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DeepL SE · Germany · EU / EEA
High-quality translation of text and documents, plus DeepL Write for polishing and DeepL Voice for translated meetings — the European default for multilingual business communication, with an API and a fully EU-operated sovereign option for public sector and regulated customers.
Classification
- Jurisdiction tier
- EU / EEA — EU member state or EEA (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) — GDPR applies directly.
- Caveat
- Since April 2026 DeepL no longer processes data exclusively in Europe and uses AWS as a sub-processor. The web app and the default API endpoint run in the EU data centre, but if EU-only processing is a requirement, agree a data-residency configuration or DeepL for Sovereign Markets with sales. Not an open-weights or self-hostable model.
- Compliance level
- High — Derived from the verified classification data on this site: Very high = EU/EEA jurisdiction + documented EU data residency + self-hostable option. High = EU/EEA + EU data residency. Medium = adequacy country + residency, or EU/EEA without documented residency. Each underlying claim carries its own source.
- Tags
- enterpriseprivacyapi
- What the badges mean
EU company — Vendor headquartered in Europe (state country + tier).
EU data residency — EU data-residency / processing option available.
Why these rules- Last verified
- 2026-10-25
Sources
- DeepL SE, Cologne, Germany (controller)
- April 2026: no longer exclusively EU processing; AWS sub-processor; EU-only configurations available
- Default API endpoint and web UI processed in EU data centres
- DeepL for Sovereign Markets: hosted and operated entirely within the EU
- Plans and prices
- Texts not used for training on paid plans; SOC 2 Type II
AI Capability Snapshot
AI Capability Index — normalised so the strongest model scores 100 (anchor: Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort)). How this is measured
Not yet scored: DeepL is a specialised translation and writing service, not a general-purpose LLM.
- Scored on
- Not scored: DeepL's translation models are not listed on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and there is no comparable independent translation benchmark we can normalise.
- Price level
- Medium
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-25
Reference models (non-EU)
For scale only — these models are not European and are not listed in the directory.
- Claude Opus 5.5 · Anthropic (US)100 / 100
- Claude Fable 5.1 · Anthropic (US)91 / 100
- Claude Opus 5 · Anthropic (US)88 / 100
- GPT-5.6 Sol · OpenAI (US)81 / 100
- Gemini 3.8 Flash · Google (US)71 / 100
Benchmark sources
Independent, informational guide — not legal, security or compliance advice. Classifications describe company location, GDPR transfer status, data-residency options and licensing as of the date shown, from public sources. Verify data-processing terms with the provider before use, especially for personal or sensitive data. No affiliation with any vendor.