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DeepSeek R1 alternatives for the EU.

DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek is available in the EU. Here are 8 similar tools in the same space, 8 of them verified available.

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At a glance

DeepSeek R1 compared with 8 alternatives: EU status, pricing, licence and release date
ToolEU statusPricingOpen sourceReleasedMentions
DeepSeek R1 (this)Available in EUOpen sourceNo20 Jan 20252
OpenAI o1Available in EUAPI pricingNo12 Sept 20241
GPT-OSSAvailable in EUOpen sourceYes5 Aug 20251
ZGCM-1Available in EUOpen sourceYesSept 20261
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashAvailable in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a10
DeepSeek V4 FlashAvailable in EUAPI pricingUnknownn/a2
Ornith 1.5Available in EUOpen sourceUnknownn/a1
Ling-3.1-flashAvailable in EUOpen sourceNo13 Oct 20261
GPT-6.1Available in EUPricing unknownNon/a1

The alternatives, closest match first

  1. 01OO

    OpenAI o1

    Model · OpenAI

    OpenAI's first reasoning model series, trained with reinforcement learning to think before answering; now deprecated in the API.

    By OpenAI. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUAPI pricing12 Sept 202444:40
  2. 02GP

    GPT-OSS

    Model · OpenAI

    OpenAI's open-weight reasoning models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, released under Apache 2.0.

    By OpenAI. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen sourceOpen source5 Aug 202518:00
  3. 03ZG

    ZGCM-1

    Model

    Open 7.39B dense model for math reasoning and agentic search, with a 256K context and the full training pipeline released.

    Available in EUOpen sourceOpen sourceSept 202637:57
  4. 04DV

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

    Model · DeepSeek

    Open-weights multimodal DeepSeek model in the V4 family, offered via API, chat and downloadable weights.

    By DeepSeek. 10 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source21:35
  5. 05DV

    DeepSeek V4 Flash

    Model · DeepSeek

    Open-weights Flash-tier model in DeepSeek's V4 family, offered via chat and a low-cost API.

    By DeepSeek. 2 mentions in creator videos.

    Available in EUAPI pricing2:56
  6. 06O1

    Ornith 1.5

    Model

    Open model family (9B dense, 35B MoE, 397B MoE) trained with a self-improvement loop for reasoning, coding and agentic tasks.

    Available in EUOpen source7:27
  7. 07LI

    Ling-3.1-flash

    Model · inclusionAI

    Open-weights 560B hybrid-linear MoE reasoning model (25B active, 1M context) from inclusionAI, MIT licensed.

    By inclusionAI. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EUOpen source13 Oct 202637:10
  8. 08GP

    GPT-6.1

    Model · OpenAI

    OpenAI language model in the GPT-6.1 family; the Soul Max variant is noted by reviewers for low token use per task.

    By OpenAI. 1 mention in creator videos.

    Available in EU13:15

Frequently asked

Is DeepSeek R1 available in the EU?
DeepSeek R1 is available in the EU. Weights are MIT-licensed and downloadable from Hugging Face with no EU exclusion, so they can be self-hosted in the EU. The hosted DeepSeek service is operated from China; no EU data residency was found on the pages provided.
What is the best alternative to DeepSeek R1 in the EU?
OpenAI o1 by OpenAI is the closest match we track that EU users can use (available in the eu). OpenAI's first reasoning model series, trained with reinforcement learning to think before answering; now deprecated in the API.
How are these alternatives chosen?
We compare tools by meaning (embeddings of their descriptions), keep those in the same category, and show only tools whose EU status is available or limited. Closest match first.

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