elephas
Elephas helps Mac and iOS professionals search and work with their own documents using AI, with local indexing, optional offline processing, and sensitive-data redaction before cloud requests.
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Who it's for
- Consultants handling NDA-covered client files who want to ask questions across project documents.
- Lawyers and accountants working with contracts, legal research, tax memos, or audit files who need local indexing and redaction options.
- Researchers and financial advisors who want AI answers grounded in their own research papers, planning documents, or client materials.
Not the right fit if…
- Mac App Store users who need AI writing or text insertion in other apps: those features are excluded from the App Store version.
How it fits your workflow
Create a Super Brain for a project or client and add documents, notes, contracts, research, or other supported sources. Elephas indexes the files locally on the Mac.
Ask questions or request summaries and insights from the Super Brain. Answers are grounded in the files and include citations.
Choose offline local AI or cloud AI for the task. For cloud requests, Elephas says it redacts 28 types of sensitive data on-device first; users can also bring an API key from supported providers.
Pricing
Free: A free download includes seven days of Pro, activated automatically. No credit card is required. Ongoing plan prices are not stated in the supplied content.
The vendor doesn't publish prices. Check with elephas directly.
Prices checked on Oct 2, 2026 from the vendor's site. They can change; confirm before you buy.
Key features
- Super Brains
- Create focused workspaces from documents, notes, contracts, research, and other sources, then ask questions about the collected material.
- Local indexing
- Index files on the Mac so users can search and ask questions about their sources while keeping custody of the files on their device.
- Sensitive-data redaction
- Detect and redact 28 types of sensitive data on the device before content is sent to a cloud AI model. The page lists examples including names, emails, account numbers, SSNs, passport numbers, and case numbers.
- Offline mode
- Run AI locally for work that should remain on the device. The page says users can test this by turning off Wi-Fi and asking questions from their documents.
- Grounded answers and citations
- Ask questions about indexed sources and receive answers grounded in those files with citations.
- Super Command
- Use a keyboard shortcut in Mac apps to summarize, rewrite, translate, fix grammar, or run custom commands called Snippets. The page names Mail, Safari, Slack, and Notes as examples.
Works with
- Notion, Obsidian, Apple Notes, and Zoom
- Mail, Safari, Slack, and Notes
- OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, DeepSeek, and other providers
- PDF, Word, Excel, and Markdown
Limitations to know
- The Mac App Store version excludes Super Command and all text-writing features, including writing or inserting text into other applications.
- Super Command is described as a Mac feature; the page does not describe it as available on iOS.
Alternatives to consider
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DocXter
Choose it if you want an organizational document assistant with OCR, multi-document analysis, AI agents, and team collaboration tools.
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Mindly
Choose it if your priority is capturing, tagging, summarizing, and connecting notes, links, files, and voice recordings in a macOS-first second-brain app.
Getting started
Mac; the page says Elephas is optimized for Apple Silicon but does not state minimum system requirements.
- Download Elephas for Mac; the free download includes seven days of Pro and requires no credit card.
- Create a Super Brain and add documents or notes for a project or client.
- Ask questions about the indexed sources and choose offline or cloud AI for the task.
Frequently asked questions
How does Elephas protect sensitive data?
The page says indexing happens on the Mac and that Elephas detects and redacts 28 types of sensitive data on-device before content reaches a cloud AI model. Users can choose offline local AI, built-in cloud AI with zero data retention, or their own API key.
Do I need an OpenAI account?
No. Elephas includes AI powered by OpenAI and Anthropic models. Users can also bring an API key from one of 15+ providers.
Does Elephas support German or Spanish?
Yes. The page says almost all features support all popular languages.
Can I use Elephas without downloading a local model?
Yes. Elephas works out of the box with cloud AI; local models are optional for users who want fully offline operation.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. The free download activates seven days of Pro automatically, and no credit card is required.
What features are missing from the Mac App Store version?
Due to Mac App Store sandbox restrictions, Super Command and all text-writing features are unavailable in that version. The page says the App Store version cannot write or insert text into other applications.
Do I need the same Apple account for multi-device sync?
Yes. The page says the same Apple account is required to sync Elephas data across Mac, iPhone, and iPad.