Is zero data retention available?
Whether prompts and outputs can be kept nowhere after the response, and for whom. 35 of 146 vendors answer it on the pages watched here, quoted below.
| Vendor, answer and clauseAnswer and clause | |
|---|---|
By arrangement, eligible APIs(Depends) “Anthropic offers two data handling arrangements for the Claude API: zero data retention (ZDR) and HIPAA readiness .” API and data retention On the page Sep 24, 2026 | |
ZDR with all LLM partners(Protective) “Our third-party hosted LLM partners, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, operate under strict zero data retention (ZDR) agreements...” AI Trust On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
ZDR for sync inference(Protective) “This zero data retention (ZDR) policy applies to synchronous inference.” Secure model inference On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Providers delete immediately(Protective) “Our providers delete Box AI queries and results from their systems immediately once a response is returned...” Box AI Frequently Asked Questions On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
ZDR after paid opt-out(Depends) “Zero Data Retention will be enabled with our model providers.” Platform Terms of Service On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Enterprise only(Depends) “Because of this, we only allow ZDR for enterprise customers who can make additional commitments about their usage of the Cohere Services.” Enterprise Data Commitments On the page Sep 24, 2026 | |
ZDR with model providers(Protective) “Cursor maintains zero data retention (ZDR) agreements with all providers, and AI model providers will not store or train on your data.” Data Use and Privacy Overview On the page Sep 24, 2026 | |
Yes, partner models use ZDR(Protective) “Our partner-powered AI assistive features use zero data retention endpoints from our model partners...” AI assistive features trust and safety On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
ZDR with managed providers(Protective) “For dbt- managed AI providers, we have zero data retention (ZDR) agreements in place that prevents the provider from retaining or using this data for training...” dbt AI FAQs On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
ZDR for OpenAI models(Protective) “When using OpenAI models on DigitalOcean Inference, OpenAI’s zero data retention policy excludes customer content from abuse monitoring logs...” DigitalOcean AI Data Privacy On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Enterprise only(Depends) “Zero Retention Mode is available to select enterprise customers.” Zero Retention Mode (Enterprise) On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
ZDR with AI providers(Protective) “Third-party AI providers are contractually restricted from using your data for training, with zero data retention policies in place once an output is generated.” Fin Trust and Reliability On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
On by default(Protective) “Fireworks has Zero Data Retention by default.” Data handling On the page Sep 24, 2026 | |
ZDR, some models excluded(Depends) “Certain Anthropic and OpenAI models, including when hosted on Amazon Bedrock and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, are subject to limited vendor-side data retention...” GitLab Duo data usage On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Through Vertex AI(Depends) “If your workload requires guaranteed zero data retention or enterprise data processing agreements, use Vertex AI.” Zero data retention in the Gemini Developer API On the page Sep 24, 2026 | |
Available, may cost extra(Depends) “If the Zero Data Retention is activated, Client acknowledges and agrees that GRADIUM will not store any Client Data and will immediately delete Client Data after the generation and provision of Output.” Terms of Service On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Self-serve for all customers(Protective) “All customers may enable Zero Data Retention (ZDR) in Data Controls settings .” Your data in GroqCloud On the page Sep 24, 2026 | |
Payloads never stored(Protective) “Hugging Face does not store any customer data in terms of payloads or tokens that are passed to the Inference Endpoint.” Security & Compliance (Inference Endpoints) On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Modified abuse monitoring on approval(Depends) “As depicted in the diagram above, managed customers may apply to modify abuse monitoring .” Data, privacy, and security for Models sold by Azure On the page Sep 24, 2026 | |
Pay-as-you-go, stateless calls(Depends) “Zero Data Retention (ZDR) is available only with pay-as-you-go and only for stateless API calls .” Can I activate Zero Data Retention (ZDR)? On the page Sep 24, 2026 | |
ZDR on Inference endpoints(Protective) “Modal Inference endpoints are zero data retention: request and response payloads are never written to disk...” Security and privacy at Modal On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
No storage on opt-out(Protective) “If Customer prefers that Nebius (i) does not store Customer’s Inputs and Outputs for the purposes of providing the Services, or (ii) does not collect and process them for Speculative Decoding, Customer may opt out at any time.” Token Factory Supplemental Terms On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Enterprise plan by default(Depends) “by default our LLM providers utilize zero data retention for Enterprise plan workspaces, so no data is stored with LLM providers...” Notion AI security & privacy practices On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
On approval(Depends) “Currently, these controls are subject to prior approval by OpenAI and acceptance of additional requirements.” Data controls in the OpenAI platform On the page Sep 24, 2026 | |
ZDR-only routing(Depends) “Enabling a scope restricts all your requests to ZDR endpoints for that model group.” Zero Data Retention On the page Sep 24, 2026 | |
Model providers retain nothing(Protective) “All data transmitted to the underlying services are immediately discarded after prompt completion.” AIP security and privacy On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Storage cannot be disabled yet(Uses your data) “Sail may store responses and that the ability to disable such storage is not currently available.” Terms of Service On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
ZDR with LLM partners(Protective) “the Trust Layer implements zero data retention and data masking to ensure the utmost security and privacy for customer data...” Trusted AI: Key Principles On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
LLMs keep nothing(Protective) “When LLMs generate a response, information is included in the inference request, but they do not retain information once the request has been processed.” Security for AI features in Slack On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Zero retention with LLM partners(Protective) “Sourcegraph Partner LLMs will not retain any input or output from the model, including embeddings, beyond the time it takes to generate the output...” Cody Enterprise Terms of Use On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Default for all users(Protective) “Tabnine NEVER retains or shares any of your code with third parties.” Privacy | Tabnine Docs On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Self-serve setting(Protective) “By choosing "No", you are enabling Zero Data Retention ("ZDR") for your use of the Services.” Terms of Service On the page Sep 24, 2026 | |
Pro and Enterprise only(Depends) “Zero data retention (ZDR) is available for Pro and Enterprise users on AI Gateway...” AI Gateway Zero Data Retention (ZDR) On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
Zero-day retention on opt-out(Protective) “To opt out, you must have a payment method on file and be an organization Admin.” FAQ On the page Sep 25, 2026 | |
ZDR-enabled API(Protective) “Customer further acknowledges and agrees that, when using SpaceXAI's ZDR-Enabled API, SpaceXAI will not retain any User Content (including Personal Data) after processing is complete.” Enterprise Terms of Service On the page Sep 24, 2026 |
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