Side-by-side comparison of Anthropic API (Anthropic · USA) and AWS Bedrock (Amazon · USA) for European deployment via API. Anthropic API is rated conditional; AWS Bedrock is conditional. They part ways on hosting: Anthropic API is "EU via AWS", AWS Bedrock is "EU (FRA/PAR/IRE)".
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| Verdict | Conditional Top quality via AWS Bedrock EU regions. Same US jurisdiction caveat as other US vendors. | Conditional Aggregates Anthropic, Mistral, Meta, Cohere, Amazon Nova, and others behind a single API. EU region options are mature. CLOUD Act applies to AWS as US parent — see AWS European Sovereign Cloud for stricter separation (separate offering, launching). |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-15 |
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| Hosting | EU via AWS | EU (FRA/PAR/IRE) |
| GDPR | DPA | DPA |
| Jurisdiction | USA | USA |
| AI Act | Compliant | Compliant |
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