How much does Elephas cost?

Elephas starts at $8.99/mo (Freemium).

Does Elephas offer a free trial?

Yes, Elephas offers a free trial of 7 days.

Does Elephas have an API?

Elephas does not currently offer a public API.

What does Elephas integrate with?

Elephas integrates with Apple Notes, Notion, Obsidian, Zoom, Roam, Logseq, DEVONthink, Bear, and more.

Is Elephas cloud-based or self-hosted?

Elephas is offered as both cloud and self-hosted (hybrid) deployment.

What are the downsides of Elephas?

Does not support local LLMs like Llama or DeepSeek — requires Claude or OpenAI keys Also, Low monthly token limits even on the most expensive plan

Who is Elephas best for?

Elephas is best suited for Lawyers, Accountants, Consultants.

What can I use Elephas for?

Common uses for Elephas include searching and summarizing confidential client engagements under nda, legal research across sensitive clauses, obligations, and contracts, preparing tax memos, workpapers, and audit files, querying private research libraries and unpublished drafts.

What is the best alternative to Elephas?

PocketAI is the closest alternative to Elephas, followed by Map This and Upword.

How does Elephas compare to PocketAI?

Elephas and PocketAI are both used for productivity & automation -- specifically document processing tools. See the full side-by-side comparison for pricing and feature differences.

Elephas: Private On-Device AI for Sensitive Mac Documents

Elephas is a Mac-only private AI assistant that indexes your PDFs, contracts, and notes locally into searchable "Super Brains," then answers questions grounded in your own files with citations. It's built for professionals handling confidential material under NDA — consultants, lawyers, accountants, researchers, and financial advisors — who can't safely paste client data into ChatGPT. What sets it apart is that it redacts 28 types of sensitive data before anything reaches a cloud model and offers a fully on-device Offline mode, so you choose where AI runs.

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