Question 1

AutoGPT Platform or Sim: which should a small business choose?

Accepted Answer

Choose AutoGPT Platform if you want: cheaper to host (from €35.99/mo vs €69.99/mo), lighter official minimum (6 GB vs 12 GB RAM), larger community (188k vs 29.9k GitHub stars) and simpler deploy (one container vs a multi-container stack). Choose Sim if you want: fewer license conditions (Permissive vs Source-available).

Question 2

Which is cheaper to self-host, AutoGPT Platform or Sim?

Accepted Answer

AutoGPT Platform: cheaper to host (from €35.99/mo vs €69.99/mo).

Question 3

How much hardware do AutoGPT Platform and Sim need?

Accepted Answer

AutoGPT Platform: minimum 6 GB RAM. Sim: minimum 2 vCPU · 12 GB RAM · 20 GB disk (recommended 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 50 GB disk).

Question 4

What is the license difference between AutoGPT Platform and Sim?

Accepted Answer

AutoGPT Platform: Polyform Shield 1.0.0 (autogpt_platform/); MIT for the rest (Source-available). The platform code in autogpt_platform/ is under the Polyform Shield License: use and modification for your business are allowed, but you may not use it to offer a product or service that competes with AutoGPT. The classic agent, Forge and benchmark outside that folder are MIT. Sim: Apache-2.0 (Permissive). Permissive. Internal and commercial use allowed; keep license and notices. The built-in Chat feature is a Sim-managed service that needs a Chat API key from sim.ai. This is a summary, not legal advice.

Question 5

Is AutoGPT Platform or Sim more actively maintained?

Accepted Answer

AutoGPT Platform: Active, last commit Oct 27, 2026. Sim: Active, last commit Oct 28, 2026. GitHub data refreshed Oct 28, 2026.

Question 6

Which is easier to deploy, AutoGPT Platform or Sim?

Accepted Answer

AutoGPT Platform installs via Docker (single container) (single container); Sim via Docker Compose (setup wizard or manual) (multi-container stack). AutoGPT Platform lists 4 known gotchas and Sim lists 4; see each app page.

	AutoGPT Platform	Sim
Category	AI app & agent builders	AI app & agent builders
What it is	Visual builder for long-running AI agents and workflows, self-hostable as a single container.	Visual builder for AI agent workflows, with knowledge bases, integrations and an API.
License	Polyform Shield 1.0.0 (autogpt_platform/); MIT for the rest	Apache-2.0
License type	Source-available	Permissive
License conditions	The platform code in autogpt_platform/ is under the Polyform Shield License: use and modification for your business are allowed, but you may not use it to offer a product or service that competes with AutoGPT. The classic agent, Forge and benchmark outside that folder are MIT.	Permissive. Internal and commercial use allowed; keep license and notices. The built-in Chat feature is a Sim-managed service that needs a Chat API key from sim.ai.
Status	Active	Active
GitHub stars	188k	29.9k
Last commit	Oct 27, 2026	Oct 28, 2026
Latest release	autogpt-platform-beta-v0.10.0	v0.9.34
Minimum hardware	6 GB RAM	2 vCPU · 12 GB RAM · 20 GB disk
Recommended hardware	Not published	4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 50 GB disk
RAM measured by us	Not tested yet	Not tested yet
GPU	Not required / not stated	Not required / not stated
Est. server cost	from €35.99/mo	from €69.99/mo
Deploy method	Docker (single container)	Docker Compose (setup wizard or manual)
Known gotchas	4 listed	4 listed
Telemetry	Not documented	On by default
Calls home by default	Not documented	Not documented
SSO (OIDC / SAML / LDAP)	Not documented	Free (OIDC free · SAML free)
Audit log	Not documented	Yes, free
RBAC	Not documented	Yes, free
Details	Full AutoGPT Platform guide →	Full Sim guide →

AutoGPT Platform vs Sim

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