The verdict
On the data we hold, Dust comes out ahead. Here is why, point by point.
What the data says
- Both cover 3 of the 3 features we compared.
- Only Dust has a free plan to start on.
- Dust starts lower, at €24/mo against €170/mo.
- In our AI agents ranking, Dust places 3 and Swoep 10 of 11.
Side by side
| 7 points compared | ||
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | €24/mo | €170/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| API | Yes | Not known yet |
| MCP server | No | Not known yet |
| Document/source grounding | Yes | Yes |
| No-code builder | Yes | Yes |
| Team workspaces | Yes | Yes |
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Plans and pricing
Dust
- FreeFree seat with 500 lifetime credits, up to 5 users, 3 connectors.Free
- ProPer seat with 8,000 credits per seat per month.€30/mo/seat
- MaxPer seat with 40,000 credits per seat per month.€150/mo/seat
Swoep
- Pay per userSelf-service, EUR 200 per user per month (EUR 170 billed yearly), 20 million tokens per user; extra tokens EUR 15 per million.€200/mo/seat
- ProUnlimited users, 300 million shared tokens a month, onboarding by the Swoep team; EUR 5,099 per month billed yearly.€5,999/mo
Prices as the vendors list them. They change often; the final price is on their sites.
Who each is for
Choose Dust if…
Teams of any size that want custom AI agents grounded in their own tools and documents, with permissions and audit logs, without writing code.
Choose Swoep if…
Dutch and European SMEs running an ERP, CRM and other business systems that want to ask questions of their data, build dashboards and apps, and let AI agents do routine work.
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