AI Platform · France (FR)
NLP Cloud
EU-hosted LLM and NLP inference API
The switch
OpenAI API→NLP Cloudalso replaces Anthropic API, Cohere
About
NLP Cloud serves production LLMs (Llama, Mistral, Fine-tuned) via a simple API with GDPR-native infrastructure and HIPAA options, hosted entirely in the EU.
Why we recommend it
- EU-only inference servers
- No data retention by default
- GDPR + HIPAA compliant
- Supports custom fine-tuning
EU vs USA
NLP Cloud vs OpenAI API
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 NLP Cloud
🇺🇸 OpenAI API
Headquarters
Grenoble, France
San Francisco, USA
Jurisdiction
France (EU)
USA
Data location
France (EU)
US
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
No
No
Ownership
Private (independent)
OpenAI LP (Microsoft-backed)
Founded
2020
2015
Compare head-to-head
NLP Cloud vs the US incumbents
OpenAI API vs NLP Cloud
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Anthropic API vs NLP Cloud
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Cohere vs NLP Cloud
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