Verboo alternatives for offensive security, compared

Verboo, Venice AI and Drael are among the names security people find when they look for an AI model for offensive-security work. Each one was built for something, and the right choice depends on what you need. This post describes what each service is built for, then compares them on the points that matter for reverse engineering, pentest, bug bounty, malware analysis and red team work. It also says where another option is the better pick.

The facts come from each service's public pages and terms, collected on 9, 10 and 11 November 2026, and from NotHoly pricing. Prices change, so check the pages before you buy.

#What each option is built for

#Verboo

Verboo Code is an AI coding agent that works on a local project folder. Its plans run from US$ 20 to US$ 269 a month, there is an open-source client on GitHub, and an OpenAI-compatible pay-per-use API runs alongside the subscription. For a developer who wants AI help writing and changing application code on a fixed monthly bill, it is a sound product. Its Terms of Use (clause 17) prohibit malware, phishing and unauthorized intrusion, so the offensive-security work this post covers is outside what it is for.

#Venice AI

Venice AI is a broad consumer product. Its catalogue covers chat, image, video and music, and it sells an API alongside its plans. Several of the open base models that NotHoly also serves appear in its catalogue, in more than one variant, and a few of those variants are uncensored. The Free plan allows 10 text prompts a day, and the paid plans cost US$ 18, US$ 68 and US$ 200 a month on its pricing page. Its Terms of Service, updated 8 June 2026, license the product "solely for your personal, non-commercial use" (section 7.1), so personal use is what it is built for first.

#Drael

Drael is a subscription chat service with image generation, one model alias and tools that run on its own server. The alias, drael-v1, is described in its chat documentation as a public alias over weights the seller can change. Code execution, web fetch and breach lookup run on Drael's side, as its tools documentation explains, and its privacy policy says a page you ask it to fetch sees a request from Drael's server. Plans are sold by the week, by four-week block or by the year. The terms refer to the seller as "the operator" and do not give a company name. That combination suits a personal chat workflow. For client work with a defined scope, the sections below set out what to check.

#NotHoly

NotHoly provides abliterated open-weight models for offensive security, for teams and solo developers: reverse engineering, pentest, bug bounty, red team, malware analysis, vulnerability research and OSINT. Abliteration removes the refusal direction from a model's weights (what abliteration is), and each model's base and context window are on the models page. Access is prepaid credit, metered per token. The API takes OpenAI and Anthropic formats at api.notholy.com/v1. The server runs no code for you and sends no scans or exploits to third-party systems. The command-line client runs on your own machine, with your approval for each command.

#Side by side

Every cell comes from the pages named in this post. Points we could not source are left out rather than guessed.

Point	Verboo	Venice AI	Drael	NotHoly
Built for	AI coding in a local project folder	Chat, image, video, music and an API for a broad audience	Subscription chat with one model alias and server-side tools	Abliterated models for offensive-security work
Billing	Monthly plans, US$ 20 to US$ 269	Monthly plans with API credit; API metered on top	Weekly, four-week or annual plans	Prepaid credit, metered per token, no subscription
Lowest paid entry	US$ 20 a month (Lite)	US$ 18 a month (Pro)	US$ 20 a week, or US$ 70 per four weeks (Pro)	US$ 5 top-up
"Unlimited"	Max and Ultra sold as unlimited tokens; terms say this does not mean guaranteed speed	"There is no unmetered API tier"	"Within fair use" for the plan; per-minute rate not published	No unlimited claim
Commercial use	Individual plans for personal use; third-party product backends need a pay-per-use or enterprise plan	"Solely for your personal, non-commercial use" (section 7.1)	Not addressed in the terms	Commercial use allowed
Seller	Verbeux Serviços LTDA, with CNPJ and address	Address in Sheridan, Wyoming, in its terms	"The operator", with no company name in the terms	NotHoly, with CNPJ, governing law and venue
Models	Coding models; context window not published on the site	Several open base models, in more than one variant	One alias, drael-v1; base not disclosed	Base and context window of each model published
Data handling	Zero retention on some models; standard retention varies by model	Privacy page says no storage in normal inference; terms reserve monitoring (section 10.11)	Keeps the code you ran and files for up to three days after last use	API content not stored, metadata only; chat saved unless the chat is ephemeral

#Why NotHoly fits offensive-security work

NotHoly has no subscription. You top up US$ 5, 10, 50, 500 (5% off) or 1,250 (10% off) by card or crypto, pay per token, and the credit does not expire. A quiet month costs nothing, and a heavy week is paid for by the token rather than drawn from a reserve. Per-key rate limits are set in the console, so a runaway script on one key has a limit you chose.

The models are where the difference shows on shared bases. On 9 and 10 November 2026, Venice's API pricing listed GLM 5.3 at US$ 1.75 input and US$ 5.50 output per million tokens, and Venice serves that model with its original alignment, which is not abliterated. NotHoly serves the same base abliterated and meters it per token. Compare the rate on pricing on the day you buy. The API accepts OpenAI and Anthropic formats, so scripts and agents you already run can point at api.notholy.com/v1 without a rewrite.

The tools follow the same line. NotHoly's server tools read public pages through an egress protected against SSRF, and uploaded files are parsed in a sandbox and never executed. The command-line client runs on your machine, so traffic to a target leaves from your address after you approve the command. API content is not stored, and only metadata is kept. Chat history is saved unless you pick an ephemeral chat.

The terms name the company with its CNPJ, governing law and venue, and allow commercial use. The console has organizations, roles, workspaces and an audit log. What NotHoly does not have yet: a published DPA, SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification, and any images, video or music. A team that needs a DPA or a certification should ask first through the enterprise page.

#Where another option is the better pick

If the work is application code and you want one fixed monthly bill, Verboo is the closer fit, and its open-source client and pay-per-use API are worth reading about before you decide. If you want a broad consumer catalogue with chat, image, video and music, and personal use is the goal, Venice AI covers that, and its Free plan lets you try it at 10 text prompts a day. If you want one chat product with image generation and server-side tools in a single subscription, Drael is built around that. Its tools running on its own server is the first thing to weigh for any work with a defined scope.

#Frequently asked questions

#Can I do security research on Verboo?

Its Terms of Use (clause 17) prohibit malware, phishing and unauthorized intrusion, so the categories at the center of offensive security are outside what the product is for. General coding and scripting are its purpose.

#Can I use Venice AI for client work?

Section 7.1 of its Terms of Service licenses the product solely for personal, non-commercial use. A paid engagement is commercial, so read that section with your counsel before you use the tool on one.

#What makes a model fit offensive security?

Abliterated models with a published base, commercial terms, a metered bill that follows the work, an API in a format your tools already speak, and a provider whose server does not run scans or exploits against third-party systems. NotHoly is built to those lines.

#Is there a free way to try NotHoly?

There is no free tier. The smallest top-up is US$ 5, and the credit does not expire, so a test can wait until you need it.

#Verdict

Verboo, Venice AI and Drael each suit a different job, and the table above shows which. NotHoly is built for offensive-security work: abliterated models with published bases, metered billing with no subscription, commercial terms, and tools that never run scans or exploits against third-party targets from our server. Compare the models on the models page, then add US$ 5 on pricing and run your own workload against each option.