Short answer: DeepSeek is popular but controlled from outside the EU. If you want writing with data under European jurisdiction, 6 reviewed alternatives are listed below (1 Swedish), ranked by our score, not by who pays us.
Chinese AI assistant with impressive reasoning and coding ability completely free. The catch is big: all prompts and uploads are stored on servers in China, where the state has legal right of access. Italy and South Korea have already taken action against the service.
Completely free chat app with frontier-class reasoning ability
Open model weights that can be run locally or with EU providers
All data is stored and processed in China according to the company's own privacy policy
Best for: Technical and scientific research without a budget, but never with sensitive data or personal information
Free AI search and AI chat from the German non-profit search engine, since 2026 built on European Mistral models. Good for quick answers, but less powerful than dedicated research tools.
Completely free without subscription
German company whose AI answers run on European Mistral models
Search queries and IP address are shared with search partners such as Microsoft Bing and Google, which may process data outside the EU
Best for: Those who want free AI answers from European Mistral models without an account or subscription, and can accept that search queries are shared with Microsoft and Google.
SwedishResearchPrice on requestEU data storage ✓ISO 27001
Swedish platform (headquarters on Vasagatan in Stockholm) for monitoring and analysis of market and competitors, with a built-in AI assistant (Telli). Price is quote-based per user, so it is built for intelligence teams rather than one-person businesses.
Swedish company with data inside the EU
Collects, analyzes and shares market intelligence automatically
Quote-based pricing, no public price list
Best for: Swedish companies that want to systematically monitor competitors, market and the outside world in one place.
Privacy-focused AI assistant and search built on open models with all data encrypted on EU servers. Built on European infrastructure, but is a small company with a smaller ecosystem than the big players.
All data encrypted and stored within the EU
Does not train on your data
Small company with limited ecosystem and integrations
Best for: Those who want a ChatGPT-like research assistant but with data remaining within the EU and without model training.
Check that you can export your data (the EU Data Act now gives you the right to switch cloud services with a maximum 2-month notice), set up the new tool in parallel and move gradually.
Remember: the Data Act gives you a legal right to get your data out and switch cloud services, with a maximum 2-month notice period.
Common questions
Why switch from DeepSeek?
DeepSeek is controlled from a country outside the EU. For non-sensitive use this is rarely a problem, but for customer data, personal data or the public sector a Swedish or European vendor means simpler GDPR work and no CLOUD Act exposure through ownership.
Are there Swedish alternatives to DeepSeek?
Yes, 1 of the alternatives below are Swedish. The rest are EU/EEA-based.
Are the alternatives as good?
It depends on your needs. We rank them by our overall score below. Some match DeepSeek feature for feature, others trade depth for data sovereignty. Read each review.
Ratings and labels are based on our verified data, see How we review. Some links are affiliate links; that never affects ranking.
