European alternatives to
ChatGPT
The world's most used AI assistant, with over 100 million weekly users.
OpenAI Inc. · Outside Europe
About ChatGPT
- Company
- OpenAI Inc.
- HQ
- United States
- Zone
- Outside Europe
Key concerns
Non-European ownershipSubject to US CLOUD Act
#1
Aleph Alpha
98 · Certified EuropeanGerman sovereign AI provider. Pharia and Luminous models trained and hosted entirely in Europe, built for enterprise compliance.
Enterprise Partly open source 🇪🇺 EU
#2
★ Popular
Mistral AI
96 · Certified EuropeanFrance's leading AI lab. Powerful open-weight models built and hosted entirely in Europe.
Freemium · from Free Free tier Partly open source 🇪🇺 EU
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Did you know? Storing data on European servers does not protect you from US law if the company is American-owned.
Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Allows US authorities to compel American companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world.
FISA Section 702
Permits mass surveillance of non-US persons' data held by US tech providers, without a warrant.
GDPR vs US law
Transferring personal data to US companies may conflict with EU data protection rules under GDPR.