OpenLazarus review: a whole company system designed by describing it
The only tool in this guide that starts from the whole business rather than one app or one automation. Strong for a company that wants one system it owns; not the tool for a customer-facing product.
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| Type | Company system with AI teammates |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | New York, US |
| Pricing | Published |
| Website | openlazarus.ai |
OpenLazarus approaches no-code AI from the top down. Instead of building one app or one automation at a time, a visitor describes how the company works and an AI designer proposes the whole system: its modules, its views and the AI teammates that work inside it1.
Best for: Companies that want to describe how the business works and get one system it owns, with customer records, operations, finance and AI teammates in the same place.
Not the right fit for: A single automation between two apps, a customer-facing product, or a team that wants to keep every current tool and add AI on top.
What it does
The builder is a conversation with a live preview beside it. It asks what the company sells, who does what and which tools it pays for, then proposes modules, a workflow and AI teammates, renamed to the company's own words. The result can be tried as an interactive demo on sample data in the browser, without an account, and the plan is priced at the end in the visitor's currency2. OpenLazarus says a first design takes about ten minutes1.
What is designed is a company system rather than a single app: a CRM with contacts, companies and deals, mail, calendar and messages, tasks, operations modules, finance modules and reports1. The AI teammates come from a library of 18 roles, such as a receptionist, a bookkeeper or a purchasing agent, and each has an inbox, a phone number and limits the company sets3. The company decides which actions run automatically and which wait for approval4.
Each system runs on the company's own server, which OpenLazarus manages with backups, updates and monitoring and which can be moved to the company's own cloud. Models are reached through its AI Router, so the company is not tied to a single model provider54.
Published evidence
- Quick Scan & Go (client quote). The CEO of Quick Scan & Go, a retailer with 80 stores, is quoted on OpenLazarus’s AI-Architects page crediting the consolidation of its data systems and AI agents for operations with a 76% rise in profits. OpenLazarus publishes the statement; it concerns a consultancy engagement rather than the self-serve builder.7
Strengths and limits
Strengths
- The only tool reviewed that starts from the whole business, so records, workflows and AI arrive designed together instead of assembled from several subscriptions.
- Designing and trying the result on sample data are free and need no account; the plan is priced before anything is bought.
- AI teammates act on the company’s records, with limits per teammate and every action logged.
- The company’s system runs on its own server, which can be moved to its own cloud, with an EU hosting option.
Limits
- Replaces tools rather than connecting them: a company that wants to keep its current stack and add AI will find Zapier or Gumloop a smaller step.
- Companies of 30 or more people start with an engineering session, and that price is not published.
- Not built for customer-facing products or apps sold to others.
- No independent reviews yet; the client results it publishes come from its consultancy work.
Choose another option if: You need one automation between apps you will keep (Zapier), a shared database (Airtable) or a product for customers (Bubble).
Pricing
Published: Starter $100 and Pro $300 a month (each including that amount in AI credits), managed hosting from $150 a month, developer support from $4,500 a month.
Questions to ask OpenLazarus
- Which of our current subscriptions would the design replace, and which would stay?
- What does the monthly bill look like once AI credits, hosting and phone lines are added for our headcount?
- Which actions would each AI teammate take on its own, and which would wait for one of us?
- How do we export the data and the system if we move the hosting?
See how OpenLazarus compares with the other tools in the main ranking.
Sources
- Design your company’s operating system. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
- Design an operating system for your business with AI. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
- The agent library: ready-made AI teammates. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
- Questions about OpenLazarus (FAQ). OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
- Pricing. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
- AI for wholesale and distribution: orders, stock, suppliers. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
- AI implementation partner: systems you own. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.