Alternatives to LLM Self-Hosting and AI Sovereignty
Tools that overlap in use case, field, or sector — plus curated picks. Compare and choose for your needs.
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AI Cost Board – Track LLM Cost, Requests, and Errors Across Providers
Tracks LLM spend, request volume, and errors across multiple providers in one pl…
AIWriteBook – AI tool to write, design, and publish full-length books
End-to-end book creation: from idea to outline, chapters, cover, illustrations,…
Chat Youtube
Summarises YouTube videos and answers questions about the content. Free; useful…
Continuous AI in practice: What developers can automate today with agentic CI
Article on what dev teams can automate today using agentic CI. Useful for UK SME…
Models.dev – An open-source database of AI models
Open-source database and reference for AI models: metadata, benchmarks, and link…
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Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
AI assistant with persistent memory, tool use, and extensible skills for tasks a…
The Frontier, Tracking the LLM Pareto Frontier
Dashboard that tracks the LLM cost–quality Pareto frontier across models. Helps…
There Is An AI For That
Directory of AI tools and services searchable by task. UK buyers can browse by u…
together.ai
Cloud platform to run inference and fine-tune open and custom models. UK SMEs wi…
WeaveMind – AI Workflows with human-in-the-loop
Workflow automation that keeps a human in the loop for review and approval. UK S…
AI Detect Lab
Detects AI-generated images and deepfakes, including Midjourney and Flux. For co…
Amazon CodeWhisperer
AWS code-completion and generation tool for IDEs and the AWS Console. Free for i…
Deep L Write GDPR/DPA
DeepL's writing assistant: grammar, tone, and rewrites in English and German. Us…
grammarly GDPR/DPA
Grammar, spelling, and style checker for emails, documents, and web writing. UK…
Perplexity
Search engine that answers questions with cited sources. UK SMEs can use it for…
Prism Videos
Unified workspace to create and edit AI-generated video. For UK SMEs it offers o…
ChatGPT GDPR/DPA
OpenAI’s chatbot for conversation, writing, code, and research. Widely used; UK…
Codeium
Free AI code completion and chat in the IDE (VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, etc.).…
DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s conversational and coding models via chat and API. Low-cost API and f…
ElevenLabs
Text-to-speech and voice cloning for ads, content, and accessibility. UK SMEs ca…
Fitten Code
AI coding assistant (Fitten LLM) with completion, chat, and multi-language suppo…
GitHub Copilot GDPR/DPA
Microsoft’s AI pair programmer for code completions and suggestions inside the e…
Hailuo AI Text to Speech
Text-to-speech with many voices and languages for voiceovers and content. Free t…
Microsoft Copilot UK/EU data GDPR/DPA
Microsoft’s AI assistant for search, writing, and summarisation in Bing and Wind…
From £0/mo