
Valohai
6.6/10Valohai is an MLOps platform that orchestrates machine learning training, pipelines and deployments on a company's own cloud or on-premises infrastructure.
Data last updated November 2026 · Our methodology
Overview
Valohai is a Finnish MLOps platform that runs machine learning workloads on infrastructure the customer already owns. It does not sell its own compute. Teams define jobs in containers and launch them from a CLI (vh), an API or a web UI. Valohai then provisions and auto-scales machines on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, OVHcloud, Scaleway, on-premises hardware or air-gapped environments. Every experiment, dataset and model is versioned automatically, which gives full lineage and reproducibility. Pipelines can include conditional quality gates, parallel runs and human approvals, and a model registry handles approval workflows. Newer features cover LLM work, including model comparison, regression testing and cost analysis, with Langfuse tracing and agent skills for coding assistants such as Claude Code and Cursor. Distributed training supports PyTorch Distributed, DeepSpeed, Horovod and Accelerate, and trained models can be served as HTTP endpoints on Kubernetes. Valohai is aimed at data science and ML engineering teams in regulated or security-conscious enterprises that need to keep their data and compute in their own environment. The company reports a SOC 2 Type II audit. Pricing is a fixed fee per user per month and includes unlimited projects, experiments, pipelines and deployments. Prices are not published and require a custom quote, and a 14-day free trial is available. The main limitation is that customers still pay their cloud or hardware provider for compute. Teams also need some setup effort to connect Valohai to their existing environment, and buyers cannot compare costs without talking to sales.
Our Rating
AI Software6.4/10
Hosting & Infrastructure6.7/10
Who Valohai is best for
Best software for EnterpriseGood fit
It offers on-premises, private cloud and air-gapped deployment along with SOC 2 Type II and access controls, which suits regulated enterprises.
ML engineers work through a CLI, an API and containers, with support for any framework.
Less suited
Customer stories include medical imaging and medical AI, and data can stay in the customer's own environment.
Pricing is quote-only per user and there is no free plan, which is less friendly for small teams than open-source options.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- It runs on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, OVHcloud, Scaleway and on-premises, so teams are not locked into one cloud the way they are with SageMaker.
- Experiments, datasets and models are versioned automatically, giving full lineage, and reviewers repeatedly praise its reproducibility.
- Every plan includes unlimited projects, experiments, pipelines and deployments under per-user pricing.
- Data and compute stay in the customer's environment, and the company reports a SOC 2 Type II audit with encryption at rest and in transit.
- Review ratings are high, around 4.9 on G2 and 4.8 on Capterra.
Cons
- No public prices; every purchase needs a custom quote, and Toolradar flags possible minimum seat requirements.
- There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial.
- Compute costs are paid separately to the cloud or hardware provider.
- Connecting it to existing systems takes some initial setup effort.
- It is a small vendor with 11 to 50 employees, and it has fewer reviews than open-source MLflow.
Key Features
Valohai Pricing
Per-User License
- Private cloud and air-gapped options
- Fixed fee per user per month, custom quote
- Dynamic GPU allocation for on-premises hardware
- Auto-scaling compute on your cloud or on-premises
- Unlimited projects, experiments, pipelines and deployments
- Technical support from the Customer Engineering team and Valohai Academy onboarding
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The 14-day trial includes all features, and Customer Engineering can extend it if you ask.
You pay a fixed fee per user per month that covers unlimited projects, experiments, pipelines and deployments. Exact prices come only through a custom quote from sales.
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, OVHcloud and Scaleway, plus on-premises, self-hosted and air-gapped environments. Kubernetes is optional for self-hosting.
Valohai Oy reports completing a SOC 2 Type II audit. It encrypts sensitive data at rest and in transit, with keys managed by AWS KMS.
No. Valohai orchestrates machines in your own cloud accounts or on your own hardware, and you pay those providers directly.
Yes. It has the vh CLI, an API, and a valohai-llm Python package.
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