A Canadian alternative to ChatGPT

1. 01

   Canadian end to end

   models run on Canadian hardware; your account, chats, memory and files are stored in Canada.

2. 02

   Many open models

   not one closed model; Digby picks the best fit for each question.

3. 03

   Checked answers

   on contested or high-stakes questions a second model independently reviews the answer.

4. 04

   Research councils

   several models research in parallel and Digby writes one sourced report.

5. 05

   Self-hostable

   organisations can run the whole thing on their own servers.

Digby covers the everyday work people use ChatGPT for — drafting and editing, summarising documents, answering questions with sources, brainstorming and planning — plus a coding agent and integrations with the tools you already use.

• Writing & editing
• Translation
• Web search with citations
• PDFs & spreadsheets
• Images
• Voice
• Memory
• Projects
• Coding agent

Some want their conversations stored in Canada rather than the United States. Some want answers that show their sources and get a second opinion. Some don’t want the intelligence their work depends on to come from a single closed vendor.

Whatever the reason, the test is the same: try your own questions. Digby is free, and you don’t need an account to start.

ChatGPT has a huge ecosystem and features that only OpenAI’s models offer. Digby’s bet is different: many open models instead of one closed one, Canadian storage and processing for every user, and answers that are checked and sourced rather than simply generated.

For most everyday work — writing, research, documents, planning and code — that bet holds up well. Try the questions you actually ask and judge for yourself.