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Valarian

Hardened control layer for sovereign AI and defence workloads

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Pricing · PaidHot
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend

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The Brief

What Valarian does

Valarian builds ACRA, a control architecture that turns Kubernetes into a governed environment for AI agents and other high-consequence workloads, enforcing default-deny policy boundaries, audit trails and runtime containment. The company serves government and defence organisations that need air-gapped deployments as well as regulated enterprises running AI and trading workloads. Valarian operates two product tracks, Valarian Enterprise and Valarian Defence, and its team includes former UK Ministry of Defence, Darktrace, British Army and US Special Forces personnel. The company says it was founded in London in 2020.

How Valarian compares with its closest alternatives

1 of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan; Valarian does not. 2 of the 5 offer an API, as Valarian does. Valarian offers a web app and a self-hosted version. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app and none offers a self-hosted version. Valarian was founded in 2020; the alternatives were founded between 2018 and 2025, 1 of them earlier. Valarian is based in London, United Kingdom; 1 of the 4 alternatives with a known headquarters is in the United Kingdom too, and the others in Israel and Denmark.

Market position · Security

How Valarian compares in Security

Valarian has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 361 live Security tools on FalcoScan. Across Security, the average opportunity score is 70.4 and the average saturation score 33. FalcoScan rates Valarian's own market position as open. 121 of the 361 operating Security tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 1 shutdown in the category.

Valarian compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
ValarianFounded 2020 · London, United KingdomHighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, API, Self-hostedHot
Geordie AIFounded 2025 · London, United KingdomHighOpenPaid—NoNoWebRising
Onyx SecurityFounded 2024 · Tel Aviv, IsraelHighOpenPaid—NoNoWebHot
VelatirFounded 2025 · Odense, DenmarkHighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, API, ExtensionRising
ZenityFounded 2020 · Tel Aviv, IsraelHighOpenPaid—NoNoWebHot
ArgoCDFounded 2018HighOpenFree—YesYesWeb, DesktopHot

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Valarian exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Policy EnforcementRuntime ContainmentAudit TrailsMulti Llm Governance
Industry Verticals
DefenceGovernmentFinancial Services
Tagged

Valarian shows up when builders search for these

ai-governancekubernetes-securitydefence-techsovereign-infrastructure
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Questions

Valarian: common questions

Is Valarian free?

No. Valarian is a paid product.

What are the best alternatives to Valarian?

The closest alternatives to Valarian that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Geordie AI, Onyx Security, Velatir, Zenity, and ArgoCD.

Is Valarian still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Valarian as operating at valarian.com.

Where is Valarian based?

Valarian is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Does Valarian have an API?

Yes. Valarian offers an API.

Who is Valarian for?

Valarian is built for government agencies, defence organizations, and regulated enterprises.

How do I sign in to Valarian?

Sign in on Valarian's own website, valarian.com. FalcoScan reviews Valarian but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Valarian directly.

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