--- title: "Where others are ahead today · AssistantGeneral" description: "The cloud assistants, the EU workspaces and the rest, where they beat us now." url: "https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/compare/where-others-lead/" source: "https://royalsoftworks.com" format: "markdown" note: "Markdown rendering of the HTML page at `url`. Same content, same canonical URL." --- Competitive comparison · 7 of 9 # Where others are ahead today. The cloud assistants, the EU workspaces and the rest, where they beat us now. ### Where others are ahead today - **ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini.** If your documents may go to a cloud under a contract, these are cheaper, faster and run larger models than any office computer. Copilot Chat costs nothing on Microsoft 365, and a business seat is about $20 a month. - **Langdock, Dust, Mistral.** EU-hosted, with the model included for about €25 a seat, and Langdock and Dust hold security certifications we do not have yet. For many firms an EU cloud under a proper contract is enough. - **Rolling out to many PCs.** ChatGPT and Claude ship packages for Intune, AnythingLLM has a silent installer, and LM Studio is on winget. AssistantGeneral has no MSI or Intune package yet. - **Speed.** A cloud model answers faster than a model on an ordinary office computer. Quick answers, one-step answers from your documents and faster writing narrow the gap; they do not close it. - **Open WebUI.** Free for up to 50 users, with LDAP, single sign-on and SCIM included. Our company sign-in runs only in pilots, and there is no LDAP or Active Directory sign-in yet. - **n8n, Copilot Studio.** Hundreds or thousands of ready-made integrations. AssistantGeneral has 20 built-in connectors, nine connected accounts, and any MCP server you add. - **Everyone with a price list.** AssistantGeneral is a private beta for Windows: no published price and no customer stories yet. Most of the products above publish both. [Previous Who holds what.](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/compare/who-holds-what/) [Next Where AssistantGeneral is different.](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/compare/where-we-differ/) [All of AssistantGeneral compare](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/compare/)