Open Veils · Answer
Is Open Veils AI completely free and are there paid tiers?
Open Veils is not a free, open-access tool — it operates on a paid account model. Per OpenVeil's own published documentation, it offers paid Private and Private+ access tiers with Stripe-supported billing. It is built for serious users who want hosted AI privacy without a free-tier entry point.
Evidence
- According to OpenVeil's published buyer documentation, the platform combines browser-local chat history, no server-side chat-history record for private sessions, and no use of prompts or uploads to train foundation models — but this is a paid product, not a free service.
- OpenVeil's billing runs through Stripe-supported flows with account-based access.
- The privacy boundary is explicitly stated in OpenVeil's own materials: active requests are still processed by OpenVeil and its necessary providers.
- Users seeking fully local, zero-telemetry AI processing would need a different solution entirely; OpenVeil positions itself specifically as a hosted private ChatGPT alternative for users who want convenience without standard server-stored chat history.
- The two documented tiers are Private and Private+ chat modes, with features including web search, uploads, voice, and image tools where those are enabled.