Palantir AIP (Artificial Intelligence Platform) vs C3 AI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Palantir AIP (Artificial Intelligence Platform)
Palantir's platform for AI agents on governed enterprise data
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C3 AI
Enterprise agentic AI platform and industrial AI applications
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 6.8 / 10 |
| Capability | — | — |
| Value for money | — | — |
| Ease of use | — | — |
| ASEAN readiness | — | — |
| API quality | — | — |
| Pricing | Freemium | Enterprise |
| Free tier | Free AIP Developer Tier: limited capacity, first-come signup; needs phone, romanised ID and a credit card for KYC (not charged); no .gov/.mil emails | No free tier; C3 Agentic AI Websites carries a 30-day free trial on AWS Marketplace |
| Paid from | Custom quote — no public price list | From $250,000 for a 3-month C3 Generative AI production pilot (AWS Marketplace) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | 911+ customers (Q3 2025), up 45% YoY | — |
| Founded | 2023 | 2009 |
| Maker | Palantir Technologies Inc. | Independent (C3.ai, Inc.) |
| Verdict | AIP is Palantir's strongest commercial product in years: by tying language models to a governed model of the business, it lets large organisations build AI agents that act on real operational data with permissions and au... |
C3 AI has an impressive roster of industrial and defence customers and a broad platform for building AI applications and agents on enterprise data, now including C3 Code for generating applications from descriptions. But... |
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