Side-by-side comparison of AWS Bedrock (Amazon · USA) and Zhipu GLM API (Zhipu AI · China) for European deployment via API. AWS Bedrock is rated conditional; Zhipu GLM API is blocked. They part ways on hosting: AWS Bedrock is "EU (FRA/PAR/IRE)", Zhipu GLM API is "China".
| Field | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary | ||
| Verdict | 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). | Blocked Chinese-hosted API, not usable for European personal data. Open weights (GLM-4 family) are available under permissive licences — see open-weight tab for self-hosting. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-15 |
| Sovereignty | ||
| Hosting | EU (FRA/PAR/IRE) | China |
| GDPR | DPA | Not compliant |
| Jurisdiction | USA | China |
| AI Act | Compliant | Not assessed |
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No overlapping sources between the two entries.