Half the cost. Same day one.
A Linux endpoint OS for UEFI x86-64 thin clients — Wyse, HP, Lenovo, NUC. Enrol in 60 seconds. Zero-brick bootc updates. Update thousands from one dashboard.
No credit card. No sales call. Free forever for 5 devices.
Works with everything your users already know
Retail
Point-of-sale terminals and signage. One dashboard. Updated overnight.
Banking
Branch teller stations and lobby kiosks. Locked down. Audited.
Insurance
Back-office VDI clients at half the refresh cost of a PC fleet.
Energy
Remote operator stations in substations and plants. No x86 tax.
Healthcare
Imprivata-compatible nursing stations. Tap-to-switch shift change.
Manufacturing
Shop-floor terminals with Omnissa Horizon. Policy per line.
One platform for VDI thin clients, browser kiosks, and managed endpoints.
Flash an ISO to a USB stick, boot the thin client, enter a 7-character VelaOS Code. Policy + apps push automatically. No certificates to pre-stage.
Bootc A/B deployments with Greenboot health checks. A failed health check rolls back automatically to the last-known-good slot. No more 3 a.m. truck rolls.
Verified VDI clients (Citrix, Horizon, AVD, Windows 365), managed browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox ESR), UC tools, custom ISVs. All cosign-signed. Ring-based rollout. No Play Store, no sideloading.
Dual 4K on Intel UHD, triple 4K on discrete GPUs. Extend, mirror, or per-monitor app assignment. Configured from the cloud, not by the user.
Kernel lockdown=confidentiality, SELinux enforcing, fapolicyd trust-anchored, firewalld default-drop, usbguard default-block, LUKS2 sealed to TPM PCR 7+11. Every control baked in at image build.
Imprivata NFC badge-tap + CAC/PIV smart-card redirection out of the box. Shift change in seconds. Pair with any Horizon/Citrix backend your clinical stack already runs.
You're evaluating a replacement for IGEL, Wyse, or Stratodesk. You have questions the docs don't answer. We'd rather show you the product than write more copy.
Request a walkthrough and someone real — usually Ra, the founder — will reply within 1 working day with a 30-minute slot. No slides, no funnel, no drip campaigns. Your questions, our answers.
What's in the call
A live console walkthrough
Not a screen recording. The real console, with your questions steering it.
Your architecture reviewed
Tell us your current stack. We'll tell you what a migration path actually looks like.
A written follow-up
We send a summary with next steps the same day. No sales pressure, no follow-up cadence.
Four steps. No IT degree required.
Write the VelaOS installer ISO to any USB drive. Same ISO for every tenant — org codes get baked in at flash time by the vela-iso tool, no CI respin per customer.
Plug the USB into your Wyse 5070, HP t640, Lenovo mini-PC, or any UEFI x86-64 box. Unattended install via kickstart: LUKS partitioning, bootc switch, signature verification. Four minutes, hands-off.
The device shows up in the VelaOS console with its VelaOS Code. Approve, assign a group. Policy, app subscriptions, and branding push over MQTT within seconds.
Device reboots straight into Horizon, Citrix, AVD, Windows 365, a locked Chrome kiosk, or whatever the policy targets. Managed from the cloud forever. Updates ship to A/B slots on a schedule.
An honest side-by-side. Where we're better, we say so. Where we aren't, we say that too.
Move the slider. Pick a competitor. See what a three-year rollout actually costs — on both sides.
Honest math. Every number below is derived from public pricing and transparent formulas.
Hardware, license, labour, and power costs over 3 years.
VelaOS 3-year total
$29,892
$299 / device
IGEL OS 12 3-year total
$77,951
$780 / device
You save
$48,059
+62% over 3 years
Free while we're in beta. Published tiers when we launch v3.0.0.
Up to 5 devices
Full features. No credit card. No time limit. Perfect for testing and small deployments.
Start freeFull management, OTA, app catalogue, staged rollouts. For growing fleets.
Ships with GASSO, API access, custom branding, SLA support. For large organisations.
Ships with GA5 devices free, forever. No credit card. No hidden costs.
REST API, CLI tooling, and GitHub Actions integration. Automate the fleet from the same pipeline as the rest of your infrastructure.
$ vela devices list --status online
<count> devices online across <sites> locations
$ vela ota deploy <version> --ring pilot
Queued for pilot ring. Soak period: 24 h.
$ vela ota promote <version> --ring global
Promotion gated on pilot health > 95%.
Example output. Real numbers appear when you run it against your fleet.
The ones that matter. Answered without hedging.
Any UEFI x86-64-v2 device with ≥ 4 GB RAM and ≥ 32 GB storage. Verified so far: Dell Wyse 5070 (our reference platform), HP t640 / t740, Lenovo M75q Gen 2, Intel NUC 11/12 Pro, Minisforum UN1265, Zotac ZBOX PI336. Full HCL with boot-time numbers and required kargs lives in docs/hardware/thin-clients. TPM 2.0 recommended for the sealed LUKS flow; Secure Boot required.
Procurement-ready documents. No forms, no email capture, no drip campaigns.
A one-page spec sheet for evaluation, procurement, and internal distribution.
Verified boot, A/B partitions, SELinux enforcing, per-device TLS, signed OTA. A procurement-ready reference.
A transparent head-to-head. Every input is public. Every formula is written out. No hidden assumptions.
Start free, or talk to us first. Your call.