IgnitionRAG vs Dust
Dust is a polished, well-funded French agent platform. IgnitionRAG is a dev-first RAG backend: SaaS (platform-managed AI, credits included) or Agency/ESN license with BYOK.
Dust (Paris, well-funded) is a 'multiplayer' enterprise agent platform with good connectors, an API and MCP support. It's a credible French competitor on sovereignty. The differences come down to the model: Dust is proprietary, per-seat and bundles the models; IgnitionRAG offers SaaS Solo/Team (platform-managed AI, credits included, no API key needed) or an Agency/ESN license with BYOK, billed by usage.
The differences that matter
Dust bills per user (€24/seat/month annual on Pro, €30/month billed monthly) and bundles the models (no BYOK); US or EU data residency is available from the Business plan, and single-tenant deployment is reserved for Enterprise (source dust.tt/home/pricing, October 2026). IgnitionRAG offers platform-managed AI with credits included for SaaS Solo/Team (no API key needed), or BYOK for Agency/ESN licenses, hosted in France from the start, with an SDK, configurable RAG pipelines and natural-language building.
Who is each for?
Pick Dust for a ready-made collaborative agent workspace, per seat. Pick IgnitionRAG if you're a technical team using SaaS (platform-managed AI, credits included), or an agency/IT services firm with Agency/ESN license (BYOK / bring your own keys), integrable via SDK/API/MCP, hosted in France.
At a glance
Public sources, October 2026 (dust.tt/home/pricing). Dust is a strong French player; this compares the model, not the quality.
| IgnitionRAG | Dust | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Managed SaaS + Agency/ESN license (client cloud or IgnitionAI) | Proprietary SaaS (no self-host) |
| Data hosting | France at OVH from the start (SaaS); license: client's Azure, AWS or GCP, or IgnitionAI | US / EU from Business; single-tenant on Enterprise |
| Pricing | Solo €59/mo excl. VAT or Team €249/mo excl. VAT, credits included | €24/seat/month annual (Pro) |
| Platform-managed AI | Yes, credits included (SaaS); BYOK reserved for Agency/ESN licenses | No, models bundled/billed by Dust |
| Configurable RAG | Chunking, hybrid, reranking, eval exposed | RAG over connected sources |
| Natural-language workflows | Yes (in-builder agent + MCP) + visual builder | Configurable agents (no workflow builder) |
| Connected sources | Web (scraping), Azure (SharePoint, tables, blob), AWS S3/MinIO, GitHub, Hugging Face | Generic connectors (Drive, Notion, Slack…) |
| API / SDK / MCP | REST API, TS SDK, MCP | REST API + MCP (no dedicated SDK documented) |
| Governance | Native: audit, GDPR, AI Act; BYOK reserved for Agency/ESN licenses | SOC2, GDPR, no training on your data |
FAQ
Are Dust and IgnitionRAG both French?
Yes. Dust is in Paris, IgnitionRAG in MARIGNY-LE-CHATEL. The difference isn't origin but model: Dust is proprietary, per-seat, models bundled; IgnitionRAG offers SaaS (platform-managed AI, credits included) or Agency/ESN licenses with BYOK, usage-based, hosted in France.
Can I bring my own LLM keys?
With IgnitionRAG SaaS (Solo/Team), AI is platform-managed with credits included (no API key needed). For Agency/ESN licenses, BYOK is available (no markup on tokens). Dust bundles and bills the models in its plans.
How much does Dust Pro cost?
On dust.tt/home/pricing (verified 12 October 2026), a Pro seat is €24/seat/month on annual billing, or €30/month billed monthly, with 8,000 credits per seat per month. US or EU data residency is available from the Business plan.
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