ChatGPT vs. You.com: data protection per plan
ChatGPT (9 plans) and You.com (3 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 | You.com |
|---|---|---|
| Provider based in | According to the privacy policy | SuSea, Inc., 417 Montgomery Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA |
| Plans recorded | 9 | 3 |
| Hosting | mixed: Free, Go, Plus, Pronot documented: Business, ChatGPT for TeachersEU option: Enterprise, Edu, API | US only: all 3 plans |
| Training on inputs | opt-out available: Free, Go, Plus, Prono: Business, ChatGPT for Teachers, Enterprise, Edu, API | no: all 3 plans |
| DPA | not documented: Free, Go, Plus, Pro, ChatGPT for Teachers, Eduyes: Business, Enterprise, API | not documented: Free, Pay as you goyes: Enterprise |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: ChatGPT Enterprise vs. You.com Enterprise
| Feature | ChatGPTEnterprise | You.comEnterprise (custom) |
|---|---|---|
| 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: public 'SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum' (you.com/dpa, 'Last updated: December 12, 2025', linked in the footer of the pricing page); in the Trust Center, 'You.com DPA - March 2025' and 'You.com DPA - Security Addendum' are also available to view. According to its text, the DPA becomes part of the Master Subscription Agreement or another written/electronic agreement. Pricing page: 'DPA-ready'. 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". | Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. Additionally with ZDR: requests are not used for training, not sold to third parties and not sent to Google or Bing (documentation). MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5). |
| differs by plan | EU option | US only |
| Details: Data residency | 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. | Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented. |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | Enterprise privacy page | Privacy notice: account and profile data… |
| Details: Data retention | 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." | Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' According to the documentation, ZDR applies to the Web Search API and Answer API and is activated by You.com on request (no self-service switch). MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'. |
| custom | custom | |
| Details: Price | Price on request (pricing page: custom pricing via sales; annual plan; billing by credits or by tokens available) (as of 2026-10-18) | Custom (pricing page: 'Custom, Talk to our humans') |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (according to Enterprise Privacy: SAML SSO, Compliance API/audit logs, RBAC, data residency) | yes (all APIs; according to the pricing page, custom load capacity and SLA support) |
| 8 sources | 8 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- ChatGPT Enterpriseyes
- You.com Enterpriseyes
- ChatGPT 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 DPAYou.com Enterpriseyes: public 'SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum' (you.com/dpa, 'Last updated: December 12, 2025', linked in the footer of the pricing page); in the Trust Center, 'You.com DPA - March 2025' and 'You.com DPA - Security Addendum' are also available to view. According to its text, the DPA becomes part of the Master Subscription Agreement or another written/electronic agreement. Pricing page: 'DPA-ready'.
Provider’s DPA
Training
- ChatGPT Enterpriseno
- You.com Enterpriseno
- ChatGPT 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".
You.com EnterprisePrivacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. Additionally with ZDR: requests are not used for training, not sold to third parties and not sent to Google or Bing (documentation). MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5).
Hosting
- differs by plan
- ChatGPT EnterpriseEU option
- You.com EnterpriseUS only
- ChatGPT 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.
You.com EnterpriseTerms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
Sub-processors
- ChatGPT Enterpriselist available
- You.com Enterpriselist available
- ChatGPT 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)
You.com Enterprise- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
Retention
- differs by plan
- ChatGPT EnterpriseEnterprise privacy page
- You.com EnterprisePrivacy notice: account and profile data…
- ChatGPT 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."You.com EnterprisePrivacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' According to the documentation, ZDR applies to the Web Search API and Answer API and is activated by You.com on request (no self-service switch). MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'.
Price
- ChatGPT Enterprisecustom
- You.com Enterprisecustom
- ChatGPT Enterprise
Price on request (pricing page: custom pricing via sales; annual plan; billing by credits or by tokens available) (as of 2026-10-18)
You.com EnterpriseCustom (pricing page: 'Custom, Talk to our humans')
- ChatGPT Enterpriseyes
- You.com Enterpriseyes
- ChatGPT Enterprise
yes (according to Enterprise Privacy: SAML SSO, Compliance API/audit logs, RBAC, data residency)
You.com Enterpriseyes (all APIs; according to the pricing page, custom load capacity and SLA support)
Evidence
- ChatGPT Enterprise8 sources
- You.com Enterprise8 sources
- ChatGPT Enterprise
- 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
You.com Enterprise- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-22)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms & Conditions (as of 2024-08-27)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zero Data Retention (ZDR)Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – Resources (DPA, SOC 2 Type 2 Report)Trust Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum (as of 2025-12-12)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Master Services Agreement (Online), MSA v.121525 (December 2025)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
| Feature | ChatGPT | You.com |
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| noall 3 plans |
| Details: Training on inputs |
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| US onlyall 3 plans |
| Details: Data residency |
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| list availableall 9 plans | list availableall 3 plans | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by tool |
| Privacy notice: account and profile data…all 3 plans |
| Details: Data retention |
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| Details: Price |
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| yesall 3 plans |
| Details: AI features included |
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| 17 sources | 8 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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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)
- You.com
- not publicly documentedFree (Web Search API via MCP), Pay as you go (API)
- yesEnterprise (custom)
- 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
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
not publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA.
- Enterprise (custom)
yes: public 'SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum' (you.com/dpa, 'Last updated: December 12, 2025', linked in the footer of the pricing page); in the Trust Center, 'You.com DPA - March 2025' and 'You.com DPA - Security Addendum' are also available to view. According to its text, the DPA becomes part of the Master Subscription Agreement or another written/electronic agreement. Pricing page: 'DPA-ready'.
Provider’s DPA - Pay as you go (API)
not publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA.
- Free
Training
- differs by tool
- ChatGPT
- opt-out availableFree, Go, Plus, Pro
- noBusiness (formerly Team), ChatGPT for Teachers, Enterprise, Edu (ChatGPT Edu), API (OpenAI API Platform)
- You.comnoall 3 plans
- 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.
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'.
- Enterprise (custom)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. Additionally with ZDR: requests are not used for training, not sold to third parties and not sent to Google or Bing (documentation). MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5).
- Pay as you go (API)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5). By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'.
- 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)
- You.comUS onlyall 3 plans
- 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.
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Enterprise (custom)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Pay as you go (API)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Free
Sub-processors
- ChatGPTlist availableall 9 plans
- You.comlist availableall 3 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)
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
- Enterprise (custom)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
- Pay as you go (API)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
- 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)
- You.comPrivacy notice: account and profile data…all 3 plans
- 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.
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.'
- Enterprise (custom)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' According to the documentation, ZDR applies to the Web Search API and Answer API and is activated by You.com on request (no self-service switch). MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'.
- Pay as you go (API)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'.
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)
- You.com
- freeFree (Web Search API via MCP)
- customEnterprise (custom)
- several tiersPay as you go (API)
- 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)
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Free (pricing page)
- Enterprise (custom)
Custom (pricing page: 'Custom, Talk to our humans')
- Pay as you go (API)
Web Search API 5 USD per 1,000 calls; Contents API 1 USD per 1,000 pages; Answer API 5 USD per 1,000 calls; Research API per 1,000 calls: Lite 12 USD, Standard 50 USD, Deep 100 USD, Exhaustive 450 USD, Frontier 1,200 USD; Finance Research Deep 110 USD, Exhaustive 500 USD per 1,000 calls; no minimum purchase, no platform fee (pricing page, in USD); according to MSA (Online) 5.8, the fees do not include any taxes, including value-added tax ('value-added')
- Free
- differs by tool
- ChatGPT
- yesFree, Go, Plus, Pro, Business (formerly Team), ChatGPT for Teachers, Enterprise, Edu (ChatGPT Edu)
- APIAPI (OpenAI API Platform)
- You.comyesall 3 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
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
yes (Web Search via MCP server, up to 100 requests per day, without API key or account)
- Enterprise (custom)
yes (all APIs; according to the pricing page, custom load capacity and SLA support)
- Pay as you go (API)
yes (Web Search, Contents, Answer, Research and Finance Research API; all endpoints, SDKs and MCP)
- Free
Evidence
- ChatGPT17 sources
- You.com8 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
You.com- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-22)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms & Conditions (as of 2024-08-27)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zero Data Retention (ZDR)Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – Resources (DPA, SOC 2 Type 2 Report)Trust Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum (as of 2025-12-12)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Master Services Agreement (Online), MSA v.121525 (December 2025)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
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