Our take
Venice AI is a privacy-first US provider that hosts downloadable models with an explicit zero-retention option and no training on prompts. Its catalogue spans 30 open-weight offers with throughput that varies dramatically from one model to another.
Use this for privacy-sensitive workloads where a zero-retention guarantee is required. Pick it for high-throughput inference on select models — CognitiveComputations Uncensored and Xiaomi MiMo V2.5 both exceed 70 tps. Choose it for exploratory access to less-common options such as Z AI GLM 4 7 Flash. Skip it if you need independently verified SOC 2, a disclosed EU-region endpoint, or consistently fast throughput across every model in your stack.
- Explicit zero-retention option for privacy-conscious users, plus a commitment not to train on prompts.
- Strong peak throughput on select models — up to 84 tps on CognitiveComputations Uncensored and 71 tps on Xiaomi MiMo V2.5, which is 6.7× the throughput of its slowest tracked model.
- Low entry price on some models in the catalogue.
- Compliance and regional infrastructure gaps: SOC 2 is unverified in our data and no EU-region endpoint is disclosed.
- Inconsistent throughput across the catalogue — DeepSeek V3.2 and Mistral Small 3.2 24B both fall below 20 tps while top models exceed 70 tps.
- Some models are priced at a premium versus cheaper alternatives in the same catalogue: DeepSeek V3.2 costs 5.5× the input price of Z AI GLM 4 7 Flash and 3.2× the output price of Qwen Qwen3 5 9B.
Privacy & data handling
- ✓
- Yes
- ✗
- No
- No answer on record
The colour says whether the answer favours you, not whether it is a yes — not training on your prompts earns a green cross, no zero-retention option earns a red one.
Prompt retention: none.