BENCHMARKFirst benchmarks recorded: MiniMax M3 → Cortecs → ?3hBENCHMARKFirst benchmarks recorded: Kimi K3 → Cortecs → ?3hBENCHMARKFirst benchmarks recorded: DeepSeek V4 Pro → Cortecs → ?3hBENCHMARKFirst benchmarks recorded: GLM-4.7 → Cortecs → ?3hBENCHMARKFirst benchmarks recorded: GLM-5.2 → Cortecs → ?3h

European inference providers

Independent benchmarks for European and Europe-hosted inference — performance, pricing and data residency.

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European provider ranking

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01NebiusBEST OVERALLEU RESIDENTNL · Serverless · 3 models · 1 region98.9%97.9%99.2%28810613.1s150$0.13$0.40↑ 1.6
02FireworksMOST RELIABLEUS · Serverless · 3 models · 1 region99.1%98.9%99.7%40710132.6s197$0.22$0.88↑ 1.0
03GroqUS · Serverless · 2 models · 1 region98.5%98.2%98.4%2515090.7s882$0.22$0.45↓ 0.5
04CerebrasFASTESTUS · Serverless · 2 models · 1 region98.7%98.3%98.5%2244820.4s2468$0.46$0.93↑ 0.2
05OpenRouterBEST TOOLSUS · Routed · 3 models · 2 regions97.9%99.0%98.7%38411062.9s169$0.22$0.88↑ 0.7
06TogetherUS · Serverless · 3 models · 1 region97.8%97.1%98.0%49615473.6s138$0.24$0.72↓ 0.2
07DeepInfraUS · Serverless · 3 models · 1 region97.0%96.0%98.2%60714325.2s93$0.08$0.36↓ 1.2
08ScalewayEU RESIDENTEU OWNEDFR · Serverless · 2 models · 1 region98.1%96.8%97.6%3109993.9s113$0.15$0.56↑ 0.8
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European inference infrastructure3424FalkensteinZaragoza2
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Models available in Europe

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ModelEU providersBest providerFastest endpointLowest price
Qwen3-235B5Nebius 97.0Nebius 288 msNebius $0.40
DeepSeek-V31Nebius 96.8Nebius 340 msNebius $0.50
Llama 3.3 70B4Nebius 95.9Nebius 213 msNebius $0.22
GLM-5.21Cortecs 94.5Cortecs 525 msCortecs $0.51
GLM-4.71Cortecs 93.8Cortecs 1311 msCortecs $0.42
DeepSeek V4 Pro1Cortecs 94.0Cortecs 381 msCortecs $0.66
Kimi K31Cortecs 94.3Cortecs 1777 msCortecs $0.60
MiniMax M31Cortecs 93.8Cortecs 2253 msCortecs $0.48

European provider directory

Live from registry · 23 providers
AIMLAPIEE · routerDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkAKI.IODE · inference hostDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkAleph AlphaDE · first party model labDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkCortecs#3 EuropeAT · ai gateway · EU residency5 benchmarked modelsEUrouterDE · routerDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkHelmcodeES · inference hostDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkInceptronSE · inference hostDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkInfercom.aiLU · inference hostDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkInfomaniak AI ServicesCH · sovereign cloudDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkIONOS AI Model HubDE · sovereign cloudDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkLyceum TechnologyDE · inference hostDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkMeliousDE · inference hostDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkMistral AI#5 EuropeFR · first party model lab · EU residency1 benchmarked modelsNebius Token Factory#1 EuropeNL · inference host · EU residency3 benchmarked modelsNebulNL · sovereign cloudDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkNextbit#4 EuropeES · inference host · EU residency2 benchmarked modelsNscaleGB · inference hostDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkOnshoreAIGB · inference hostDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkOVHcloud#6 EuropeFR · sovereign cloud · EU residency2 benchmarked modelsRegoloIT · inference hostDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkScaleway#2 EuropeFR · sovereign cloud · EU residency2 benchmarked modelsSourcefulSE · inference hostDiscovered — awaiting benchmarkTensorixIE · inference hostDiscovered — awaiting benchmark