ChatGPT vs. Claude: data protection per plan
ChatGPT (9 plans) and Claude (6 plans) side by side: DPA, training on inputs, hosting and data retention per plan, based on the providers’ public documents. Without rating.
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At a glance
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| Feature | ChatGPT | Claude |
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| Provider based in | According to the privacy policy | Anthropic PBC: 548 Market St, PMB 90375, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA |
| Plans recorded | 9 | 6 |
| Hosting | mixed: Free, Go, Plus, Pronot documented: Business, ChatGPT for TeachersEU option: Enterprise, Edu, API | mixed: Free, Pro, Max, API / Consolenot documented: Team, Enterprise |
| Training on inputs | opt-out available: Free, Go, Plus, Prono: Business, ChatGPT for Teachers, Enterprise, Edu, API | opt-out available: Free, Pro, Maxno: Team, Enterprise, API / Console |
| DPA | not documented: Free, Go, Plus, Pro, ChatGPT for Teachers, Eduyes: Business, Enterprise, API | not documented: Free, Pro, Maxyes: Team, Enterprise, API / Console |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: ChatGPT Business vs. Claude Team
| Feature | ChatGPTBusiness (formerly Team) | ClaudeTeam |
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| yes | yes | |
| Details: DPA available | yes: Enterprise privacy page: "we are able to execute a Data Processing Addendum (DPA) with customers for their use of ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, and the API"; concluded via the DPA form. OpenAI DPA (Effective 2026-01-01) published. Provider’s DPA | yes: Commercial Terms section C: "Data submitted through the Services will be processed in accordance with the Anthropic Data Processing Addendum ('DPA'), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference." (Anthropic Ireland Limited is the contracting party where the customer is established in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK) Provider’s DPA |
| no | no | |
| Details: Training on inputs | Help Center: "By default, we don't use inputs or outputs from ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, or our API to improve our models." Enterprise privacy page: "We do not train our models on your data by default". Help Center (Business FAQ): "ChatGPT Business is governed by OpenAI Business Terms and the Enterprise Privacy commitments, and OpenAI does not train on your workspace data." | Privacy Center (2026-08-18): "By default, we will not use your inputs or outputs from our commercial products (e.g. Claude for Work, Anthropic API, Claude Gov, etc.) to train our models." Exceptions according to the same source: express feedback (thumbs up/down) or other express permission. Commercial Terms: "Anthropic may not train models on Customer Content from Services." Pricing page Team: "No model training on your content by default". |
| not publicly documented | not publicly documented | |
| Details: Data residency | not publicly documented for Business: the residency page in the Help Center (as of 2026-10-18) names as eligible "Eligible API customers and new ChatGPT Enterprise/Edu customers" (q5), the business data page "Eligible ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, ChatGPT for Healthcare, and API platform customers" (q11); ChatGPT Business is not named in either. The pricing page lists data residency in ten regions only for the Enterprise plan. The sub-processor list (as of 2026-10-14) names processing locations for Business in the USA and other countries (including EU Member States), without a choice. | not publicly documented for claude.ai workspaces (Team/Enterprise): no choice of region documented. The Trust Center states the location "Worldwide" for the cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure); Privacy Policy: transfer "to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the [EEA] and the UK". |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | Enterprise privacy page: "Your workspace… | Saved chats/coding sessions are retained… |
| Details: Data retention | Enterprise privacy page: "Your workspace admins can control how long your data is retained. Any deleted or unsaved conversations are removed from our systems within 30 days, unless longer retention is required by law, or is reasonably necessary to protect our services or any third party from harm." | Saved chats/coding sessions are retained in the product for continuing the conversation; deleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back end "within 30 days"; incognito chats are automatically deleted within 30 days. Usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01). Help Center (q18, as of 2026-03-16): "While using Team and Enterprise plans, prompts and conversations in the product are maintained so you can see your conversation history in the product." |
| several tiers | several tiers | |
| Details: Price | Standard seat €21 per user per month billed annually, €26 billed monthly; Premium seat (5x usage, no five-hour limit) €105 or €130 respectively (pricing page, de-DE rendered in the browser). Help Center: Standard USD 20 annually or USD 25 monthly, Premium USD 100 or USD 125 per user per month; "Prices listed here are in USD and may vary by country and currency". At least 2, at most 200 paid seats (as of 2026-10-18) | Standard seat USD 20/seat/month with annual billing, USD 25 with monthly billing; Premium seat USD 100/seat/month annually, USD 125 monthly; Team for 2 to 150 people (list claude.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-14; excl. taxes) |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (Business workspace with workspace admin control of retention according to the Enterprise privacy page; feature scope not evaluated in the retrieved pricing text) | yes (all Claude features, more usage than Pro, Claude Code and Claude Cowork, Enterprise Search, SSO; according to the pricing page up to USD 500/month in pooled API credits) |
| 9 sources | 9 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- ChatGPT Businessyes
- Claude Teamyes
- ChatGPT Business
yes: Enterprise privacy page: "we are able to execute a Data Processing Addendum (DPA) with customers for their use of ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, and the API"; concluded via the DPA form. OpenAI DPA (Effective 2026-01-01) published.
Provider’s DPAClaude Teamyes: Commercial Terms section C: "Data submitted through the Services will be processed in accordance with the Anthropic Data Processing Addendum ('DPA'), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference." (Anthropic Ireland Limited is the contracting party where the customer is established in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK)
Provider’s DPA
Training
- ChatGPT Businessno
- Claude Teamno
- ChatGPT Business
Help Center: "By default, we don't use inputs or outputs from ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, or our API to improve our models." Enterprise privacy page: "We do not train our models on your data by default". Help Center (Business FAQ): "ChatGPT Business is governed by OpenAI Business Terms and the Enterprise Privacy commitments, and OpenAI does not train on your workspace data."
Claude TeamPrivacy Center (2026-08-18): "By default, we will not use your inputs or outputs from our commercial products (e.g. Claude for Work, Anthropic API, Claude Gov, etc.) to train our models." Exceptions according to the same source: express feedback (thumbs up/down) or other express permission. Commercial Terms: "Anthropic may not train models on Customer Content from Services." Pricing page Team: "No model training on your content by default".
Hosting
- ChatGPT Businessnot publicly documented
- Claude Teamnot publicly documented
- ChatGPT Business
not publicly documented for Business: the residency page in the Help Center (as of 2026-10-18) names as eligible "Eligible API customers and new ChatGPT Enterprise/Edu customers" (q5), the business data page "Eligible ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, ChatGPT for Healthcare, and API platform customers" (q11); ChatGPT Business is not named in either. The pricing page lists data residency in ten regions only for the Enterprise plan. The sub-processor list (as of 2026-10-14) names processing locations for Business in the USA and other countries (including EU Member States), without a choice.
Claude Teamnot publicly documented for claude.ai workspaces (Team/Enterprise): no choice of region documented. The Trust Center states the location "Worldwide" for the cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure); Privacy Policy: transfer "to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the [EEA] and the UK".
Sub-processors
- ChatGPT Businesslist available
- Claude Teamlist available
- ChatGPT Business
- According to the list (as of 2026-10-14, applies to API, ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu, Business): OpenAI companies OpenAI, OpCo, LLC and OAI International, Inc. (USA), OpenAI Ireland Ltd. (Ireland), OpenAI UK Ltd., OpenAI Japan Ltd. (standard contractual clauses between group companies)
- Cloudflare, Ltd. (CDN; data centre closest to the end user; for requests to us.api.openai.com or eu.api.openai.com, TLS termination in the selected region via Cloudflare Regional Services; also web hosting for ChatGPT Sites in the USA for Enterprise, Edu, Business)
- Microsoft Corporation (cloud infrastructure; including Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the UK, the USA and others)
- CoreWeave, Inc. (cloud infrastructure; Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (cloud infrastructure; Brazil, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the UK, the USA)
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, the UK, the USA)
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (cloud infrastructure; USA)
- Cerebras (cloud infrastructure; USA, Canada)
- Snowflake, Inc. (data warehousing; USA; for the API except with Zero Data Retention)
- TaskUs, LLC (customer support; for API and Business moderation of content; for Enterprise, Edu and Business moderation of GPTs; Philippines)
- Salesforce (customer support; including Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, the USA and others)
- Pylon Labs (customer support; USA; API, Enterprise, Edu only; at the customer's choice, premium support only)
- Accenture International Limited (customer support; for API/Business also moderation of content; USA, Canada, Philippines)
- Fivetran, Inc. (ETL; USA)
- Cinder Technologies, Inc. (platform for content or GPT moderation; USA; for API except where Zero Data Retention is used)
- WorkOS, Inc. (cross-domain identity management; USA; at the customer's choice; Enterprise, Edu, Business)
- Merge API, Inc. (infrastructure management, only with activated Connectors; including France, Ireland, Sweden, the UK, the USA and others; at the customer's choice)
Claude Team- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- WorkOS (security, single sign-on; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- ElevenLabs (text-to-speech; USA; Claude for Work only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
Retention
- differs by plan
- ChatGPT BusinessEnterprise privacy page: "Your workspace…
- Claude TeamSaved chats/coding sessions are retained…
- ChatGPT BusinessEnterprise privacy page: "Your workspace admins can control how long your data is retained. Any deleted or unsaved conversations are removed from our systems within 30 days, unless longer retention is required by law, or is reasonably necessary to protect our services or any third party from harm."Claude TeamSaved chats/coding sessions are retained in the product for continuing the conversation; deleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back end "within 30 days"; incognito chats are automatically deleted within 30 days. Usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01). Help Center (q18, as of 2026-03-16): "While using Team and Enterprise plans, prompts and conversations in the product are maintained so you can see your conversation history in the product."
Price
- ChatGPT Businessseveral tiers
- Claude Teamseveral tiers
- ChatGPT Business
Standard seat €21 per user per month billed annually, €26 billed monthly; Premium seat (5x usage, no five-hour limit) €105 or €130 respectively (pricing page, de-DE rendered in the browser). Help Center: Standard USD 20 annually or USD 25 monthly, Premium USD 100 or USD 125 per user per month; "Prices listed here are in USD and may vary by country and currency". At least 2, at most 200 paid seats (as of 2026-10-18)
Claude TeamStandard seat USD 20/seat/month with annual billing, USD 25 with monthly billing; Premium seat USD 100/seat/month annually, USD 125 monthly; Team for 2 to 150 people (list claude.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-14; excl. taxes)
- ChatGPT Businessyes
- Claude Teamyes
- ChatGPT Business
yes (Business workspace with workspace admin control of retention according to the Enterprise privacy page; feature scope not evaluated in the retrieved pricing text)
Claude Teamyes (all Claude features, more usage than Pro, Claude Code and Claude Cowork, Enterprise Search, SSO; according to the pricing page up to USD 500/month in pooled API credits)
Evidence
- ChatGPT Business9 sources
- Claude Team9 sources
- ChatGPT Business
- OpenAI Help Center: How your data is used to improve model performanceHelp Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Enterprise privacy at OpenAI (Updated 2026-01-08)Privacy notice/Trust, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Data Processing Addendum (Effective 2026-01-01, Updated 2025-12-01)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Sub-processor list (Last updated 2026-10-14)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Help Center: Data residency and inference residency for ChatGPTHelp Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- ChatGPT PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Help Center: Deleting and archiving chats in ChatGPTHelp Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- OpenAI: Business data privacy, security, and compliancePrivacy notice/Trust, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Help Center: ChatGPT Business: General FAQHelp Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Claude Team- Anthropic Privacy Center: Is my data used for model training? (Commercial; as of 2026-08-18)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: How long do you store my organization's data? (Commercial; as of 2026-07-01)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Data Processing Addendum (Effective 2025-02-24)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Commercial Terms of Service (Effective 2025-06-17)Terms and conditions/Terms, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Policy (Effective 2026-09-10)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Claude Pricing (Individual, Team & Enterprise, API)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: How do you use personal data in model training? (Commercial; as of 2026-03-16)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Trust Center: Subprocessors (22 entries)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Can you delete data that I sent via Team and Enterprise plans? (as of 2026-03-16)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
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Contract / DPA
- ChatGPT
- not publicly documentedFree, Go, Plus, Pro, ChatGPT for Teachers, Edu (ChatGPT Edu)
- yesBusiness (formerly Team), Enterprise, API (OpenAI API Platform)
- Claude
- not publicly documentedFree, Pro, Max
- yesTeam, Enterprise, API / Console (Claude Platform)
- ChatGPT
- Free
not publicly documented (the Enterprise privacy page mentions a DPA only for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise and API; Edu via Student Data Privacy Agreement)
- Go
not publicly documented (the Enterprise privacy page mentions a DPA only for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise and API; the Help Center article on Go refers on data protection only to the Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Data Controls FAQ)
- Plus
not publicly documented (the Enterprise privacy page mentions a DPA only for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise and API; the Help Center article on Plus refers on data protection only to the Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Data Controls FAQ)
- Pro
not publicly documented (the Enterprise privacy page mentions a DPA only for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise and API; Edu via Student Data Privacy Agreement)
- Business (formerly Team)
yes: Enterprise privacy page: "we are able to execute a Data Processing Addendum (DPA) with customers for their use of ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, and the API"; concluded via the DPA form. OpenAI DPA (Effective 2026-01-01) published.
Provider’s DPA - ChatGPT for Teachers
not publicly documented whether a DPA under Art. 28 GDPR can be concluded: Enterprise privacy page: "For ChatGPT Edu and for Teachers, we process your data pursuant to our Student Data Privacy Agreement." It covers ChatGPT For Teachers via the Education Terms and names only US law as "Privacy Laws" (FERPA, PPRA, supplemental state laws); the GDPR and Art. 28 are not mentioned. The offering is aimed only at US schools and school districts.
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes: Enterprise privacy page: "we are able to execute a Data Processing Addendum (DPA) with customers for their use of ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, and the API"; concluded via the DPA form. OpenAI DPA (Effective 2026-01-01) published.
Provider’s DPA - Edu (ChatGPT Edu)
not publicly documented whether a DPA under Art. 28 GDPR can be concluded: Enterprise privacy page: "For ChatGPT Edu and for Teachers, we process your data pursuant to our Student Data Privacy Agreement." The Student Data Privacy Agreement is a contract between OpenAI, LLC and the customer; in it, OpenAI is considered a FERPA "School Official", and "Privacy Laws" covers only US federal and state law (FERPA, PPRA, supplemental state laws); the GDPR and Art. 28 are not mentioned. The Enterprise privacy page mentions the OpenAI DPA only for Business, Enterprise and API.
Provider’s DPA - API (OpenAI API Platform)
yes: Enterprise privacy page: "we are able to execute a Data Processing Addendum (DPA) with customers for their use of ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, and the API"; concluded via the DPA form. OpenAI DPA (Effective 2026-01-01) published.
Provider’s DPA
Claude- Free
not publicly documented (the Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy do not mention a DPA; according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic Ireland Limited is the controller for users in the EEA/UK/CH)
- Pro
not publicly documented (the Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy do not mention a DPA; according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic Ireland Limited is the controller for users in the EEA/UK/CH)
- Max
not publicly documented (the Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy do not mention a DPA; according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic Ireland Limited is the controller for users in the EEA/UK/CH)
- Team
yes: Commercial Terms section C: "Data submitted through the Services will be processed in accordance with the Anthropic Data Processing Addendum ('DPA'), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference." (Anthropic Ireland Limited is the contracting party where the customer is established in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK)
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes: Commercial Terms section C: "Data submitted through the Services will be processed in accordance with the Anthropic Data Processing Addendum ('DPA'), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference." (Anthropic Ireland Limited is the contracting party where the customer is established in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK)
Provider’s DPA - API / Console (Claude Platform)
yes: Commercial Terms section C: "Data submitted through the Services will be processed in accordance with the Anthropic Data Processing Addendum ('DPA'), which is incorporated into these Terms by reference." (Anthropic Ireland Limited is the contracting party where the customer is established in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK)
Provider’s DPA
- Free
Training
- ChatGPT
- opt-out availableFree, Go, Plus, Pro
- noBusiness (formerly Team), ChatGPT for Teachers, Enterprise, Edu (ChatGPT Edu), API (OpenAI API Platform)
- Claude
- opt-out availableFree, Pro, Max
- noTeam, Enterprise, API / Console (Claude Platform)
- ChatGPT
- Free
Help Center (section Services for individuals): "When you use our services for individuals (Free, Plus, Pro), we may use your content to train our models. You can choose whether your conversations help improve our models. To opt out, turn off Improve the model for everyone under Settings > Data controls in ChatGPT, or select Do not train on my content in our Privacy Portal." Temporary chats: "are not used to improve OpenAI models while they remain temporary". Feedback exception: "If you choose to provide feedback, the entire conversation associated with that feedback may be used to train our models."
- Go
Help Center (section Services for individuals): "When you use our services for individuals (Free, Plus, Pro), we may use your content to train our models. You can choose whether your conversations help improve our models. To opt out, turn off Improve the model for everyone under Settings > Data controls in ChatGPT, or select Do not train on my content in our Privacy Portal." Temporary chats: "are not used to improve OpenAI models while they remain temporary". Feedback exception: "If you choose to provide feedback, the entire conversation associated with that feedback may be used to train our models." Help Center article on Go: "OpenAI may use conversations to improve model performance and safety. You can opt out of having your data used for training at any time."
- Plus
Help Center (section Services for individuals): "When you use our services for individuals (Free, Plus, Pro), we may use your content to train our models. You can choose whether your conversations help improve our models. To opt out, turn off Improve the model for everyone under Settings > Data controls in ChatGPT, or select Do not train on my content in our Privacy Portal." Temporary chats: "are not used to improve OpenAI models while they remain temporary". Feedback exception: "If you choose to provide feedback, the entire conversation associated with that feedback may be used to train our models."
- Pro
Help Center (section Services for individuals): "When you use our services for individuals (Free, Plus, Pro), we may use your content to train our models. You can choose whether your conversations help improve our models. To opt out, turn off Improve the model for everyone under Settings > Data controls in ChatGPT, or select Do not train on my content in our Privacy Portal." Temporary chats: "are not used to improve OpenAI models while they remain temporary". Feedback exception: "If you choose to provide feedback, the entire conversation associated with that feedback may be used to train our models."
- Business (formerly Team)
Help Center: "By default, we don't use inputs or outputs from ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, or our API to improve our models." Enterprise privacy page: "We do not train our models on your data by default". Help Center (Business FAQ): "ChatGPT Business is governed by OpenAI Business Terms and the Enterprise Privacy commitments, and OpenAI does not train on your workspace data."
- ChatGPT for Teachers
Help Center: "As with other Business customers, information shared with ChatGPT for Teachers is not used to train our models by default." In addition: "we may use automated systems to classify content for safety and quality."
- Enterprise
Help Center: "By default, we don't use inputs or outputs from ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, or our API to improve our models." Enterprise privacy page: "We do not train our models on your data by default".
- Edu (ChatGPT Edu)
Help Center: "By default, we don't use inputs or outputs from ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, or our API to improve our models." Enterprise privacy page: "We do not train our models on your data by default".
- API (OpenAI API Platform)
Help Center: "By default, we don't use inputs or outputs from ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, or our API to improve our models." Enterprise privacy page: "We do not train our models on your data by default". API documentation: "data sent to the OpenAI API is not used to train or improve OpenAI models (unless you explicitly opt in to share data with us)". API organisation owners can enable data sharing (Help Center); only then can members share feedback and the current Playground chat.
Claude- Free
Consumer Terms (Effective 2025-10-08): "We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services and to develop other products and services, including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings. Even if you opt out, we will use Materials for model training when: (1) you provide Feedback to us regarding any Materials, or (2) your Materials are flagged for safety review". Privacy Center (2026-03-16): chats and coding sessions are used if users allow it, in the case of safety flagging or with an express opt-in. Incognito chats: "are not used to improve Claude, even if you have enabled Model Improvement in your Privacy Settings". The pricing page shows "Model training: Opt-out" for Free, Pro and Max. According to the Privacy Center, this also applies to Claude Code for accounts on these plans.
- Pro
Consumer Terms (Effective 2025-10-08): "We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services and to develop other products and services, including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings. Even if you opt out, we will use Materials for model training when: (1) you provide Feedback to us regarding any Materials, or (2) your Materials are flagged for safety review". Privacy Center (2026-03-16): chats and coding sessions are used if users allow it, in the case of safety flagging or with an express opt-in. Incognito chats: "are not used to improve Claude, even if you have enabled Model Improvement in your Privacy Settings". The pricing page shows "Model training: Opt-out" for Free, Pro and Max. According to the Privacy Center, this also applies to Claude Code for accounts on these plans.
- Max
Consumer Terms (Effective 2025-10-08): "We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services and to develop other products and services, including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings. Even if you opt out, we will use Materials for model training when: (1) you provide Feedback to us regarding any Materials, or (2) your Materials are flagged for safety review". Privacy Center (2026-03-16): chats and coding sessions are used if users allow it, in the case of safety flagging or with an express opt-in. Incognito chats: "are not used to improve Claude, even if you have enabled Model Improvement in your Privacy Settings". The pricing page shows "Model training: Opt-out" for Free, Pro and Max. According to the Privacy Center, this also applies to Claude Code for accounts on these plans.
- Team
Privacy Center (2026-08-18): "By default, we will not use your inputs or outputs from our commercial products (e.g. Claude for Work, Anthropic API, Claude Gov, etc.) to train our models." Exceptions according to the same source: express feedback (thumbs up/down) or other express permission. Commercial Terms: "Anthropic may not train models on Customer Content from Services." Pricing page Team: "No model training on your content by default".
- Enterprise
Privacy Center (2026-08-18): "By default, we will not use your inputs or outputs from our commercial products (e.g. Claude for Work, Anthropic API, Claude Gov, etc.) to train our models." Exceptions according to the same source: express feedback (thumbs up/down) or other express permission. Commercial Terms: "Anthropic may not train models on Customer Content from Services." Pricing page Enterprise model training: "None by default".
- API / Console (Claude Platform)
Privacy Center (2026-08-18): "By default, we will not use your inputs or outputs from our commercial products (e.g. Claude for Work, Anthropic API, Claude Gov, etc.) to train our models." Exceptions according to the same source: express feedback (thumbs up/down) or other express permission. Commercial Terms: "Anthropic may not train models on Customer Content from Services."
- Free
Hosting
- differs by tool
- ChatGPT
- mixedFree, Go, Plus, Pro
- not publicly documentedBusiness (formerly Team), ChatGPT for Teachers
- EU optionEnterprise, Edu (ChatGPT Edu), API (OpenAI API Platform)
- Claude
- mixedFree, Pro, Max, API / Console (Claude Platform)
- not publicly documentedTeam, Enterprise
- ChatGPT
- Free
Privacy policy (Europe, 2026-08-24), section 10: "OpenAI processes your Personal Data on servers located outside of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK ... This includes processing and storing your Personal Data in our facilities and servers in the United States or in countries or territories where our affiliates and partners or our vendors and service providers are located." Pricing page: row "Data residency in US, EU, UK, JP, CA, KR, SG, IN, AU, UAE" = No for Free, Go, Plus, Pro.
- Go
Privacy policy (Europe, 2026-08-24), section 10: "OpenAI processes your Personal Data on servers located outside of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK ... This includes processing and storing your Personal Data in our facilities and servers in the United States or in countries or territories where our affiliates and partners or our vendors and service providers are located." Pricing page: row "Data residency in US, EU, UK, JP, CA, KR, SG, IN, AU, UAE" = No for Free, Go, Plus, Pro.
- Plus
Privacy policy (Europe, 2026-08-24), section 10: "OpenAI processes your Personal Data on servers located outside of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK ... This includes processing and storing your Personal Data in our facilities and servers in the United States or in countries or territories where our affiliates and partners or our vendors and service providers are located." Pricing page: row "Data residency in US, EU, UK, JP, CA, KR, SG, IN, AU, UAE" = No for Free, Go, Plus, Pro.
- Pro
Privacy policy (Europe, 2026-08-24), section 10: "OpenAI processes your Personal Data on servers located outside of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK ... This includes processing and storing your Personal Data in our facilities and servers in the United States or in countries or territories where our affiliates and partners or our vendors and service providers are located." Pricing page: row "Data residency in US, EU, UK, JP, CA, KR, SG, IN, AU, UAE" = No for Free, Go, Plus, Pro.
- Business (formerly Team)
not publicly documented for Business: the residency page in the Help Center (as of 2026-10-18) names as eligible "Eligible API customers and new ChatGPT Enterprise/Edu customers" (q5), the business data page "Eligible ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, ChatGPT for Healthcare, and API platform customers" (q11); ChatGPT Business is not named in either. The pricing page lists data residency in ten regions only for the Enterprise plan. The sub-processor list (as of 2026-10-14) names processing locations for Business in the USA and other countries (including EU Member States), without a choice.
- ChatGPT for Teachers
not publicly documented: the Help Center refers to sales for data residency and EKM ("You require advanced enterprise features (for example, data residency or EKM)"); the residency page does not name Teachers.
- Enterprise
Help Center Data residency (as of 2026-10-18): "Eligible API customers and new ChatGPT Enterprise/Edu customers can choose to have in-scope customer content stored at rest in supported countries." Regions: Australia, Canada, Europe (EEA + Switzerland), India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, UAE, UK, USA. Inference residency (GPU execution in the region) only for Europe (EEA + Switzerland), USA and UAE, and only with data residency activated in the same region. In scope: Memory, Code Interpreter/Data Analysis artefacts, conversations (text, image, voice), Custom GPTs, files, image generation inputs/outputs, incl. backups/replicas; new features only if listed. Outside the region, data from external integrations (Apps & MCP, Web Search), transient processing steps, workspace metadata and name, billing information and logins, among others, may be stored ("Certain categories of data may be stored outside the chosen data region"); CPU processing such as authentication, routing and analytics may run outside the region. Applies to newly provisioned workspaces; eligibility via sales; at no additional cost for Enterprise and Education.
- Edu (ChatGPT Edu)
Help Center Data residency (as of 2026-10-18): "new ChatGPT Enterprise/Edu customers can choose to have in-scope customer content stored at rest in supported countries"; Europe (EEA + Switzerland) is a supported region; inference residency for Enterprise/Edu with data residency activated (Europe, USA, UAE). Exceptions as for Enterprise (including external integrations, workspace metadata, billing information, logins). Eligibility via sales; at no additional cost for Education.
- API (OpenAI API Platform)
Help Center Data residency: "Eligible API customers ... can choose to have in-scope customer content stored at rest in supported countries". API documentation (Data controls, as of 2026-10-18): data residency is a project setting; "Contact our sales team to see if you're eligible for using data residency controls." Regions with their own endpoints: USA, Europe (EEA + Switzerland, eu.api.openai.com), Australia, Canada, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea, UK, UAE; inference in the region only for the USA, Europe and the UAE, the other regions storage only; all regions except the USA require Modified Abuse Monitoring or Zero Data Retention. System data (account data, metadata, usage data without customer content) may be processed and stored outside the region. For models released from 2026-03-05, a 10% uplift applies on residency endpoints.
Claude- Free
Privacy Policy (Effective 2026-09-10): "your personal data is transferred to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the European Economic Area ('EEA') and the UK"; Trust Center: cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure) with location "Worldwide" for all products. A choice of region is not documented for consumer plans.
- Pro
Privacy Policy (Effective 2026-09-10): "your personal data is transferred to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the European Economic Area ('EEA') and the UK"; Trust Center: cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure) with location "Worldwide" for all products. A choice of region is not documented for consumer plans.
- Max
Privacy Policy (Effective 2026-09-10): "your personal data is transferred to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the European Economic Area ('EEA') and the UK"; Trust Center: cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure) with location "Worldwide" for all products. A choice of region is not documented for consumer plans.
- Team
not publicly documented for claude.ai workspaces (Team/Enterprise): no choice of region documented. The Trust Center states the location "Worldwide" for the cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure); Privacy Policy: transfer "to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the [EEA] and the UK".
- Enterprise
not publicly documented for claude.ai workspaces (Team/Enterprise): no choice of region documented. The Trust Center states the location "Worldwide" for the cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure); Privacy Policy: transfer "to our servers in the US, or to other countries outside the [EEA] and the UK". The Claude Enterprise product page (q19) lists "US-only inference" among the data controls; an EU region is not mentioned there.
- API / Console (Claude Platform)
Claude Platform Docs (Data residency): two settings. Inference geo (parameter inference_geo): "global" (default) "Inference may run in any available geography"; "us" "Inference runs only in US-based infrastructure" (surcharge 1.1x, Claude 4.6 and newer only). Workspace geo (storage at rest and endpoint processing): "Currently, 'us' is the only available workspace geo." According to the same documentation (retrieved 2026-10-18): "Inference geo: Only 'us' and 'global' are available." and "Workspace geo: Only 'us' is currently available."; an EU region is therefore not currently offered. On Amazon Bedrock/Google Cloud, the endpoint URL or the inference profile determines the region (not part of this entry).
- Free
Sub-processors
- ChatGPTlist availableall 9 plans
- Claudelist availableall 6 plans
- ChatGPT
- Free
- not publicly documented for consumer plans (the sub-processor list, as of 2026-10-14, names API, ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu and Business as its scope; for Plus and Pro it states only for ChatGPT Sites that the listed sub-processors may provide web hosting, infrastructure, moderation and support; reference: https://openai.com/policies/sub-processor-list/)
- Go
- not publicly documented for consumer plans (the sub-processor list, as of 2026-10-14, names API, ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu and Business as its scope; for Plus and Pro it states only for ChatGPT Sites that the listed sub-processors may provide web hosting, infrastructure, moderation and support; reference: https://openai.com/policies/sub-processor-list/)
- Plus
- not publicly documented for consumer plans (the sub-processor list, as of 2026-10-14, names API, ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu and Business as its scope; for Plus and Pro it states only for ChatGPT Sites that the listed sub-processors may provide web hosting, infrastructure, moderation and support; reference: https://openai.com/policies/sub-processor-list/)
- Pro
- not publicly documented for consumer plans (the sub-processor list, as of 2026-10-14, names API, ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu and Business as its scope; for Plus and Pro it states only for ChatGPT Sites that the listed sub-processors may provide web hosting, infrastructure, moderation and support; reference: https://openai.com/policies/sub-processor-list/)
- Business (formerly Team)
- According to the list (as of 2026-10-14, applies to API, ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu, Business): OpenAI companies OpenAI, OpCo, LLC and OAI International, Inc. (USA), OpenAI Ireland Ltd. (Ireland), OpenAI UK Ltd., OpenAI Japan Ltd. (standard contractual clauses between group companies)
- Cloudflare, Ltd. (CDN; data centre closest to the end user; for requests to us.api.openai.com or eu.api.openai.com, TLS termination in the selected region via Cloudflare Regional Services; also web hosting for ChatGPT Sites in the USA for Enterprise, Edu, Business)
- Microsoft Corporation (cloud infrastructure; including Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the UK, the USA and others)
- CoreWeave, Inc. (cloud infrastructure; Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (cloud infrastructure; Brazil, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the UK, the USA)
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, the UK, the USA)
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (cloud infrastructure; USA)
- Cerebras (cloud infrastructure; USA, Canada)
- Snowflake, Inc. (data warehousing; USA; for the API except with Zero Data Retention)
- TaskUs, LLC (customer support; for API and Business moderation of content; for Enterprise, Edu and Business moderation of GPTs; Philippines)
- Salesforce (customer support; including Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, the USA and others)
- Pylon Labs (customer support; USA; API, Enterprise, Edu only; at the customer's choice, premium support only)
- Accenture International Limited (customer support; for API/Business also moderation of content; USA, Canada, Philippines)
- Fivetran, Inc. (ETL; USA)
- Cinder Technologies, Inc. (platform for content or GPT moderation; USA; for API except where Zero Data Retention is used)
- WorkOS, Inc. (cross-domain identity management; USA; at the customer's choice; Enterprise, Edu, Business)
- Merge API, Inc. (infrastructure management, only with activated Connectors; including France, Ireland, Sweden, the UK, the USA and others; at the customer's choice)
- ChatGPT for Teachers
- not publicly documented (the sub-processor list, as of 2026-10-14, does not name ChatGPT for Teachers; according to the Help Center, authorised employees and "specialized third-party contractors" have access to stored conversations to review for abuse)
- Enterprise
- According to the list (as of 2026-10-14, applies to API, ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu, Business): OpenAI companies OpenAI, OpCo, LLC and OAI International, Inc. (USA), OpenAI Ireland Ltd. (Ireland), OpenAI UK Ltd., OpenAI Japan Ltd. (standard contractual clauses between group companies)
- Cloudflare, Ltd. (CDN; data centre closest to the end user; for requests to us.api.openai.com or eu.api.openai.com, TLS termination in the selected region via Cloudflare Regional Services; also web hosting for ChatGPT Sites in the USA for Enterprise, Edu, Business)
- Microsoft Corporation (cloud infrastructure; including Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the UK, the USA and others)
- CoreWeave, Inc. (cloud infrastructure; Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (cloud infrastructure; Brazil, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the UK, the USA)
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, the UK, the USA)
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (cloud infrastructure; USA)
- Cerebras (cloud infrastructure; USA, Canada)
- Snowflake, Inc. (data warehousing; USA; for the API except with Zero Data Retention)
- TaskUs, LLC (customer support; for API and Business moderation of content; for Enterprise, Edu and Business moderation of GPTs; Philippines)
- Salesforce (customer support; including Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, the USA and others)
- Pylon Labs (customer support; USA; API, Enterprise, Edu only; at the customer's choice, premium support only)
- Accenture International Limited (customer support; for API/Business also moderation of content; USA, Canada, Philippines)
- Fivetran, Inc. (ETL; USA)
- Cinder Technologies, Inc. (platform for content or GPT moderation; USA; for API except where Zero Data Retention is used)
- WorkOS, Inc. (cross-domain identity management; USA; at the customer's choice; Enterprise, Edu, Business)
- Merge API, Inc. (infrastructure management, only with activated Connectors; including France, Ireland, Sweden, the UK, the USA and others; at the customer's choice)
- Edu (ChatGPT Edu)
- According to the list (as of 2026-10-14, applies to API, ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu, Business): OpenAI companies OpenAI, OpCo, LLC and OAI International, Inc. (USA), OpenAI Ireland Ltd. (Ireland), OpenAI UK Ltd., OpenAI Japan Ltd. (standard contractual clauses between group companies)
- Cloudflare, Ltd. (CDN; data centre closest to the end user; for requests to us.api.openai.com or eu.api.openai.com, TLS termination in the selected region via Cloudflare Regional Services; also web hosting for ChatGPT Sites in the USA for Enterprise, Edu, Business)
- Microsoft Corporation (cloud infrastructure; including Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the UK, the USA and others)
- CoreWeave, Inc. (cloud infrastructure; Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (cloud infrastructure; Brazil, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the UK, the USA)
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, the UK, the USA)
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (cloud infrastructure; USA)
- Cerebras (cloud infrastructure; USA, Canada)
- Snowflake, Inc. (data warehousing; USA; for the API except with Zero Data Retention)
- TaskUs, LLC (customer support; for API and Business moderation of content; for Enterprise, Edu and Business moderation of GPTs; Philippines)
- Salesforce (customer support; including Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, the USA and others)
- Pylon Labs (customer support; USA; API, Enterprise, Edu only; at the customer's choice, premium support only)
- Accenture International Limited (customer support; for API/Business also moderation of content; USA, Canada, Philippines)
- Fivetran, Inc. (ETL; USA)
- Cinder Technologies, Inc. (platform for content or GPT moderation; USA; for API except where Zero Data Retention is used)
- WorkOS, Inc. (cross-domain identity management; USA; at the customer's choice; Enterprise, Edu, Business)
- Merge API, Inc. (infrastructure management, only with activated Connectors; including France, Ireland, Sweden, the UK, the USA and others; at the customer's choice)
- API (OpenAI API Platform)
- According to the list (as of 2026-10-14, applies to API, ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu, Business): OpenAI companies OpenAI, OpCo, LLC and OAI International, Inc. (USA), OpenAI Ireland Ltd. (Ireland), OpenAI UK Ltd., OpenAI Japan Ltd. (standard contractual clauses between group companies)
- Cloudflare, Ltd. (CDN; data centre closest to the end user; for requests to us.api.openai.com or eu.api.openai.com, TLS termination in the selected region via Cloudflare Regional Services; also web hosting for ChatGPT Sites in the USA for Enterprise, Edu, Business)
- Microsoft Corporation (cloud infrastructure; including Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the UK, the USA and others)
- CoreWeave, Inc. (cloud infrastructure; Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (cloud infrastructure; Brazil, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the UK, the USA)
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, the UK, the USA)
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (cloud infrastructure; USA)
- Cerebras (cloud infrastructure; USA, Canada)
- Snowflake, Inc. (data warehousing; USA; for the API except with Zero Data Retention)
- TaskUs, LLC (customer support; for API and Business moderation of content; for Enterprise, Edu and Business moderation of GPTs; Philippines)
- Salesforce (customer support; including Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, the USA and others)
- Pylon Labs (customer support; USA; API, Enterprise, Edu only; at the customer's choice, premium support only)
- Accenture International Limited (customer support; for API/Business also moderation of content; USA, Canada, Philippines)
- Fivetran, Inc. (ETL; USA)
- Cinder Technologies, Inc. (platform for content or GPT moderation; USA; for API except where Zero Data Retention is used)
- WorkOS, Inc. (cross-domain identity management; USA; at the customer's choice; Enterprise, Edu, Business)
- Merge API, Inc. (infrastructure management, only with activated Connectors; including France, Ireland, Sweden, the UK, the USA and others; at the customer's choice)
Claude- Free
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- Persona (fraud detection, identity verification; USA; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Yoti (fraud detection, identity verification; UK; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
- Note: according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic is the controller for consumers; the list nevertheless assigns these service providers to the products Claude Free/Pro/Max.
- Pro
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- Persona (fraud detection, identity verification; USA; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Yoti (fraud detection, identity verification; UK; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
- Note: according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic is the controller for consumers; the list nevertheless assigns these service providers to the products Claude Free/Pro/Max.
- Max
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- Persona (fraud detection, identity verification; USA; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Yoti (fraud detection, identity verification; UK; Free/Pro/Max only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
- Note: according to the Privacy Policy, Anthropic is the controller for consumers; the list nevertheless assigns these service providers to the products Claude Free/Pro/Max.
- Team
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- WorkOS (security, single sign-on; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- ElevenLabs (text-to-speech; USA; Claude for Work only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
- Enterprise
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- WorkOS (security, single sign-on; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- ElevenLabs (text-to-speech; USA; Claude for Work only)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
- API / Console (Claude Platform)
- According to the Trust Center (trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors, 22 entries, retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Amazon Web Services (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Microsoft Azure (cloud infrastructure; worldwide; all products)
- Cloudflare (traffic routing/CDN; worldwide, close to the customer; all products)
- Stripe (billing; USA)
- WorkOS (security, single sign-on; USA)
- Intercom (user support; USA)
- Nutun (user support; South Africa)
- Boldr (user support; Canada)
- Twilio (analytics, e-mail/SMS; USA)
- Iterable (e-mail communication; USA)
- Functional Software dba Sentry (error handling, support; USA)
- Sift (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Arkose Labs (fraud/abuse detection; USA)
- Brave Search (web search; USA)
- TurboPuffer (web search; USA)
- Intuition Machines, Inc. (hCaptcha) (bot detection, fraud/abuse detection; worldwide; all products except Claude for Government)
- Parallel Web Systems, Inc. (web search; USA; all products except Claude for Government)
- Free
Retention
- differs by tool
- ChatGPT
- Chats remain stored until deletedFree, Go, Plus, Pro
- Enterprise privacy page: "Your workspace…Business (formerly Team)
- not publicly documentedChatGPT for Teachers
- Enterprise privacy pageEnterprise, Edu (ChatGPT Edu)
- API documentationAPI (OpenAI API Platform)
- Claude
- Deleted chats: removed from the history…Free, Pro, Max
- Saved chats/coding sessions are retained…Team, Enterprise
- Anthropic API: inputs/outputs are…API / Console (Claude Platform)
- ChatGPT
- FreeChats remain stored until deleted; deleted chats are removed from the account view immediately and scheduled for permanent deletion "within 30 days", unless already de-identified or required to be retained longer for security reasons/legal obligations (Help Center). Privacy policy (Europe, 2026-08-24): personalised advertising is mentioned for Free and Go users ("personalise the ads you see on our Services").
- GoChats remain stored until deleted; deleted chats are removed from the account view immediately and scheduled for permanent deletion "within 30 days", unless already de-identified or required to be retained longer for security reasons/legal obligations (Help Center). Privacy policy (Europe, 2026-08-24): personalised advertising is mentioned for Free and Go users.
- PlusChats remain stored until deleted; deleted chats are removed from the account view immediately and scheduled for permanent deletion "within 30 days", unless already de-identified or required to be retained longer for security reasons/legal obligations (Help Center).
- ProChats remain stored until deleted; deleted chats are removed from the account view immediately and scheduled for permanent deletion "within 30 days", unless already de-identified or required to be retained longer for security reasons/legal obligations (Help Center).
- Business (formerly Team)Enterprise privacy page: "Your workspace admins can control how long your data is retained. Any deleted or unsaved conversations are removed from our systems within 30 days, unless longer retention is required by law, or is reasonably necessary to protect our services or any third party from harm."
- ChatGPT for Teachersnot publicly documentedthe Help Center article on ChatGPT for Teachers states no retention period
- EnterpriseEnterprise privacy page (FAQ Enterprise, Edu, Healthcare): "Your workspace admins control how long your data is retained. Any deleted conversations are removed from our systems within 30 days, unless we are legally required to retain them."
- Edu (ChatGPT Edu)Enterprise privacy page (FAQ Enterprise, Edu, Healthcare): "Your workspace admins control how long your data is retained. Any deleted conversations are removed from our systems within 30 days, unless we are legally required to retain them."
- API (OpenAI API Platform)API documentation (Data controls, as of 2026-10-18): abuse monitoring logs, which may contain prompts and responses, are by default "retained for up to 30 days, unless longer retention is required by law, or is reasonably necessary to protect our services or any third party from harm". Zero Data Retention and Modified Abuse Monitoring "are subject to prior approval by OpenAI and acceptance of additional requirements" and can be set per organisation or project. Some endpoints additionally store application state; endpoints not eligible for ZDR may store it even with Zero Data Retention enabled. Enterprise privacy page: API inputs and outputs are removed after 30 days unless there is a legal obligation to retain them.
Claude- FreeDeleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back-end systems "within 30 days". If training is allowed: de-identified retention for up to 5 years in training pipelines (only for new/resumed chats after activation). In the case of usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01).
- ProDeleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back-end systems "within 30 days". If training is allowed: de-identified retention for up to 5 years in training pipelines (only for new/resumed chats after activation). In the case of usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01).
- MaxDeleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back-end systems "within 30 days". If training is allowed: de-identified retention for up to 5 years in training pipelines (only for new/resumed chats after activation). In the case of usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01).
- TeamSaved chats/coding sessions are retained in the product for continuing the conversation; deleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back end "within 30 days"; incognito chats are automatically deleted within 30 days. Usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01). Help Center (q18, as of 2026-03-16): "While using Team and Enterprise plans, prompts and conversations in the product are maintained so you can see your conversation history in the product."
- EnterpriseSaved chats/coding sessions are retained in the product for continuing the conversation; deleted chats: removed from the history immediately, deleted from the back end "within 30 days"; incognito chats are automatically deleted within 30 days. Usage policy violation flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback data: 5 years (Privacy Center, as of 2026-07-01). Custom data retention controls (Enterprise): the default is unlimited retention; organisation owners can set the retention period for chats and projects, minimum 30 days (Help Center); according to the Help Center, the custom periods do not apply to Claude Design, Claude Tag, Claude Managed Agents and other features built on Claude Code on the web. According to the Help Center, zero data retention agreements apply to eligible APIs and Claude Code on Enterprise plans, not to the entire product. Help Center (q18): "Enterprise plan customers can also set custom retention timelines for their organization's data."
- API / Console (Claude Platform)Anthropic API: inputs/outputs are automatically deleted in the back end "within 30 days of receipt or generation", except for services with longer retention under customer control (e.g. Files API), an agreed deviation (e.g. Zero Data Retention), usage policy enforcement or a legal obligation. Limited retention and review apply to Covered Models. Flagging: inputs/outputs up to 2 years, classification scores up to 7 years. Feedback: 5 years. ZDR possible on application and after approval (Help Center, as of 2026-07-01).
Price
- differs by tool
- ChatGPT
- 0 EUR/moFree
- 8 EUR/moGo
- 23 EUR/moPlus
- 100 USD… (further prices in the details)Pro
- several tiersBusiness (formerly Team)
- freeChatGPT for Teachers
- customEnterprise
- not publicly documentedEdu (ChatGPT Edu), API (OpenAI API Platform)
- Claude
- 0 USD/moFree
- 17 USD/mo… (further prices in the details)Pro
- 100 USD/mo… (further prices in the details)Max
- several tiersTeam
- 20 USD/user/moEnterprise
- per tokenAPI / Console (Claude Platform)
- ChatGPT
- Free
€0 per month (pricing page, de-DE rendered in the browser; according to the FAQ, Free is available to everyone) (as of 2026-10-18)
- Go
€8 per month (pricing page, de-DE rendered in the browser; no statement whether incl. VAT). Help Center: purchases in USD, local-currency billing only in some countries; monthly billing only, no annual plan; no USD amount is stated there (as of 2026-10-18)
- Plus
€23 per month (pricing page, de-DE rendered in the browser; no statement whether incl. VAT). Help Center: "$20/month (billed monthly)"; no annual plan (as of 2026-10-18)
- Pro
Pro 100: USD 100, Pro 200: USD 200, Pro 500: USD 500 per month (Help Center; Ultrafast models only in Pro 500; monthly billing only, no annual plan). Pricing page, de-DE rendered in the browser: from €103 per month; euro amounts for Pro 200 and Pro 500 are not shown there (as of 2026-10-18)
- Business (formerly Team)
Standard seat €21 per user per month billed annually, €26 billed monthly; Premium seat (5x usage, no five-hour limit) €105 or €130 respectively (pricing page, de-DE rendered in the browser). Help Center: Standard USD 20 annually or USD 25 monthly, Premium USD 100 or USD 125 per user per month; "Prices listed here are in USD and may vary by country and currency". At least 2, at most 200 paid seats (as of 2026-10-18)
- ChatGPT for Teachers
free for verified US K–12 teachers until June 2028 (Help Center, as of 2026-10-18); pricing possible thereafter with advance notice. The FAQ on the pricing page (de-DE) states June 2027 instead.
- Enterprise
Price on request (pricing page: custom pricing via sales; annual plan; billing by credits or by tokens available) (as of 2026-10-18)
- Edu (ChatGPT Edu)
not publicly documented (the pricing page describes ChatGPT Edu as a low-cost plan for universities, without an amount; contact via sales) (as of 2026-10-18)
- API (OpenAI API Platform)
Price not publicly documented (usage-based API prices not evaluated from a primary source)
Claude- Free
USD 0/month (list claude.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-14; prices excl. taxes)
- Pro
USD 17/month with annual subscription (USD 200 in advance), USD 20/month with monthly billing (list claude.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-14; excl. taxes)
- Max
Max 5x: USD 100/month; Max 20x: USD 200/month; prices for web subscriptions; according to the pricing page FAQ, annual subscriptions only for Pro and Team ("Annual subscriptions are available for Pro and Team plans.") (Help Center "What is the Max plan?", q17; pricing page claude.com/pricing: "from USD 100", prices excl. taxes)
- Team
Standard seat USD 20/seat/month with annual billing, USD 25 with monthly billing; Premium seat USD 100/seat/month annually, USD 125 monthly; Team for 2 to 150 people (list claude.com/pricing, as of 2026-10-14; excl. taxes)
- Enterprise
Self-serve: USD 20/seat/month with annual billing, minimum 20 seats, plus usage-based costs at API rates; sales-assisted: individual quote (pricing page FAQ: "You can get started self-serve or contact sales for a tailored quote."); Enterprise with annual billing only (list claude.com/pricing, retrieved 2026-10-18)
- API / Console (Claude Platform)
List claude.com/pricing (as of 2026-10-14), per 1M tokens: Fable 5.1 input USD 10 / output USD 50; Opus 5.5 input USD 4 / output USD 20; Sonnet 5.5 input USD 2 / output USD 10; Haiku 5.5 input USD 0.10 (prompts up to 100K) / output USD 0.50; Batch -50 %; US-only inference at 1.1x price (excl. taxes)
- Free
- differs by tool
- ChatGPT
- yesFree, Go, Plus, Pro, Business (formerly Team), ChatGPT for Teachers, Enterprise, Edu (ChatGPT Edu)
- APIAPI (OpenAI API Platform)
- Claudeyesall 6 plans
- ChatGPT
- Free
yes (according to the pricing page: unlimited text chats with GPT-6, limited uploads, image creation, voice chats)
- Go
yes (Free plus more messages with tools, uploads, image creation, voice chats, longer Memory; according to the pricing page "This plan may include ads")
- Plus
yes (Go plus advanced GPT-6 reasoning models, more messages/uploads, Deep Research, Projects, Codex, ChatGPT Work)
- Pro
yes (Plus plus three usage tiers, Pro reasoning with GPT-6 Astra, Codex/Work sessions, Dot, maximum Deep Research)
- Business (formerly Team)
yes (Business workspace with workspace admin control of retention according to the Enterprise privacy page; feature scope not evaluated in the retrieved pricing text)
- ChatGPT for Teachers
yes (according to the Help Center, a self-serve workspace for verified US K–12 teachers and school staff, not for students; including file uploads, deep research, voice mode, image generation, memory, Custom GPTs, admin features with SSO and RBAC)
- Enterprise
yes (according to Enterprise Privacy: SAML SSO, Compliance API/audit logs, RBAC, data residency)
- Edu (ChatGPT Edu)
yes (according to the Enterprise privacy page part of the business products; feature scope not evaluated in the retrieved page text)
- API (OpenAI API Platform)
API (models via Platform); feature scope not the subject of this entry
Claude- Free
yes (chat, web search, file creation, code execution, Memory, Artifacts, Connectors; according to the pricing page)
- Pro
yes (Free plus more usage, Claude Code, Claude Design/Slides/Docs, Research, Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365; according to the pricing page)
- Max
yes (Pro plus 5x or 20x more usage, higher output limits, Early Access, Priority Access; new: monthly API credits for the Claude Platform of USD 100 (Max 5x) and USD 200 (Max 20x) respectively; according to the pricing page)
- Team
yes (all Claude features, more usage than Pro, Claude Code and Claude Cowork, Enterprise Search, SSO; according to the pricing page up to USD 500/month in pooled API credits)
- Enterprise
yes (all Team features plus roles/SCIM, audit logs, Compliance API, IP allowlisting, HIPAA-ready offering; according to the pricing page)
- API / Console (Claude Platform)
yes (Messages API, Batch, Managed Agents and others; prices per MTok)
- Free
Evidence
- ChatGPT17 sources
- Claude17 sources
- ChatGPT
- OpenAI Help Center: How your data is used to improve model performanceHelp Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Enterprise privacy at OpenAI (Updated 2026-01-08)Privacy notice/Trust, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Data Processing Addendum (Effective 2026-01-01, Updated 2025-12-01)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Sub-processor list (Last updated 2026-10-14)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Help Center: Data residency and inference residency for ChatGPTHelp Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- ChatGPT PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Help Center: Deleting and archiving chats in ChatGPTHelp Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy at OpenAITrust/Security, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Europe privacy policy (Updated 2026-08-24)Privacy notice, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- OpenAI: Business data privacy, security, and compliancePrivacy notice/Trust, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Help Center: What is ChatGPT Plus?Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Help Center: About ChatGPT Pro tiersHelp Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Help Center: What is ChatGPT Go?Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Help Center: ChatGPT Business: General FAQHelp Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Help Center: ChatGPT for TeachersHelp Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Student Data Privacy AgreementDPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI API docs: Data controls in the OpenAI platformDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Claude- Anthropic Privacy Center: Is my data used for model training? (Consumer: Free, Pro, Max; as of 2026-03-16)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Is my data used for model training? (Commercial; as of 2026-08-18)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: How long do you store my data? (Consumer; as of 2026-07-01)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: How long do you store my organization's data? (Commercial; as of 2026-07-01)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Data Processing Addendum (Effective 2025-02-24)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Commercial Terms of Service (Effective 2025-06-17)Terms and conditions/Terms, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Consumer Terms of Service (Effective 2025-10-08)Terms and conditions/Terms, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Policy (Effective 2026-09-10)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Claude Pricing (Individual, Team & Enterprise, API)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Claude Platform Docs: Data residencyDocumentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Configure custom data retention controls for Enterprise plansHelp Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Zero data retention agreement - applicable productsHelp Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: How do you use personal data in model training? (Commercial; as of 2026-03-16)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Trust Center: Subprocessors (22 entries)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Claude Help Center: What is the Max plan?Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Anthropic Privacy Center: Can you delete data that I sent via Team and Enterprise plans? (as of 2026-03-16)Privacy notice/Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Claude Enterprise (product page incl. FAQ Security and compliance)Product page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
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