# Omnia vs Cohere North

> Omnia runs in your own infrastructure on any model, gates every version on simulated users and rolls out in steps. Cohere North runs privately too, but its published material doesn’t say how a change is tested or undone.

Category: Agent platforms. Checked against Cohere’s published material on 2026-10-22. Canonical page: https://www.altairalabs.ai/vs/cohere-north/

## If you picked North for privacy, Omnia is just as private and tests every change too.

Omnia tests every change before it reaches anyone, on whichever model you run. North can serve one agent to the whole organisation from your own hardware, and its published material doesn’t say how a change to that agent is tested or undone.

## When it matters: Someone improves the org-wide contracts agent.

**On Omnia:** The change becomes a new version. Simulated users put it through the real document tools before any colleague sees it, then it reaches the organisation in steps. If the numbers turn on the first step, everyone goes back to the version that worked. (Omnia docs: https://omnia.altairalabs.ai/reference/core/promptpacksource/)

**On Cohere North:** North 2 describes agents built with simple prompts and shared across the organisation. Agent evaluation, versioning and rollback aren’t covered. (source: https://cohere.com/blog/introducing-north-2)

## A change has to pass first

Simulated users, hostile and voice callers among them, work through the real tools. A version that fails them doesn’t ship. (Omnia docs: https://promptarena.altairalabs.ai/arena/explanation/scenario-design/)

Cohere North: Automations say to test and iterate before publishing; a method isn’t described. (source: https://cohere.com/north/automations)

## Every version, kept and reversible

Prompts, tools, policy and tests travel together as one versioned pack. A conversation that started on one version finishes on it while traffic moves to the next. (Omnia docs: https://omnia.altairalabs.ai/reference/core/promptpacksource/)

Cohere North: Agent versioning and rollback aren’t documented. (source: https://cohere.com/blog/introducing-north-2)

## Private, on whichever model you choose

Run Claude through Bedrock, Gemini through Vertex, Llama on vLLM, or Cohere’s models: seven native protocols and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, all inside your boundary. (Omnia docs: https://omnia.altairalabs.ai/reference/core/provider/)

Cohere North: North 2 says it is model-agnostic; the product page links Cohere’s models. (source: https://cohere.com/north)

## At a glance

| Topic | Omnia | Omnia docs | Cohere North | Cohere North docs | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private and air-gapped | Your Kubernetes cluster. | https://omnia.altairalabs.ai/how-to/workspaces/manage-workspaces/ | VPC, on-premises or air-gapped. | documented | https://cohere.com/north |
| Simulated users | Multi-turn, against real tools. | https://promptarena.altairalabs.ai/arena/explanation/scenario-design/ | Not documented. | not documented | https://cohere.com/blog/introducing-north-2 |
| Agent versions and rollback | Automatic, on the metrics. | https://omnia.altairalabs.ai/tutorials/progressive-rollouts/ | Not documented. | not documented | https://cohere.com/blog/introducing-north-2 |
| Argument-level tool policy | A CEL rule on every call. *(enterprise)* | https://omnia.altairalabs.ai/how-to/security/configure-tool-policies/ | Role-based permissions and human approval for critical actions. | partly documented | https://cohere.com/blog/north-ga |
| End-user identity to tools | Carried to every call. | https://omnia.altairalabs.ai/explanation/platform/delegation-tokens/ | Not documented. | not documented | https://cohere.com/blog/north-ga |
| OpenTelemetry to your collector | Yes. | https://omnia.altairalabs.ai/reference/platform/telemetry/ | Not documented. | not documented | https://cohere.com/blog/introducing-north-2 |
| Voice | Duplex voice, and tests for it. | https://promptarena.altairalabs.ai/arena/explanation/duplex-architecture/ | Not documented. | not documented | https://cohere.com/north |

## Questions

**Can Omnia run Cohere’s models?**

Omnia reaches any model behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including a gateway or a model you host, alongside its seven native providers.

**How is Omnia priced?**

Free while you build, the core free in production, and an enterprise licence per environment per year from £30,000. Cohere prices North on request.