The two products, side by side.
| Octopus Legacy | Valoren | |
|---|---|---|
| Simple will | £150 single / £250 couple | £149 single / £229 mirror |
| Will with trust | £450 / £750 couple | Routed to a professional — honest check before you pay |
| Updates | Free first year, then £10/yr | Will Watch: 12 months included, then £8.99/yr |
| Backing | Octopus group (since 2022) | Standard Index Group |
| Centre of gravity | The will + emotional legacy + community | The operational estate: records, contacts, instructions |
A will, with legacy content around it.
Octopus Legacy sells wills, and publishes legacy-planning and bereavement content around them. It was Guardian Angel until the Octopus group took a majority stake in 2022 and rebranded it; guardianangel.network now redirects there.
Their simple will is £150 single and £250 for a couple. A will with a trust is a packaged product at £450 — one Valoren does not sell; ours routes a trust-needing situation to a named professional instead. The first year of will updates is included free, then £10/yr.
Price won't decide this. Three things might.
On the will itself the prices are close — their £150 to our £149 — so price won't decide this. Three things might:
| Octopus Legacy | Valoren | |
|---|---|---|
| The trust route | Their £450 will-with-trust is a defined product. | Our honest check routes trust-needing situations to a named professional before you pay — theirs more packaged, ours more conservative. |
| The update model | Their subscription updates the will. | Will Watch checks the will against your life and tells you whether it still fits. |
| The records layer | Not the centre of their offer. | Ours is the product — the household dossier. |
The will, plus the layer around it.
A Valoren will is £149 single or £229 for mirror wills — close to Octopus Legacy's own £150/£250, but it includes National Will Register entry and 12 months of Will Watch, the annual check that it still matches your life.
Octopus Legacy, questions answered.
Informational, not advice. Octopus Legacy figures are re-checked against their own published pricing at each update; confirm current terms directly with Octopus Legacy before acting. Facts checked · 13 July 2026.