A shared operating layer.

Connect company knowledge and tools into a live ontology so people and agents can understand, automate and act together.

Lobu connectors · ontology · automations

Connect Connectors

Observe changes, query live sources and execute typed actions.

Model Shared ontology

AccountPersonProjectIncidentRenewal

works at · owns · affected by · renews

Run Automations

Monitor events, assemble evidence, decide and request approval.

People + agents Shared context

Teams and any connected agent use the same live model.

Governed action Approve + write back

Create tasks, update tools, send drafts and emit new events.

Actions, feedback and new events flow back into the shared model.

Why ontology matters

One model for context, decisions and action.

Connect domain knowledge

Bring records, messages, documents, databases and device signals into one governed context.

Model how work happens

Represent customers, projects, incidents, contracts and people as typed entities and relationships.

Close the loop

Let people and agents monitor change, request approval, act and turn each result into new context.

Your stack stays connected: warehouses, dbt, SaaS applications, documents and devices remain governed sources.

Features and commercial model

Similar surface. Different foundations and buying motions.

Most platforms now have agents, connectors and actions. Compare what they share, where context lives, how work is governed, the real starting point and how companies usually buy them.

Product	Shared model	Context and connectors	Agents	Automation and action	Deployment	Starting point and usual buying model*
Palantir Foundry + AIP	Enterprise Ontology	Integrated data platform and external sources	AIP agents	Actions, Automate and Evals	Proprietary enterprise platform	Custom quote Contact sales, prove a use case through an AIP Bootcamp or scoped pilot, then negotiate an enterprise contract. Compute and AI usage follow the contract. Contact ↗ Bootcamp ↗ Usage ↗
ServiceNow AI Platform	Unified platform data model	Enterprise connectors and workflow data	ServiceNow AI Agents	Workflows, policies and actions	Proprietary enterprise platform	Custom quote ServiceNow assesses your requirements, scopes the products and packages, then provides a tailored quote and implementation path. Pricing ↗
Salesforce Agentforce	CRM + Data 360	Salesforce records and external data	Agentforce	Flows, actions and guardrails	Proprietary SaaS	$0 Foundations for eligible editions; $500 per 100k Flex Credits or $2 per conversation Enable it in an existing Salesforce organisation, then choose pre-purchased usage, a committed baseline or pay-as-you-go billing. Pricing ↗
Microsoft Copilot Studio	Dataverse, Graph and Fabric	Power Platform connectors	Copilot Studio agents	Workflows, approvals and governance	Microsoft cloud	No upfront commitment with pay-as-you-go at $0.01 per Copilot Credit Connect an Azure subscription, start on pay-as-you-go or pre-purchase credits, then scale through Microsoft billing and commitments. Plans ↗ PAYG rate ↗
Snowflake Cortex Agents	Semantic views + Snowflake data	Structured and unstructured Snowflake data	Managed Cortex Agents	Tools, threads and governed execution	Snowflake data cloud	No separate seat fee; AI Credits start at $2.00 with global routing Enable Cortex in an existing Snowflake account. You pay for AI Credits plus any warehouse, search, storage and tool usage the agent invokes. Pricing ↗
Databricks Agent Bricks	Unity Catalog + lakehouse	Data, tools, skills and MCP	Framework-neutral runtime	Durable execution, tracing and evals	Databricks platform	No standalone licence; usage-based at the rates of the Databricks products used Enable it in your Databricks workspace and pay per second for the underlying model serving, serverless, data and compute services. Agent Bricks ↗ Pricing ↗
Neo4j Context Engine	Business ontology graph	GraphRAG, APIs and MCP	Context for any agent	Validated memory; actions are external	Neo4j platform	AuraDB Free is $0; production AuraDB starts at $65 per GB/month Create an AuraDB instance, build internal agents without an agent fee, then pay for the database tier. Public agent endpoints add runtime usage. AuraDB ↗ Aura Agent ↗
n8n	Workflow state, not an ontology	Large integration catalogue	AI workflow agents	Durable flows and human review	Self-hostable, fair-code	Community self-hosted is $0; Cloud Starter is €20/month billed annually Self-host Community or subscribe online to Cloud. Business and Enterprise plans add collaboration, governance and sales-assisted procurement. Pricing ↗ Licence ↗
LangGraph + LangSmith	Agent state graph	Custom tools, stores and APIs	Framework-neutral agents	Durable execution, interrupts and evals	Open-source runtime + cloud	LangGraph is open source; LangSmith Developer is $0 and Plus is $39 per seat/month plus usage Start self-serve, add paid tracing and deployment usage as you scale, or negotiate Enterprise for security, support and self-hosting. Pricing ↗
Lobu	Ontology + append-only events	Live reads, sync and connector actions	Any agent over MCP or SDK	Durable Automations, policies and approvals	Open source; self-host or cloud	Self-hosted software is $0; the managed runtime has no minimum and scales to zero Deploy the open-source stack yourself or use Lobu Cloud. Managed usage is billed for active compute, memory and storage rather than idle agents. Open source ↗ Managed rates ↗

Checked 2 November 2026. Starting points use public list prices where available; otherwise the vendor requires a quote or bills consumption through an existing platform account. Exact totals vary with usage, infrastructure, editions, commitments, tax, implementation and negotiated discounts.

Start with one domain and one workflow that matters.

Map the entities, relationships, evidence, policies and actions behind a real workflow, then decide whether Lobu is the right layer.

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