
19
75%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity4/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
20
Marblism sells AI employees, each with a named role, that take over routine work for a business.
Input: text, audio · Output: text, audio, documents, apps
Free planFrom $24/mo
74%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity3/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Call CentersLead GenerationSEOPersonal AssistantSocial Media
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
21
Omnara is an open-source platform that gives developers one API to deploy and run agents for their users and team.
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planAPITeams
81%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity10/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Software Development
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
22
AI that works on your documents while you do other things
Input: text, documents, data · Output: documents, data, slides
Free planFrom $17/mo
73%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity2/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Personal AssistantDocument CreationPresentationsSpreadsheetsData Analytics
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
23
Manus is an AI agent that goes beyond answering questions to carry out tasks and automate workflows.
Input: text, images, documents · Output: images, video, documents, slides, apps
Free planFrom $16/moAPIMobile appTeams
73%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity3/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Image GenerationVideo GenerationMusic GenerationApp BuildingCodingWebsite BuildingPresentationsSpreadsheetsGraphic DesignData AnalyticsResearch
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
24
Basic AI tools write tweets
Input: text, data · Output: text, documents, apps
Free planFrom $16/mo
75%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity4/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Workflow Automation
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
25
You're juggling fifteen tabs—copying website info into a spreadsheet
Input: text, documents, web pages · Output: text, data
Free planAPI
76%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Workflow AutomationPersonal AssistantEmail Writing
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
26
Avataar is an enterprise AI platform that deploys domain-specialized AI agents to replace manual workflows with autonomous execution.
Input: documents, data · Output: data
Free plan
74%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity3/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
27
A small e-commerce business owner gets dozens of the same questions daily
Input: text, documents, web pages · Output: apps
Free planFrom $38/moAPI
77%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
Customer SupportChatbots
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
28
Your team needs AI agents but lacks coding skills to build them from scratch
Input: text, documents, data · Output: apps
Free plan
76%Strong alternative · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity6/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Also tagged for
No-Code Building
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
29
This social network flips the typical model by making AI agents the primary users while humans observe
Input: text · Output: text
Free plan
73%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity2/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
30
Think of Sintra as a team you never have to hire
Input: text, documents · Output: text, images
From $15.6/moTeams
73%Partial replacement — covers the main need with gaps · same core category as Dust
00
How the score adds up
- Same core category55/55
- Covers Dust's goals16/25
- Feature description similarity2/20
Shared goals 1 of the 2 we tag Dust for
AI Agents
Goal tags are curated and capped, not a full feature audit — a missing tag is not a missing feature.
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Best Dust alternatives by goal
Every goal has its own ranked list — the match score is recomputed for that job alone.
At a glance: top Dust alternatives
| Tool | Match | Input | Output | Pricing | Free plan | Rating | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FastGPT | 89% | text, documents, web pages | apps | From $99/mo | Yes | — | AI Agent |
| Gumloop | 89% | text, data | apps | From $37/mo | No | — | AI Agent |
| CrewAI | 81% | text | code, apps | Free | Yes | — | AI Agent |
| Raghim AI | 87% | text, documents, data | text, data | From $20/mo | Yes | — | AI Agent |
| Langflow | 79% | text | apps | Free | Yes | — | AI Agent |
| Flowise | 79% | text, documents | apps | From $35/mo | Yes | — | AI Agent |
Frequently asked
What is the best Dust alternative?
FastGPT (89% match) is the closest alternative to Dust: FastGPT is an open-source platform for building AI agents and knowledge-base applications. Gumloop (89% match) and CrewAI (81% match) come next.
Is there a free alternative to Dust?
Yes. 28 of the 30 ranked alternatives have a free plan or free tier, including FastGPT, CrewAI, Raghim AI.
What is the best Dust alternative for managing knowledge?
Glean ranks first for managing knowledge at 92% match. See the full list of Dust alternatives for Knowledge Management.
How is the match percentage calculated?
It measures how much of Dust's job a tool can take over: shared core category, how many of the same use cases it covers and how similar its feature set is. Popularity and ratings never change the percentage; they only break ties in the order. Lists are recomputed nightly and reviewed by editors for the most-visited tools.
How this list is ranked
The match score measures how much of Dust's job each tool can take over: shared core category, how many of the same use cases it covers, and how similar its feature set is. Popularity and ratings do not change the score; they only break ties in the order.
Lists are recomputed nightly from the live catalog and reviewed by our editors for the most-visited tools. Sponsored placements are marked and sit outside the ranking.