OpenLazarus for internal tools: one owned system, designed in conversation

Contents

1. What OpenLazarus does
2. Published evidence
3. Strengths and limits
4. Pricing
5. Questions to ask OpenLazarus
6. Sources

Type	Company operating system with an AI builder
Headquarters	New York, US
Pricing	Published
Website	openlazarus.ai

OpenLazarus describes its product as an operating system for a business: one platform the company owns, with a CRM, mail, calendar, operations and finance modules, reports and AI teammates⁠1Frequently asked questionsOpenLazarus. For a company building internal tools, its distinguishing feature is scope: it designs them together rather than one at a time.

Best for: Companies that want to replace spreadsheets and rented SaaS seats with one system they own, designed by describing how the company works.

Not the right fit for: Teams that need one small app on an existing database, or a developer platform for dozens of separate tools.

What OpenLazarus does

The builder starts with a conversation. A person describes what the company sells, who does what and which tools it pays for, and the builder proposes modules, views, a workflow and AI teammates, with a live preview beside the chat⁠2Design your company’s operating systemOpenLazarus. The design can be tried as an interactive demo on sample data, and a plan sheet prices it in the visitor's currency. Designing and the demo are free and need no account⁠3Design an operating system for your business with AI: the builderOpenLazarus. OpenLazarus says a first design takes about ten minutes⁠2Design your company’s operating systemOpenLazarus.

The builder also lists what the design replaces, typically a CRM, a scheduling tool, invoicing, shared drives and spreadsheets⁠3Design an operating system for your business with AI: the builderOpenLazarus. Each company runs on its own server rather than a shared multi-tenant app; hosting is managed, with backups, updates and monitoring, and can be moved to the company's own cloud⁠4PricingOpenLazarus. European companies can run on servers in the EU⁠1Frequently asked questionsOpenLazarus.

AI teammates are part of the design. OpenLazarus lists 18 ready-made roles, from bookkeeper to receptionist, each with an inbox, a phone number and limits the company sets, working on the same records as staff⁠5AI employees for your business: ready-made teammatesOpenLazarus. The company decides what runs automatically and what needs approval⁠1Frequently asked questionsOpenLazarus.

Published evidence

• Quick Scan & Go (customer-reported). On OpenLazarus’s AI Architects page, the CEO of this 80-store retailer says profits grew 76% after the company consolidated its data and deployed AI agents.⁠6AI ArchitectsOpenLazarus
• Raven Analytics (customer-reported). The CEO of this Portland professional-services firm reports three times the sales-funnel growth and twice the staff efficiency, on the same page.⁠6AI ArchitectsOpenLazarus

Both results are statements by customers' chief executives on OpenLazarus's own page, not independent measurements. We found no published case study about an internal tool built with the builder itself.

Strengths and limits

Strengths

• A first design takes about ten minutes, and the builder lists the tools and spreadsheets the design would replace.
• Publishes its prices: Starter at $100 and Pro at $300 a month, each including the same amount in AI credits, plus managed hosting from $150 a month.
• The code and the data belong to the company. Hosting can move to the company’s own cloud, and European companies can run on servers in the EU.
• AI teammates work on the same records as staff, and the company decides what runs automatically and what needs a person’s approval.

Limits

• It designs one system for the whole company rather than many independent apps, which is more than a team needing a single dashboard requires.
• Its pricing page places integrations in the engineering-support plan, from $4,500 a month. We found no self-serve connector catalogue on the pages we read.
• Single sign-on and security certifications are not described on the pages we read.
• Self-serve plans are for teams under 30 people; larger companies start with a session with the engineering team.

Choose another option if: You have developers and want to build many separate apps on databases you already run (Retool or Appsmith), or you need one portal without changing the rest of your stack (Softr).

Pricing

Published: Starter $100 and Pro $300 a month (each including the same amount in AI credits), managed hosting from $150 a month, developer support from $4,500 a month with 10 engineering credits, and a 5.5% fee on AI credits for headless access. The AI-Architect consultancy is priced per engagement.

Questions to ask OpenLazarus

• Which of our current subscriptions and spreadsheets would the design replace, and which would stay?
• Which of our systems need an integration, and how many engineering credits would that take?
• How do sign-in, roles and the action log work for a team of our size?
• What happens to the code, the data and the server if we stop paying for support?

See how OpenLazarus compares with the other platforms in the main guide.

Sources

1. Frequently asked questions. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
2. Design your company’s operating system. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
3. Design an operating system for your business with AI: the builder. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
4. Pricing. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
5. AI employees for your business: ready-made teammates. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
6. AI Architects. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
7. OpenLazarus for manufacturing. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.

Further reading

• Buyer's guide · Updated quarterlyThe best platforms to build internal tools with AI in 2026An analysis of eight platforms that let a company build its own internal tools with AI, what each one costs at list price, where the security features sit, and the established path from a spreadsheet to a tool people trust.
• Guide · Build vs buyBuild vs buy internal tools in the age of AI buildersAI has made building cheaper, but not free. The evidence points to a middle option for most companies, and to a short list of cases where buying is still the better decision.
• Guide · SpreadsheetsHow to replace spreadsheets with internal tools built with AINot every spreadsheet should become an app. The ones that act as shared databases usually should, and AI builders have made that move far shorter than it was.