Agno seems a bit shady and I explain why

[juienpro]

Honestly, Agno is a promising product. But currently I have a problem of trust.

Agno’s homepage makes a very strong promise: “With AgentOS, no data ever leaves your system.” It's written. But the product story does not match that promise.

They do have a self-hosted UI. The problem is that it looks neglected. The public Agent UI repo has not been updated for 6 months in the /src folder. it cannot even handle image upload, the issue has been posted in August 2025, without any progress. This repo seems to act as a SEO or open-source squatting actually.

So what happens in practice? The self-hosted path exists, but it is weak enough that users are naturally pushed toward the hosted UI and Agno’s own platform flow.

Then you read their policy: “We will maintain certain data that you transmit to the Services … as well as data relating to your use of the Services”.

1. They market hard on data sovereignty.
2. Their self-hosted UI looks months behind and still misses basic capabilities
3. That makes the hosted path much more attractive in practice.
4. And the hosted terms give them room to retain usage-related data.

A credible strategy would be different. If they want monetization, fine : sell a paid self-hosted UI with enterprise features. But if you are going to market data control that aggressively, the self-hosted path cannot be the neglected one while the practical path leads users into broader hosted-service terms. The gap is too strong.

I think the business model is wrong, and as a company, it's a no-go to me. The missing piece is a self-hosted paid product/UI.