European alternatives to OpenAI Platform

OpenAI's developer platform and API behind GPT models, powering countless apps. A US company on Microsoft Azure, with data-processing and jurisdiction firmly outside Europe.

Company information about OpenAI Platform
Company
OpenAI Inc.
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Founded
2020
Data jurisdiction
United States
Ownership
VC-backed
GDPR
No
Open source
No
Infrastructure
Microsoft Azure

Why people switch away from OpenAI Platform

Subject to US CLOUD ActProprietary softwareRuns on Big Tech infrastructureNot covered by GDPR

European alternatives to OpenAI Platform

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Top Pick

United States 25 · Not Very European

French-founded open AI platform and model hub, often called the GitHub of machine learning. Significant US presence reflected in lower score.

Freemium · from Free Free tier Partly open source Amazon AWS

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Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.

FISA Section 702

Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.

GDPR vs US law conflict

EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.

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