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nele.ai or Langdock: two German 'safe ChatGPT' platforms compared
nele.ai is a German multi-model chat platform with a prompt library, a knowledge base and Word and Excel add-ins, priced by a company-wide credit volume. Langdock is a Berlin AI workspace with chat, custom agents and workflows, priced per seat. The deciding difference: nele.ai is a cheap, secure chat for everyone; Langdock adds agents, workflows and Slack or Teams bots on top.
nele.ai vs Langdock at a glance
| nele.ai | Langdock | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it is for | German SMEs and public bodies that want a GDPR-safe chat with Office add-ins at low cost | DACH companies that want chat plus custom agents and workflows for all staff |
| What you get | Chat with GPT, Claude, Gemini and Llama models; 300+ prompt library; knowledge base (RAG); Word and Excel add-ins; API; SSO | Chat with 40+ models, custom agents, workflows with triggers, Slack and Teams bots, scheduled tasks, API |
| Price per user | No per-user price. Company credit volume from 1,000 credits at €10/month to 750,000 at €3,750/month; 10,000 credits €90; 100,000 credits €500 | €25/month Standard; €99/month Business Max. Annual billing saves 20% |
| Free plan or trial | 7-day trial with 1,000 credits | 7-day trial, €5 model credits, no card |
| EU hosting | German server location; ISO 27001 | EU hosting on Azure; ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II |
| Team features | Admin panel, SSO (SAML 2.0), user and model management, unlimited users on one credit pool | SSO, SCIM, SAML; shared agents; Governance add-on; up to 1,000 users on Business |
| Build your own agents | No agent or workflow builder. Guided 'assistance prompts' and a knowledge base add-on (€19.95/month, 2 GB, 20 MB per file) | Yes: agents with knowledge and tools; workflows with 2,500 runs/month included, more from €539/month |
| Company | GAL Digital GmbH, Hungen, Hesse | Langdock GmbH, Berlin |
Pick nele.ai if…
- You want the lowest entry cost for a whole company: one credit pool, no seat fees.
- Your people mostly work in Word and Excel and want AI inside those apps.
- You want a German server location and a German vendor, and chat is all you need.
Pick Langdock if…
- You want to build agents and workflows, not only chat.
- You need Slack or Teams bots and SCIM provisioning.
- You expect heavy use per person and prefer a seat price over watching a shared credit pool.
Where each one falls short
nele.ai
- No agents or workflows: nele.ai is chat, prompts, a knowledge base and Office add-ins. The knowledge base add-on caps at 2 GB and 20 MB per file (nele.ai price page).
- A data protection lawyer (Dr. DSGVO, updated 10 Mar 2026) argues that nele.ai's automatic anonymisation cannot reliably catch personal data and showed cases it missed. nele.ai has no reviews on OMR Reviews yet.
Langdock
- Per-seat pricing grows with headcount; usage is metered in 5-hour and weekly windows with a fallback to a lighter model (Langdock docs, fair usage policy).
- Reviews note a learning curve for advanced features and a 6–10 week path to a polished rollout (teamazing 90-day test, updated 17 Aug 2026).
nele.ai or Langdock: the verdict
For a company that only wants a safe, cheap chat with German hosting and Office add-ins, nele.ai costs a fraction of Langdock. For a company that wants agents, workflows and chat bots in Slack or Teams, Langdock is the more complete platform and worth the seat price. Check nele.ai's anonymisation claims against your own data protection needs.
SokosumiIf you want the work done, not a chat window
Both tools above give a person a place to prompt. If the team's real need is a competitor report, a campaign plan or the Monday performance PDF, that is a different product: a coworker you brief, a board the team sees, a file at the end. Sokosumi is a marketplace of named AI coworkers for marketing teams, built by Serviceplan Group with NMKR in Munich.
- 52 coworkers and agents from 7 vendors; each profile states vendor, models and hosting, with EU hosting available.
- Free: 250 credits per seat per month, no card. Paid seats €25, €75 or €200 per month; credits are used only when a task runs.
- Tasks end with a finished PDF, deck, spreadsheet or dashboard on a shared board.
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nele.ai vs Langdock: questions
How far do nele.ai credits go?+
nele.ai says 1,000 credits process about 1.6 million words of text. Image and heavier model use cost more. The credit volume can be changed month to month.
Is nele.ai hosted in Germany?+
nele.ai states a German server location and ISO 27001 certification. The models themselves come from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft Azure; check the subprocessor list for where each model runs.
Does Langdock have Office add-ins?+
Langdock connects to Microsoft 365 through integrations and a Teams bot. It does not list Word or Excel add-ins like nele.ai does.
Can either tool run a task on a schedule and deliver a file to the team?+
Langdock can run a saved prompt or workflow on a schedule for a user. nele.ai does not offer scheduling. Neither has a shared task board; Sokosumi is built around that.
Sources
- www.nele.ai/de/ki-preise
- www.nele.ai/en
- www.nele.ai/de/de
- dr-dsgvo.de/unsichere-ki-loesung-nele-ai-wurde-fuer-ki-award-nominiert/
- omr.com/en/reviews/product/nele-ai
- www.langdock.com/pricing
- www.langdock.com/security
- docs.langdock.com/en/using-langdock/models-and-limits/fair-usage-policy.md
- docs.langdock.com/en/using-langdock/agents/introduction.md
- www.teamazing.com/blog/langdock-enterprise-review-2026/
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