Independent evaluation of API providers and open-weight models against European hosting, GDPR and licensing requirements. Updated monthly, sourced from official documentation.
| Provider | Hosting | GDPR | AI Act | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mistral API | EU (Paris) | Native | Compliant | |
OpenAI API | EU via Azure | DPA | Compliant | |
Anthropic API | EU via AWS | DPA | Compliant | |
Google Vertex AI | EU via GCP | DPA | Compliant | |
Aleph Alpha | EU (Berlin) | Native | Compliant | |
Cohere API | EU optional | DPA | Compliant | |
OVHcloud AI Endpoints | EU (France) | Native | Compliant | |
Scaleway Generative APIs | EU (Paris) | Native | Compliant | |
Infomaniak AI Tools | CH (Swiss DCs) | Native | Compliant | |
IONOS AI Model Hub | EU (Germany) | Native | Compliant | |
STACKIT AI Model Serving | EU (Germany) | Native | Compliant | |
Azure OpenAI Service | EU (Data Zones) | DPA | Compliant | |
AWS Bedrock | EU (FRA/PAR/IRE) | DPA | Compliant | |
IBM watsonx.ai | EU (Frankfurt) | DPA | Compliant | |
Hugging Face Inference Endpoints | EU optional | DPA | Compliant | |
NVIDIA NIM | Self-hosted or cloud | Inherits host | Compliant | |
Together AI | USA (primary) | DPA | Compliant | |
Groq API | USA | DPA | Compliant | |
Fireworks AI | USA (primary) | DPA | Compliant | |
xAI Grok API | USA | DPA | Unclear | |
Zhipu GLM API | China | Not compliant | Not assessed | |
DeepSeek API | China | Not compliant | Not assessed |