OpenLazarus for small businesses: AI teammates for operational work

Contents

1. What OpenLazarus does for a growing business
2. Published evidence
3. Strengths and limits
4. Pricing
5. Questions to ask OpenLazarus
6. Sources

Type	Company-owned system with AI teammates
Headquarters	New York, US
Pricing	Published
Website	openlazarus.ai

OpenLazarus is a company-owned operating system with AI teammates. For a small or mid-sized business, its proposition is to hand recurring operational work, such as calls, invoices and supplier orders, to AI that works on the business's own records⁠1The agent libraryOpenLazarus.

Best for: Growing businesses that want AI teammates to take on reception, bookkeeping, purchasing and sales follow-up inside one system they own.

Not the right fit for: Businesses that only want a chat assistant for writing and research, or that are not ready to change the tools their operations run on.

What OpenLazarus does for a growing business

Its agent library lists 18 ready-made teammates, each with an inbox, a phone number and limits the business sets. Among them: a receptionist that answers calls, takes messages, puts callers through and books appointments; a billing teammate that sends invoices and reminders and matches payments; a bookkeeper that matches bank lines and lines up supplier payments for approval; a purchasing teammate that gets quotes, places orders and chases deliveries; and an executive assistant that runs the calendar⁠1The agent libraryOpenLazarus.

The teammates work inside a system the business designs in a free AI builder, which can include a CRM, mail, calendar, tasks, operations, invoicing, bookkeeping and reports. Teams under 30 pick a published plan from $100 a month plus managed hosting from $150 a month; companies of 30 or more get a session with its engineers⁠2Design your company’s operating systemOpenLazarus. The business decides, per teammate, what it handles alone and what it asks first, and every action is logged⁠3AI for wholesale and distributionOpenLazarus. Hosting can be moved to the company's own cloud⁠4PricingOpenLazarus.

Its industry pages illustrate the product with invented example companies, which they label as such. The figures on its teammate cards are not attributed to named customers.

Published evidence

• Raven Analytics. On OpenLazarus’s AI Architects page, the CEO of this Portland professional-services firm attributes 3x sales funnel growth and a 2x improvement in staff efficiency to the data and AI work. Company-published testimonial.⁠5AI ArchitectsOpenLazarus

Strengths and limits

Strengths

• AI teammates do operational work on the business’s own records: answering calls and booking appointments, matching bank lines, sending invoice reminders, placing purchase orders.
• Limits are set per teammate, such as purchase orders over a threshold that wait for a person, and every action is logged.
• One system can replace several subscriptions, designed in a free builder that shows the plan and price before any sales call.
• The business owns its instance, and hosting can be moved to its own cloud.

Limits

• It is not a general chat assistant for every employee; most businesses will still want one alongside it.
• Adopting it means moving work into a new system, which takes more effort than adding an AI tool to existing apps.
• Its published results are testimonials on its own site; figures on its teammate cards are not attributed to named customers.
• Companies of 30 or more are priced after a session with its engineers, and AI usage is billed as credits with a 5.5% fee.

Choose another option if: You want AI that connects the apps you already use without replacing them (Zapier), or a writing and research assistant for every employee (Claude Team, ChatGPT Business, or Copilot or Gemini inside your office suite).

Pricing

Published: plans from $100 a month plus managed hosting from $150 a month for teams under 30; developer support from $4,500 a month; 5.5% fee on AI credits.

Questions to ask OpenLazarus

• Which teammate would take on our most time-consuming recurring job first, and what access would it need?
• How are limits and approvals set, and who on our side reads the action log?
• What will a month of AI credits cost for our call and email volume?
• What happens to our system and data if we stop?

See how OpenLazarus compares with the other tools in the main guide.

Sources

1. The agent library. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
2. Design your company’s operating system. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
3. AI for wholesale and distribution. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
4. Pricing. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
5. AI Architects. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.

Further reading

• Buyer's guide · Updated quarterlyThe best AI for small and mid-sized businesses in 2026An analysis of seven AI tools that growing businesses use, from chat assistants to AI teammates, compared on the same criteria, with what each costs a 20-person company and how to get a first measured result.
• Guide · Choosing by jobAI tools for small business, organised by job"AI for small business" covers four different kinds of product. Matching the kind to the job is most of the decision, and it rules out most of the mistakes.
• Guide · Getting startedThe first 30 days with AI in a small businessOne job, one number, four weeks. A plan that keeps the first AI project small enough to finish and clear enough to judge.