Prefect vs Valohai

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Valohai is the stronger AI pick in MLOps Platforms: it has a visibility score of 1.9 versus 0.7 for Prefect.

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Prefect 0pp · Valohai 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Valohai leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

0.9%

2.2%

AI Mode

1.1%

Perplexity

3.5%

PrefectValohai

0 engine answers name both brands

0Prefect ranked higher

0Valohai ranked higher

Dimension	Prefect	Valohai
Pricing model	Per seat	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $100 per seat / mo	Contact sales
Free plan	Yes	No · 14-day trial
Deployment	Prefect Cloud fully managed with Prefect Serverless compute, or hybrid with lightweight workers inside the customer's own VPC	Managed cloud, on-premises, private cloud or air-gapped environments, on the customer's own cloud infrastructure
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, GDPR compliant	SOC 2 Type II
Support	Community forum, Email, Priority support with 30-minute response SLA on enterprise plans	Technical support from the Customer Engineering team, Valohai Training academy, Training and onboarding resources
Founded	2018	2016
Headquarters	Washington, DC	San Francisco, California, US
Employees	51–200	11–50
Funding	Series B · $47M raised	Seed · $2M raised
Best for	Python data, ML, and agent teams that want durable production workflows without hosting their own scheduler	AI product and ML teams that combine LLMs with specialized models and need to run the work on their own cloud or on-premises infrastructure