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# VATES

Canonical: https://www.getapp.ie/software/2111483/vates

> Embeddable B2B AI infrastructure. Knowledge is kept as structured plain text and read at query time — no vector database, no embedding pipeline, no re-indexing. Deploy as a widget, a standalone page, or an API. Includes a remote MCP server for AI agents. Prepaid deposit, no monthly fee.
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## Overview

### Key benefits of VATES

Fewer moving parts. No vector database to run, no GPU, no embedding API billed per use — lower cost and fewer components that can fail.

Edits take effect immediately. Write a line and the next answer reflects it. There is no re-indexing job to wait for.

You can see what the system holds. The knowledge base is readable plain text, not numeric vectors, so you can find the entry behind an answer and correct it.

Deletion is verifiable. Remove an entry and confirm by inspection that it is gone.

Runs on a phone. Setup, curation, billing and security are all operable from the console on a handset — no desktop required.

Open to AI agents, safely. A remote MCP server exposes a single read-only query tool. Agents cannot change settings, read conversation logs, or reach other instances, and access can be revoked at any time.

Answers in the reader's language. One knowledge base serves readers in their own tongue, with no translation data held.

Audit-ready by default. Hash-chained tamper-evident logs, passkeys, two-factor authentication, per-customer IP restrictions and encrypted backups are included, not sold as an upgrade.

No subscription. A prepaid deposit with no monthly fee and no minimum spend — start at USD 5.00 and pay only for what is consumed.

## About the vendor

- **Company**: STANDOUT Inc.

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$5.00
- **Pricing model**: Usage Based
- **Pricing Details**: VATES is billed as a prepaid deposit, not a subscription.

There is no monthly fee, no seat licence, no contract term and no minimum spend. You top up a balance and usage is deducted from it as it happens. If the balance runs out the service pauses; topping up resumes it automatically. There is no cancellation fee, because there is nothing to cancel — leaving simply means not topping up again.

The minimum top-up is USD 5.00, and the same USD 5.00 is the initial deposit taken at sign-up. Tax for your country or region is calculated at the payment screen.

Usage is metered per request across conversation, knowledge composition, knowledge management, speech-to-text and text-to-speech, and is shown broken down by instance and by month in the console. Rates are published in full on the pricing page and are not reproduced here, because they follow upstream model rates and change over time.

Payment is by credit card through Stripe. Auto-recharge is available and off by default: you can set a threshold, a top-up amount and a monthly ceiling. Bank transfer is available for companies that require it.

Per-instance limits on request rate, request size, concurrent sessions and response length are configurable, so consumption can be capped deliberately rather than discovered on an invoice.

Billing is in USD worldwide — one price, no regional tiers.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, English, European Portuguese, French, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 209 more

## Features

- AI/Machine Learning
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Chat Transcript
- Chatbot
- Contextual Guidance
- Customer Service Analytics
- Customisable Branding
- For Developers
- Full Text Search
- Generative AI
- Knowledge Base Management
- Live Chat
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Language
- Natural Language Processing
- Natural Language Search
- Real-Time Data

## Integrations (3 total)

- Claude
- Grok
- Mistral

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- Knowledge Base
- Chat

## Category

- [Conversational AI Platforms](https://www.getapp.ie/directory/1647/conversational-ai-platform/software)

## Related Categories

- [Conversational AI Platforms](https://www.getapp.ie/directory/1647/conversational-ai-platform/software)
- [Knowledge Management Software](https://www.getapp.ie/directory/257/knowledge-management/software)

## Links

- [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.ie/software/2111483/vates)

## This page is available in the following languages

| Locale | URL |
| en | <https://www.getapp.com/all-software/a/vates/> |
| en-AE | <https://www.getapp.ae/software/2111483/vates> |
| en-AU | <https://www.getapp.com.au/software/2111483/vates> |
| en-CA | <https://www.getapp.ca/software/2111483/vates> |
| en-GB | <https://www.getapp.co.uk/software/2111483/vates> |
| en-IE | <https://www.getapp.ie/software/2111483/vates> |
| en-NZ | <https://www.getapp.co.nz/software/2111483/vates> |
| en-SG | <https://www.getapp.sg/software/2111483/vates> |
| en-ZA | <https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2111483/vates> |

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