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Stability AI
Open models for image, video and audio generation.
The switch
Midjourney→Stability AIalso replaces DALL-E, OpenAI
About
Stability AI develops open foundation models including Stable Diffusion. UK-headquartered with a strong open-source release tradition.
Why we recommend it
- Open models
- Self-hostable
- UK-based
EU vs USA
Stability AI vs Midjourney
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 Stability AI
🇺🇸 Midjourney
Headquarters
London, UK
United States
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
United States (US CLOUD Act)
Data location
Self-host or API
United States
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
Yes
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
Yes
No
Ownership
Private (UK)
US Corporation
Founded
2020
0
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