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Model Compass

An informational comparison of independent LLM tools and models — it calls no model and proxies no keys. Listed sovereignty-first: self-hostable open weights and EU/Canada or confidential-computing options on top; US- and China-hosted APIs below, each with a caution label. Models from Meta, OpenAI, and xAI are excluded by policy. Every score and price is left TODO: confirm until a human verifies it against the linked primary source.

Model Compass

A sovereignty-first comparison of independent LLM tools and models — what runs where, who runs it, under whose law, and how self-hostable it is. Not a model picker: it calls nothing and proxies no keys.

Listed most values-aligned first: self-hostable open weights and EU/Canada or confidential-computing options on top; US- and China-hosted APIs below, each with a caution label.

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  • AnythingLLM No caution
    Developer
    Mintplex Labs
    Jurisdiction
    Self-hosted (BYO model/keys)
    Tier
    Orchestration harness
    License
    MIT
    Self-host
    Yes
    Context
    TODO: confirm
    Cost /MTok
    self-hosted compute
    Coding benchmark
  • Mistral Large 3 No caution
    Developer
    Mistral AI
    Jurisdiction
    France (EU)
    Tier
    Frontier — research & architecture
    License
    Apache-2.0
    Self-host
    Yes
    Context
    256,000
    Cost /MTok
    $0.5 / $1.5
    Coding benchmark
    SWE-bench Verified: TODO: confirm
  • Ollama No caution
    Developer
    Ollama
    Jurisdiction
    Self-hosted (local)
    Tier
    Local runtime
    License
    MIT
    Self-host
    Yes
    Context
    TODO: confirm
    Cost /MTok
    self-hosted compute
    Coding benchmark
  • Developer
    Cohere
    Jurisdiction
    Canada
    Tier
    Frontier & execution
    License
    Apache-2.0
    Self-host
    Yes
    Context
    128,000
    Cost /MTok
    TODO: confirm
    Coding benchmark
    SWE-bench Verified: TODO: confirm

    Reason: Hosted API runs under Canadian jurisdiction; a US endpoint is optionally available.

    Mitigation: Self-host the Apache-2.0 weights (≈2×H100) for zero third-party jurisdiction.

  • Gemma 4 Advisory
    Developer
    Google
    Jurisdiction
    US (origin)
    Tier
    Execution — code-building
    License
    Apache-2.0
    Self-host
    Yes
    Context
    256,000
    Cost /MTok
    self-hosted compute
    Coding benchmark
    SWE-bench Verified: TODO: confirm

    Reason: US-origin open weights — distinct from the hosted Gemini API.

    Mitigation: Self-hosting is free of the Gemini API’s CLOUD Act exposure.

  • Developer
    Alibaba (Qwen)
    Jurisdiction
    China (origin)
    Tier
    Execution — code-building
    License
    Apache-2.0
    Self-host
    Yes
    Context
    256,000
    Cost /MTok
    self-hosted compute
    Coding benchmark
    SWE-bench Verified: 70.6%(vendor-reported)

    Reason: China-origin weights; a hosted Qwen API would run under China jurisdiction.

    Mitigation: Self-host the Apache-2.0 weights — no prompt touches a third-party endpoint.

  • Developer
    DeepSeek
    Jurisdiction
    China
    Tier
    Frontier — research & architecture
    License
    MIT
    Self-host
    Yes
    Context
    1,000,000
    Cost /MTok
    $1.74 / $3.48
    Coding benchmark
    SWE-bench Verified: TODO: confirm

    Reason: The hosted DeepSeek API processes data under China jurisdiction; the 2017 National Intelligence Law permits state access.

    Mitigation: Self-host the MIT weights to remove jurisdictional exposure.

  • Maple AI Advisory
    Developer
    OpenSecret
    Jurisdiction
    United States
    Tier
    Frontier & execution
    License
    proprietary
    Self-host
    No
    Context
    TODO: confirm
    Cost /MTok
    TODO: confirm
    Coding benchmark

    Reason: OpenSecret is US-based.

    Mitigation: Confidential computing (AWS Nitro Enclaves + signed remote attestation), end-to-end encryption, and zero data retention substantially mitigate jurisdictional exposure. Serves open models only — exclude any OpenAI "GPT-OSS" option.

  • Developer
    Anthropic
    Jurisdiction
    United States
    Tier
    Execution — code-building
    License
    proprietary
    Self-host
    No
    Context
    200,000
    Cost /MTok
    $1 / $5
    Coding benchmark
    SWE-bench Verified: TODO: confirm

    Reason: Processed under US jurisdiction (CLOUD Act / FISA 702 / export controls).

    Mitigation: Prefer self-hosted open weights or an EU/Canada endpoint for sovereignty-sensitive work.

  • Developer
    Anthropic
    Jurisdiction
    United States
    Tier
    Frontier — research & architecture
    License
    proprietary
    Self-host
    No
    Context
    1,000,000
    Cost /MTok
    $5 / $25
    Coding benchmark
    SWE-bench Verified: TODO: confirm

    Reason: Processed under US jurisdiction (CLOUD Act / FISA 702 / export controls). On 2026-06-12 a US export-control directive forced Anthropic to suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users — a live demonstration that US-hosted frontier APIs can be compelled or cut off.

    Mitigation: Prefer self-hosted open weights or an EU/Canada endpoint. (Opus 4.8 itself was unaffected by the directive.)

  • Developer
    Google
    Jurisdiction
    United States
    Tier
    Frontier — research & architecture
    License
    proprietary
    Self-host
    No
    Context
    1,000,000
    Cost /MTok
    $2 / $12
    Coding benchmark
    SWE-bench Verified: TODO: confirm

    Reason: Processed under US jurisdiction (CLOUD Act). Permitted (Google is not an excluded org) but flagged.

    Mitigation: For sovereignty, prefer self-hosted Gemma 4 (Apache-2.0) or an EU/Canada open-weight model.