Comparison
The sovereign alternative to Claude for your business
Keep Claude if you want — or switch models anytime. QAnswer is model-agnostic and deployable on your own infrastructure.
Why companies are looking for an alternative to Claude
A provider can cut off access overnight
Anthropic has already cut off OpenAI's API access (August 2025, for violating its terms of service) and blocked xAI (January 2026, for using Claude via third-party tools like Cursor to train a competing model). Depending on a single model provider means accepting that risk.
The Cloud Act applies to Anthropic too
Anthropic is an American company: the Cloud Act applies to its data, regardless of where it is hosted or what type of contract is in place.
A single model limits your options
Claude Team and Enterprise only give access to Anthropic's models — no way to switch if their policy or pricing changes.
QAnswer vs Claude (Anthropic) vs ChatGPT Enterprise
The criteria that matter for a European business.
QAnswer
Claude (Anthropic)
ChatGPT Enterprise
Location of your data
Your servers, your private cloud, or our sovereign cloud in France
Anthropic cloud (US company)
OpenAI cloud (US company)
Exposure to the Cloud Act
Air-gapped configuration possible
Yes
Yes
Risk of the provider cutting off access
No: model-agnostic, no dependence on a single provider
Yes (OpenAI 2025, xAI 2026 precedents)
Yes
On-premise / air-gapped deployment
Yes, on your own infrastructure
No — inference stays in Anthropic's cloud (a 2026 beta only lets you self-host Claude Code's execution environment)
Not possible
Choice of AI model
Model-agnostic: sovereign LLM, Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, Mistral, Llama…
Anthropic models only
OpenAI models only
Pricing model
Free plan, transparent tiers, no seat minimum
Per-seat subscription, Enterprise self-serve or by quote for larger contracts
Custom quote, observed minimum of around 150 seats
Comparison made in good faith at the time of publication; vendor offerings evolve. The structural point, however, does not change: a US company remains subject to the Cloud Act regardless of where it hosts data.
What QAnswer actually does for your teams
Much more than a chat: a complete work platform, with multiple AI models running in the EU or on your own infrastructure.
Chat connected to your documents
Answers drawn from your own sources, every answer cited and traceable back to the original document.
AI agents and automations
Build agents that run your recurring processes, with human validation at critical steps.
Agentic web search
Up-to-date information, with cited sources, directly in the conversation.
Audio transcription and speaker diarization
Your meetings transcribed, with speaker identification, ready to use with AI.
Enterprise connectors
SharePoint, Confluence, Google Drive and more — indexed with existing permissions.
Turnkey self-hosting
The same platform, deployed on your own servers or in a sovereign cloud. Your content never leaves your perimeter.
What you gain by switching to QAnswer
Model-agnostic: sovereign LLM, Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, Mistral or Llama, in a single interface
No dependence on a single model provider — switch anytime without rebuilding anything
Your data stays with you: your servers, your private cloud, or our sovereign cloud in France
Every answer cited and traceable, with permissions inherited from your existing systems
No seat minimum, no mandatory quote to get started
ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 certified
Discover all the features, the security and the pricing of QAnswer.
How we get you up and running
No need for a DevOps team or an existing AI plan: we guide you from the first conversation through deployment.
A discovery call with our team
We discuss your current usage, your regulatory constraints, and your priority use cases. No commitment.
Deployment on your infrastructure
We install the platform on your servers or our sovereign cloud in France, and connect your data sources.
Training and ongoing support
Training for your teams, support from our team, and an SLA available on Enterprise plans.
Frequently asked questions
Anthropic cut off OpenAI's API access to Claude in August 2025 for violating its terms of service, then blocked xAI's access via third-party tools like Cursor in January 2026, after xAI used Claude to train a competing model. Whether or not each decision was justified, both show that a single model provider can cut off access at any time. Being model-agnostic removes that risk: if one provider changes its terms, you switch to another without interruption.
The quality of the model isn't the issue. The question is about legal jurisdiction and dependence on a single provider: Anthropic remains an American company subject to the Cloud Act. QAnswer lets you use Claude if you want, while keeping your data on your own infrastructure and the freedom to change models.
Your existing documents (SharePoint, Drive, Confluence, etc.) connect via our native connectors. The complexity mainly depends on the volume and structure of your data — let's discuss it during a discovery call to assess your specific case.
Claude Team and Enterprise are billed per seat, with Enterprise available self-serve or negotiated by quote for larger contracts. QAnswer offers a free plan and transparent paid tiers, with no seat minimum to get started.
Yes. QAnswer can be deployed in the cloud, on your on-premise infrastructure, or in an air-gapped environment with no internet connection at all — the same security model, whatever the configuration.
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