Files & Documents (Nextcloud)
Private file storage your assistant can search, with shared folders and document editing.
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Private AI Assistant
Use AI without handing
your client data to Big Tech
Your team is probably already pasting client information into public AI tools. A private AI assistant gives them chat-style help with drafting, summarizing and searching your own documents, running on infrastructure you control.
An Honest Note
What a private model can and can't do
Private open-source models handle writing, summaries and document questions well but may be less capable than the largest commercial models for some tasks. We'll show you the difference during the needs discussion.
AI output should be reviewed by a person before it's relied on.
Why Private
Keep client information out of public AI services
Public AI tools are convenient, but anything typed into them leaves your control. A private assistant gives staff the same kind of help while prompts and documents stay on infrastructure in your own account.
- ✓Your data stays on your server: Prompts, answers and indexed documents are not sent to a public AI service.
- ✓Individual staff logins: Each person signs in to their own account, so access can be granted and removed like any other system.
- ✓Search your own documents: Optionally connect a Nextcloud folder so staff can ask questions about your own files.
- ✓A clear staff policy: A one-page AI use policy sets out which tools are allowed and what information can go into them.
Published Pricing
Private AI Assistant
$1,950 CAD setup, up to 25 users
$2,450 CAD setup for 26–50 users.
- 45-minute needs discussion
- Setup in your own hosting account
- Open-source chat interface with individual staff logins
- One open-source language model sized to your budget
- 1-hour recorded training and a 30-day fix-it period
Hosting billed at cost to your account, quoted before setup. Ongoing care included in Escape Care Standard and Plus.
Scope Honesty & Transparency
What Is Included & What Is Explicitly Excluded
Here is exactly what the setup fee covers, and what it does not.
Full Delivery Scope
What Is Included
- 45-minute needs discussion
- Hosting recommendation and setup in your account, on Canadian-owned infrastructure where available
- Open-source chat interface with individual staff logins
- One open-source language model sized to your budget
- Optional connection to a Nextcloud folder (up to 5 GB indexed)
- A one-page staff AI use policy
- 1-hour recorded training
- 30-day fix-it period
Clear Boundaries
What Is NOT Included
- Hosting fees (billed at cost to your account, quoted before setup)
- Custom AI development or fine-tuning
- Customer-facing chatbots
- Integrations beyond Nextcloud (quoted)
- Guarantees about the accuracy of AI answers
Related Services
Build the rest of your private stack
A private assistant works best alongside file storage and care you control.
Escape Care Plans
Updates, backups and monitoring for your self-hosted tools. Standard and Plus include care for your AI assistant.
Explore Escape Care →Password Manager (Vaultwarden)
Keep staff logins for your private tools secure and easy to share.
Explore Password Management →Straight Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about running a private AI assistant.
Where does the data go?
It stays on your server. The chat interface, the language model and any indexed documents run on infrastructure in your own account, so prompts and client information aren't sent to a public AI service.
Can staff still use ChatGPT?
That's for your policy to decide, and we help you write it. Setup includes a one-page staff AI use policy covering which AI tools are allowed and what information can go into them.
What does hosting cost?
It depends on your team size and how heavily the assistant is used, so we quote it once we know both, before setup. Hosting is billed at cost to your own account.