HubSpot Breeze AI vs. Zendesk AI: data protection per plan
HubSpot Breeze AI (4 plans) and Zendesk AI (1 plan) 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 | HubSpot Breeze AI | Zendesk AI |
|---|---|---|
| Provider based in | Cambridge, MA, USA | Zendesk, Inc., Privacy Team and DPO, 181 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA |
| Plans recorded | 4 | 1 |
| Hosting | EU option: all 4 plans | EU option: Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional |
| Training on inputs | opt-out available: all 4 plans | opt-out available: Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional |
| DPA | yes: all 4 plans | yes: Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: HubSpot Breeze AI Starter vs. Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional
| Feature | HubSpot Breeze AIStarter | Zendesk AISupport Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional |
|---|---|---|
| yes | yes | |
| Details: DPA available | yes (automatic) Provider’s DPA | yes (data processing agreement (DPA) with standard contractual clauses 2021/914 and UK Addendum; the AI Services Addendum supplements the contract) Provider’s DPA |
| opt-out available | opt-out available | |
| Details: Training on inputs | HubSpot's own model training on customer data: on by default, Super Admin can switch it off ("By default, the setting will be turned on."). Accounts with Sensitive Data are automatically opted out. Third-party AI: "We do not permit HubSpot AI service providers ... to use your data for model training." Opt-out applies only going forward. Customer Terms of Service 5.3.1 (q14): "We may also use Customer Data to train our AI models in compliance with our obligations under the Agreement." | Trust Center: 'Zendesk uses service data to train its generic, cross-account machine learning models' (translated; classification and clustering models, not generative); in addition, customer-specific models using account data only. AI Trust at Zendesk (2026-10-09) for its own models: 'Customers control whether their data is used for model training'; customers 'can decide whether or not their data can be used for product improvement purposes' (the setting or procedure is not described there). AI Data Use Information: before cross-account training, identifier fields are removed and free text is sanitised. LLM integrations: 'Customer data is never used for model training'; AI Services Addendum, Section 3.1: 'Service Data will not be used by any LLM Provider for any purpose other than to provide and secure the AI Services.' |
| EU option | EU option | |
| Details: Data residency | Choice of data centre US, EU (Frankfurt, selectable since 2021-07-19), Canada, Australia. AI sub-processors according to the sub-processor list (q3), EU data centre column: OpenAI "European Economic Area and Switzerland"; AWS, Google and Baseten (from 2026-10-16) "European Economic Area regions"; Hyperdoc (meeting recordings/transcripts) Germany. The web search providers Bright Data and Exa (from 2026-10-16) also process in the USA for the EU data centre. | Trust Center: Zendesk uses AWS data centres in the USA, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region; data locations USA, Australia, Japan or EEA selectable (Data Center Location add-on). Individual features (QA, 'AI Agents – Advanced') may remain hosted on Google Cloud Platform in the USA and/or Europe until fully integrated. Sub-processor policy: AWS locations USA, Ireland, Germany, UK, Japan, Australia; AI Agents (Google Cloud, MongoDB, Aiven) USA and Belgium. |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | Third-party AI: Zero Data Retention… | Service Data Deletion Policy |
| Details: Data retention | Third-party AI: Zero Data Retention "wherever possible" or minimised retention; specific periods not stated. The AI Model Cards (q7, retrieved 2026-10-18) list "Model Zero Data Retention" as an AI control for agents, Breeze Assistant and embedded AI features; they state no specific periods or exceptions. | Service Data Deletion Policy (effective 2026-06-03 for new customers, 2026-07-03 for existing customers): automatic deletion begins 90 days after cancellation or 9 months after the end of a trial; thereafter ticket, user and help centre data within 40 days, live chat 120 days, AI agents - Advanced (Ultimate) 120 days, Forethought AI Agents 90 days; backups 130 days (ticketing), 14 days (AI agents - Advanced), logs up to 365 days. AI Trust at Zendesk: deletion schedules for tickets and end-user data on all plans, conditional deletion rules with Advanced Data Privacy and Protection; LLM providers with zero data retention ('no data is hosted by a third party beyond the ephemeral time necessary for the model to provide a response'). |
| several tiers | several tiers | |
| Details: Price | List price 20 USD per seat/month (Smart CRM Starter, q11). According to the Starter page (q12), currently a time-limited offer for new customers: 7 USD per seat/month with annual prepayment or 10 USD per seat/month with monthly payment, with no end date stated. 500 HubSpot Credits/month included (q11, q12). Many AI functions and agents consume credits. | Support Team 19 EUR, Suite Team 55 EUR, Suite Professional 115 EUR per agent per month on an annual subscription; 25 EUR, 69 EUR, 149 EUR on a monthly subscription (pricing page, German view; net/gross not stated); Suite Enterprise on request. AI surcharge: AI Agents are billed via automated resolutions; included are 5 (Support Team, Suite Team) or 10 (Suite Professional) per agent per month, additional resolutions 1.50 EUR (fixed volume) or 2.00 EUR (pay-as-you-go) per resolution; Copilot as an add-on from Professional |
| differs by plan | yes | partly |
| Details: AI features included | yes | partly (the pricing page lists AI Agents for messaging, email and voice, AI Agent Builder and Copilot; scope per plan and quota of automated resolutions not broken down) |
| 11 sources | 9 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starteryes
- Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professionalyes
- Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional
yes (data processing agreement (DPA) with standard contractual clauses 2021/914 and UK Addendum; the AI Services Addendum supplements the contract)
Provider’s DPA
Training
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starteropt-out available
- Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professionalopt-out available
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starter
HubSpot's own model training on customer data: on by default, Super Admin can switch it off ("By default, the setting will be turned on."). Accounts with Sensitive Data are automatically opted out. Third-party AI: "We do not permit HubSpot AI service providers ... to use your data for model training." Opt-out applies only going forward. Customer Terms of Service 5.3.1 (q14): "We may also use Customer Data to train our AI models in compliance with our obligations under the Agreement."
Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite ProfessionalTrust Center: 'Zendesk uses service data to train its generic, cross-account machine learning models' (translated; classification and clustering models, not generative); in addition, customer-specific models using account data only. AI Trust at Zendesk (2026-10-09) for its own models: 'Customers control whether their data is used for model training'; customers 'can decide whether or not their data can be used for product improvement purposes' (the setting or procedure is not described there). AI Data Use Information: before cross-account training, identifier fields are removed and free text is sanitised. LLM integrations: 'Customer data is never used for model training'; AI Services Addendum, Section 3.1: 'Service Data will not be used by any LLM Provider for any purpose other than to provide and secure the AI Services.'
Hosting
- HubSpot Breeze AI StarterEU option
- Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite ProfessionalEU option
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starter
Choice of data centre US, EU (Frankfurt, selectable since 2021-07-19), Canada, Australia. AI sub-processors according to the sub-processor list (q3), EU data centre column: OpenAI "European Economic Area and Switzerland"; AWS, Google and Baseten (from 2026-10-16) "European Economic Area regions"; Hyperdoc (meeting recordings/transcripts) Germany. The web search providers Bright Data and Exa (from 2026-10-16) also process in the USA for the EU data centre.
Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite ProfessionalTrust Center: Zendesk uses AWS data centres in the USA, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region; data locations USA, Australia, Japan or EEA selectable (Data Center Location add-on). Individual features (QA, 'AI Agents – Advanced') may remain hosted on Google Cloud Platform in the USA and/or Europe until fully integrated. Sub-processor policy: AWS locations USA, Ireland, Germany, UK, Japan, Australia; AI Agents (Google Cloud, MongoDB, Aiven) USA and Belgium.
Sub-processors
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starterlist available
- Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professionallist available
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starter
- OpenAI, L.L.C. (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI)
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI; additionally hosting)
- Google LLC (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI)
- Baseten Labs, Inc. (AI Service Provider, effective from 2026-10-16)
- Bright Data Ltd. (Web Search Results, from 2026-10-16; processing location also for the EU data centre: USA)
- Exa Labs, Inc. (Web Search Results, from 2026-10-16; processing location also for the EU data centre: USA)
- Hyperdoc, Inc. (meeting recordings and transcripts, HubSpot AI; EU data centre: Germany)
- additional models used according to the AI Model Cards (q7): Anthropic (Claude), Perplexity (Sonar); not listed in the sub-processor list (Last Modified 2026-09-16, retrieved 2026-10-18)
Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional- Amazon Web Services (hosting; USA, Ireland, Germany, UK, Japan, Australia)
- Google Cloud (Zendesk QA: Germany; AI Agents: USA, Belgium); MongoDB, Aiven, Grafana Labs for AI Agents (USA, Belgium)
- Generative AI/NLP without hosting of service data: Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, ElevenLabs; inference of open models: Baseten, Fireworks.ai, Groq
- Voice: Deepgram (transcription), Twilio (telephony)
- Forethought AI Agents (Innovation Services) only: including Mistral AI, Gladia, Cartesia (without hosting of service data)
Retention
- differs by plan
- HubSpot Breeze AI StarterThird-party AI: Zero Data Retention…
- Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite ProfessionalService Data Deletion Policy
- HubSpot Breeze AI StarterThird-party AI: Zero Data Retention "wherever possible" or minimised retention; specific periods not stated. The AI Model Cards (q7, retrieved 2026-10-18) list "Model Zero Data Retention" as an AI control for agents, Breeze Assistant and embedded AI features; they state no specific periods or exceptions.Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite ProfessionalService Data Deletion Policy (effective 2026-06-03 for new customers, 2026-07-03 for existing customers): automatic deletion begins 90 days after cancellation or 9 months after the end of a trial; thereafter ticket, user and help centre data within 40 days, live chat 120 days, AI agents - Advanced (Ultimate) 120 days, Forethought AI Agents 90 days; backups 130 days (ticketing), 14 days (AI agents - Advanced), logs up to 365 days. AI Trust at Zendesk: deletion schedules for tickets and end-user data on all plans, conditional deletion rules with Advanced Data Privacy and Protection; LLM providers with zero data retention ('no data is hosted by a third party beyond the ephemeral time necessary for the model to provide a response').
Price
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starterseveral tiers
- Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professionalseveral tiers
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starter
List price 20 USD per seat/month (Smart CRM Starter, q11). According to the Starter page (q12), currently a time-limited offer for new customers: 7 USD per seat/month with annual prepayment or 10 USD per seat/month with monthly payment, with no end date stated. 500 HubSpot Credits/month included (q11, q12). Many AI functions and agents consume credits.
Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite ProfessionalSupport Team 19 EUR, Suite Team 55 EUR, Suite Professional 115 EUR per agent per month on an annual subscription; 25 EUR, 69 EUR, 149 EUR on a monthly subscription (pricing page, German view; net/gross not stated); Suite Enterprise on request. AI surcharge: AI Agents are billed via automated resolutions; included are 5 (Support Team, Suite Team) or 10 (Suite Professional) per agent per month, additional resolutions 1.50 EUR (fixed volume) or 2.00 EUR (pay-as-you-go) per resolution; Copilot as an add-on from Professional
- differs by plan
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starteryes
- Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professionalpartly
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starter
yes
Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professionalpartly (the pricing page lists AI Agents for messaging, email and voice, AI Agent Builder and Copilot; scope per plan and quota of automated resolutions not broken down)
Evidence
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starter11 sources
- Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional9 sources
- HubSpot Breeze AI Starter
- HubSpot Data Processing Agreement (Last Modified 2026-09-16)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- HubSpot Privacy PolicyPrivacy notice, retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- HubSpot Sub-Processors Page (Last Modified 2026-09-16)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- HubSpot AI Cloud Infrastructure FAQ (updated 2026-07-21)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Understand Agent Hub (updated 2026-10-01)Documentation, retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- HubSpot AI Model CardsTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Understand HubSpot's AI model training (updated 2026-09-08)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- HubSpot CRM PricingPricing page, retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- HubSpot Product & Services Catalog (Legal Center)Pricing page / service description, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- HubSpot Starter (product page)Pricing page, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- HubSpot Customer Terms of Service (Last Modified 2026-09-16)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Zendesk AI Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional- Pricing (German)Pricing page, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- AI Services AddendumTerms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy notice (German)Privacy notice, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Trust CenterTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing AgreementDPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Sub-processor Policy (effective 02.09./2026-10-02)Sub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- AI Trust at Zendesk (updated 2026-10-09)Help centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zendesk Service Data Deletion Policy (effective 2026-06-03 or 2026-07-03)Deletion policy, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zendesk AI Data Use InformationHelp centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
| Feature | HubSpot Breeze AI | Zendesk AI |
|---|---|---|
| yesall 4 plans | yesonly plan | |
| Details: DPA available |
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| opt-out availableall 4 plans | opt-out availableonly plan | |
| Details: Training on inputs |
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| EU optionall 4 plans | EU optiononly plan | |
| Details: Data residency |
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| list availableall 4 plans | list availableonly plan | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by tool | Third-party AI: Zero Data Retention…all 4 plans | Service Data Deletion Policyonly plan |
| Details: Data retention |
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| differs by tool |
| several tiersonly plan |
| Details: Price |
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| differs by tool |
| partlyonly plan |
| Details: AI features included |
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| 12 sources | 9 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- HubSpot Breeze AIyesall 4 plans
- Zendesk AIyesonly plan
- HubSpot Breeze AI
- Free
yes (automatic)
Provider’s DPA - Starter
yes (automatic)
Provider’s DPA - Professional
yes (automatic)
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes (automatic)
Provider’s DPA
Zendesk AI- Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional
yes (data processing agreement (DPA) with standard contractual clauses 2021/914 and UK Addendum; the AI Services Addendum supplements the contract)
Provider’s DPA
- Free
Training
- HubSpot Breeze AIopt-out availableall 4 plans
- Zendesk AIopt-out availableonly plan
- HubSpot Breeze AI
- Free
HubSpot's own model training on customer data: on by default, Super Admin can switch it off ("By default, the setting will be turned on."). Accounts with Sensitive Data are automatically opted out. Third-party AI: "We do not permit HubSpot AI service providers ... to use your data for model training." Opt-out applies only going forward. Customer Terms of Service 5.3.1 (q14): "We may also use Customer Data to train our AI models in compliance with our obligations under the Agreement."
- Starter
HubSpot's own model training on customer data: on by default, Super Admin can switch it off ("By default, the setting will be turned on."). Accounts with Sensitive Data are automatically opted out. Third-party AI: "We do not permit HubSpot AI service providers ... to use your data for model training." Opt-out applies only going forward. Customer Terms of Service 5.3.1 (q14): "We may also use Customer Data to train our AI models in compliance with our obligations under the Agreement."
- Professional
HubSpot's own model training on customer data: on by default, Super Admin can switch it off ("By default, the setting will be turned on."). Accounts with Sensitive Data are automatically opted out. Third-party AI: "We do not permit HubSpot AI service providers ... to use your data for model training." Opt-out applies only going forward. According to the documentation, Breeze agents and workflows require Professional or Enterprise. Customer Terms of Service 5.3.1 (q14): "We may also use Customer Data to train our AI models in compliance with our obligations under the Agreement."
- Enterprise
HubSpot's own model training on customer data: on by default, Super Admin can switch it off ("By default, the setting will be turned on."). Accounts with Sensitive Data are automatically opted out. Third-party AI: "We do not permit HubSpot AI service providers ... to use your data for model training." Opt-out applies only going forward. According to the documentation, Breeze agents and workflows require Professional or Enterprise. Customer Terms of Service 5.3.1 (q14): "We may also use Customer Data to train our AI models in compliance with our obligations under the Agreement."
Zendesk AI- Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional
Trust Center: 'Zendesk uses service data to train its generic, cross-account machine learning models' (translated; classification and clustering models, not generative); in addition, customer-specific models using account data only. AI Trust at Zendesk (2026-10-09) for its own models: 'Customers control whether their data is used for model training'; customers 'can decide whether or not their data can be used for product improvement purposes' (the setting or procedure is not described there). AI Data Use Information: before cross-account training, identifier fields are removed and free text is sanitised. LLM integrations: 'Customer data is never used for model training'; AI Services Addendum, Section 3.1: 'Service Data will not be used by any LLM Provider for any purpose other than to provide and secure the AI Services.'
- Free
Hosting
- HubSpot Breeze AIEU optionall 4 plans
- Zendesk AIEU optiononly plan
- HubSpot Breeze AI
- Free
Choice of data centre US, EU (Frankfurt, selectable since 2021-07-19), Canada, Australia. AI sub-processors according to the sub-processor list (q3), EU data centre column: OpenAI "European Economic Area and Switzerland"; AWS, Google and Baseten (from 2026-10-16) "European Economic Area regions"; Hyperdoc (meeting recordings/transcripts) Germany. The web search providers Bright Data and Exa (from 2026-10-16) also process in the USA for the EU data centre.
- Starter
Choice of data centre US, EU (Frankfurt, selectable since 2021-07-19), Canada, Australia. AI sub-processors according to the sub-processor list (q3), EU data centre column: OpenAI "European Economic Area and Switzerland"; AWS, Google and Baseten (from 2026-10-16) "European Economic Area regions"; Hyperdoc (meeting recordings/transcripts) Germany. The web search providers Bright Data and Exa (from 2026-10-16) also process in the USA for the EU data centre.
- Professional
Choice of data centre US, EU (Frankfurt, selectable since 2021-07-19), Canada, Australia. AI sub-processors according to the sub-processor list (q3), EU data centre column: OpenAI "European Economic Area and Switzerland"; AWS, Google and Baseten (from 2026-10-16) "European Economic Area regions"; Hyperdoc (meeting recordings/transcripts) Germany. The web search providers Bright Data and Exa (from 2026-10-16) also process in the USA for the EU data centre.
- Enterprise
Choice of data centre US, EU (Frankfurt, selectable since 2021-07-19), Canada, Australia. AI sub-processors according to the sub-processor list (q3), EU data centre column: OpenAI "European Economic Area and Switzerland"; AWS, Google and Baseten (from 2026-10-16) "European Economic Area regions"; Hyperdoc (meeting recordings/transcripts) Germany. The web search providers Bright Data and Exa (from 2026-10-16) also process in the USA for the EU data centre.
Zendesk AI- Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional
Trust Center: Zendesk uses AWS data centres in the USA, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region; data locations USA, Australia, Japan or EEA selectable (Data Center Location add-on). Individual features (QA, 'AI Agents – Advanced') may remain hosted on Google Cloud Platform in the USA and/or Europe until fully integrated. Sub-processor policy: AWS locations USA, Ireland, Germany, UK, Japan, Australia; AI Agents (Google Cloud, MongoDB, Aiven) USA and Belgium.
- Free
Sub-processors
- HubSpot Breeze AIlist availableall 4 plans
- Zendesk AIlist availableonly plan
- HubSpot Breeze AI
- Free
- OpenAI, L.L.C. (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI)
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI; additionally hosting)
- Google LLC (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI)
- Baseten Labs, Inc. (AI Service Provider, effective from 2026-10-16)
- Bright Data Ltd. (Web Search Results, from 2026-10-16; processing location also for the EU data centre: USA)
- Exa Labs, Inc. (Web Search Results, from 2026-10-16; processing location also for the EU data centre: USA)
- Hyperdoc, Inc. (meeting recordings and transcripts, HubSpot AI; EU data centre: Germany)
- additional models used according to the AI Model Cards (q7): Anthropic (Claude), Perplexity (Sonar); not listed in the sub-processor list (Last Modified 2026-09-16, retrieved 2026-10-18)
- Starter
- OpenAI, L.L.C. (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI)
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI; additionally hosting)
- Google LLC (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI)
- Baseten Labs, Inc. (AI Service Provider, effective from 2026-10-16)
- Bright Data Ltd. (Web Search Results, from 2026-10-16; processing location also for the EU data centre: USA)
- Exa Labs, Inc. (Web Search Results, from 2026-10-16; processing location also for the EU data centre: USA)
- Hyperdoc, Inc. (meeting recordings and transcripts, HubSpot AI; EU data centre: Germany)
- additional models used according to the AI Model Cards (q7): Anthropic (Claude), Perplexity (Sonar); not listed in the sub-processor list (Last Modified 2026-09-16, retrieved 2026-10-18)
- Professional
- OpenAI, L.L.C. (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI)
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI; additionally hosting)
- Google LLC (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI)
- Baseten Labs, Inc. (AI Service Provider, effective from 2026-10-16)
- Bright Data Ltd. (Web Search Results, from 2026-10-16; processing location also for the EU data centre: USA)
- Exa Labs, Inc. (Web Search Results, from 2026-10-16; processing location also for the EU data centre: USA)
- Hyperdoc, Inc. (meeting recordings and transcripts, HubSpot AI; EU data centre: Germany)
- additional models used according to the AI Model Cards (q7): Anthropic (Claude), Perplexity (Sonar); not listed in the sub-processor list (Last Modified 2026-09-16, retrieved 2026-10-18)
- Enterprise
- OpenAI, L.L.C. (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI)
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI; additionally hosting)
- Google LLC (AI Service Provider, HubSpot AI)
- Baseten Labs, Inc. (AI Service Provider, effective from 2026-10-16)
- Bright Data Ltd. (Web Search Results, from 2026-10-16; processing location also for the EU data centre: USA)
- Exa Labs, Inc. (Web Search Results, from 2026-10-16; processing location also for the EU data centre: USA)
- Hyperdoc, Inc. (meeting recordings and transcripts, HubSpot AI; EU data centre: Germany)
- additional models used according to the AI Model Cards (q7): Anthropic (Claude), Perplexity (Sonar); not listed in the sub-processor list (Last Modified 2026-09-16, retrieved 2026-10-18)
Zendesk AI- Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional
- Amazon Web Services (hosting; USA, Ireland, Germany, UK, Japan, Australia)
- Google Cloud (Zendesk QA: Germany; AI Agents: USA, Belgium); MongoDB, Aiven, Grafana Labs for AI Agents (USA, Belgium)
- Generative AI/NLP without hosting of service data: Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, ElevenLabs; inference of open models: Baseten, Fireworks.ai, Groq
- Voice: Deepgram (transcription), Twilio (telephony)
- Forethought AI Agents (Innovation Services) only: including Mistral AI, Gladia, Cartesia (without hosting of service data)
- Free
Retention
- differs by tool
- HubSpot Breeze AIThird-party AI: Zero Data Retention…all 4 plans
- Zendesk AIService Data Deletion Policyonly plan
- HubSpot Breeze AI
- FreeThird-party AI: Zero Data Retention "wherever possible" or minimised retention; specific periods not stated. The AI Model Cards (q7, retrieved 2026-10-18) list "Model Zero Data Retention" as an AI control for agents, Breeze Assistant and embedded AI features; they state no specific periods or exceptions.
- StarterThird-party AI: Zero Data Retention "wherever possible" or minimised retention; specific periods not stated. The AI Model Cards (q7, retrieved 2026-10-18) list "Model Zero Data Retention" as an AI control for agents, Breeze Assistant and embedded AI features; they state no specific periods or exceptions.
- ProfessionalThird-party AI: Zero Data Retention "wherever possible" or minimised retention; specific periods not stated. The AI Model Cards (q7, retrieved 2026-10-18) list "Model Zero Data Retention" as an AI control for agents, Breeze Assistant and embedded AI features; they state no specific periods or exceptions.
- EnterpriseThird-party AI: Zero Data Retention "wherever possible" or minimised retention; specific periods not stated. The AI Model Cards (q7, retrieved 2026-10-18) list "Model Zero Data Retention" as an AI control for agents, Breeze Assistant and embedded AI features; they state no specific periods or exceptions.
Zendesk AI- Support Team / Suite Team / Suite ProfessionalService Data Deletion Policy (effective 2026-06-03 for new customers, 2026-07-03 for existing customers): automatic deletion begins 90 days after cancellation or 9 months after the end of a trial; thereafter ticket, user and help centre data within 40 days, live chat 120 days, AI agents - Advanced (Ultimate) 120 days, Forethought AI Agents 90 days; backups 130 days (ticketing), 14 days (AI agents - Advanced), logs up to 365 days. AI Trust at Zendesk: deletion schedules for tickets and end-user data on all plans, conditional deletion rules with Advanced Data Privacy and Protection; LLM providers with zero data retention ('no data is hosted by a third party beyond the ephemeral time necessary for the model to provide a response').
Price
- differs by tool
- HubSpot Breeze AI
- 0 USDFree
- several tiersStarter
- from 45 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)Professional
- from 75 USD/user/moEnterprise
- Zendesk AIseveral tiersonly plan
- HubSpot Breeze AI
- Free
0 USD (Free CRM, up to 2 users, max. 1,000 contacts; q11)
- Starter
List price 20 USD per seat/month (Smart CRM Starter, q11). According to the Starter page (q12), currently a time-limited offer for new customers: 7 USD per seat/month with annual prepayment or 10 USD per seat/month with monthly payment, with no end date stated. 500 HubSpot Credits/month included (q11, q12). Many AI functions and agents consume credits.
- Professional
from 45 USD per seat/month according to the Smart CRM pricing page (retrieved 2026-10-18: "Starts at $45/mo/seat", alongside a struck-through "$50/mo/seat"; billing options "Pay Monthly – Commit annually" and "Pay Annually", 45 USD shown for both; no indication whether excl. taxes). List price according to the Product and Services Catalog: 50 USD (q11). 3,000 HubSpot Credits/month included (q11, q15)
- Enterprise
from 75 USD per seat/month (Smart CRM pricing page, retrieved 2026-10-18: "Starts at $75/mo/seat", only "Talk to Sales"; matches the list price according to the Product and Services Catalog, q11; no indication whether excl. taxes); 5,000 HubSpot Credits/month included (q11, q15)
Zendesk AI- Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional
Support Team 19 EUR, Suite Team 55 EUR, Suite Professional 115 EUR per agent per month on an annual subscription; 25 EUR, 69 EUR, 149 EUR on a monthly subscription (pricing page, German view; net/gross not stated); Suite Enterprise on request. AI surcharge: AI Agents are billed via automated resolutions; included are 5 (Support Team, Suite Team) or 10 (Suite Professional) per agent per month, additional resolutions 1.50 EUR (fixed volume) or 2.00 EUR (pay-as-you-go) per resolution; Copilot as an add-on from Professional
- Free
- differs by tool
- HubSpot Breeze AI
- not publicly documentedFree
- yesStarter, Professional, Enterprise
- Zendesk AIpartlyonly plan
- HubSpot Breeze AI
- Free
not publicly documented
- Starter
yes
- Professional
yes
- Enterprise
yes
Zendesk AI- Support Team / Suite Team / Suite Professional
partly (the pricing page lists AI Agents for messaging, email and voice, AI Agent Builder and Copilot; scope per plan and quota of automated resolutions not broken down)
- Free
Evidence
- HubSpot Breeze AI12 sources
- Zendesk AI9 sources
- HubSpot Breeze AI
- HubSpot Data Processing Agreement (Last Modified 2026-09-16)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- HubSpot Privacy PolicyPrivacy notice, retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- HubSpot Sub-Processors Page (Last Modified 2026-09-16)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- HubSpot AI Cloud Infrastructure FAQ (updated 2026-07-21)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Understand Agent Hub (updated 2026-10-01)Documentation, retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- HubSpot AI Model CardsTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Understand HubSpot's AI model training (updated 2026-09-08)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- HubSpot CRM PricingPricing page, retrieved 7 Oct 2026
- HubSpot Product & Services Catalog (Legal Center)Pricing page / service description, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- HubSpot Starter (product page)Pricing page, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- HubSpot Customer Terms of Service (Last Modified 2026-09-16)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- HubSpot Smart CRM PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Zendesk AI- Pricing (German)Pricing page, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- AI Services AddendumTerms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy notice (German)Privacy notice, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Trust CenterTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing AgreementDPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Sub-processor Policy (effective 02.09./2026-10-02)Sub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- AI Trust at Zendesk (updated 2026-10-09)Help centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zendesk Service Data Deletion Policy (effective 2026-06-03 or 2026-07-03)Deletion policy, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zendesk AI Data Use InformationHelp centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
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