Pricing

Priced against the decision
it replaces.

VELA is institutional compliance infrastructure — not a subscription tool. Pricing is scoped to your institution's size, document structure, and regulatory obligations. Every engagement begins with a Foundations diagnostic.

Step 1 — Before any deployment

Start with a Foundations diagnostic.
Understand before you build.

Nicolas maps your institution's document structure, compliance obligations, and operational friction end-to-end — and delivers a written findings document that's yours permanently. If you move forward with VELA, the BSD $1,500 is credited in full toward your deployment.

Foundations diagnostic

BSD 1,500

One-time · Credited toward VELA build

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Step 2 — Choose your deployment tier

Professional

VELA Professional

Document intelligence for institutions with defined AML/KYC obligations and annual regulatory reporting requirements.

For Trust companies, boutique law firms, credit unions — 5 to 25 operators

What's included

On-premise inference — zero data sent offshore during live queries
Cited answers — source document, section, timestamp. Examiner-ready output
Structural audit trail — every query logged, operator-stamped, exportable
AML/KYC document corpus — policies, manuals, board minutes indexed automatically
CFATF compliance templates — pre-built query structure for examiner preparation
NIST AI RMF governance register — 71-entry control map, architecturally verified
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Annual contract · Pricing scoped after diagnostic

Institutional

VELA Institutional

Full institutional deployment with per-department index isolation, dedicated compliance support, and CRS/FATCA reporting infrastructure.

For Commercial banks, established law firms, government agencies — 25 to 100 operators

Everything in Professional, plus

Per-department index isolation — legal, compliance, and operations in separate access-controlled indexes
CRS/FATCA automated reporting — structured output aligned to reporting obligations
Custom corpus architecture — built to your institution's document structure and workflow
API integration tier — connects to your existing compliance workflow
Dedicated implementation — delivered, configured, tested. Compliance officers trained on day one
Full governance register delivery — complete NIST AI RMF mapping, documented and auditor-ready
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Annual contract · Pricing scoped after diagnostic

Enterprise

VELA Enterprise

Multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction, or government-ministry scale. Custom model fine-tuning, multi-site deployment, and independent security audit coverage.

For Large banks, regulatory bodies, government ministries, multi-jurisdiction deployments

Everything in Institutional, plus

Custom model fine-tuning — trained on your institution's specific document vocabulary
Multi-site deployment — consistent sovereign AI infrastructure across jurisdictions
Independent security audit coverage — annual third-party audit included
Quarterly executive review — performance, governance, and roadmap alignment
Unlimited named operators within the institution
SLA-backed delivery — contractually defined uptime, response, and support obligations
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24-month minimum · Custom scoped · Pricing on request

All VELA deployments are annual contracts. Pricing is scoped after the Foundations diagnostic — because your institution's document structure, regulatory obligations, and operational context determine what the right deployment looks like. Pricing is not a checkout. It is a scoping conversation.

What every deployment includes

These are not add-ons. They are the foundation.

Every VELA deployment — at every tier — ships with the governance and sovereignty architecture that makes it institutional-grade from day one.

On-premise inference engine
Zero outbound API calls during inference
Document upload + automatic indexing
Daily reindex to stay current
Cited answers — source, section, timestamp
Structural audit trail — all queries logged
NIST AI RMF governance register
Caribbean-jurisdiction regulatory context
Corpus exportable — exit rights structural
Caribbean-controlled encryption
Independent audit rights guaranteed
Direct support from Nicolas

Tier comparison

What changes across tiers.

Professional handles defined compliance obligations. Institutional adds department isolation and reporting infrastructure. Enterprise adds custom tuning, multi-site, and audit coverage.

Professional Institutional Enterprise
Intelligence
On-premise inference engine
Cited answers (source, section, timestamp)
Document upload + daily reindex
Custom corpus architecture
Custom model fine-tuning
Compliance infrastructure
CFATF compliance query templates
Structural audit trail (all queries logged)
Per-department index isolation
CRS/FATCA automated reporting output
Annual independent security audit Included
Sovereignty architecture
Zero data sent offshore during inference
Caribbean-controlled encryption
Corpus exportable — no vendor lock-in
Multi-site deployment
Delivery & support
Dedicated onboarding + operator training
Quarterly executive review
SLA-backed delivery
Contract term 12 months 12 months 24 months

The right place to start
is a diagnostic.

Every VELA deployment is preceded by a Foundations diagnostic — a written assessment of your institution's document structure, compliance obligations, and the exact architecture that serves them. BSD $1,500, credited in full toward your build.

Book a Foundations diagnostic → Contact Nicolas directly

Questions? nicolas@covasystems.org · We respond within one business day.