EUGRADE

Products · AI assistant · by OpenAI

ChatGPT

1 / 6 how we score

What it does
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
openai.com and help.openai.com returned HTTP 403 to our fetcher; no vendor sentence could be read. Retry from another network.
Legal entity
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
openai.com legal pages returned HTTP 403 to our fetcher. Contracting entity for EEA users not confirmed from a fetched primary source; retry from another network.
Headquarters
US
secondary source · checked 2026-10-17 · secondary source · report an error
Secondary: Wikipedia gives HQ in San Francisco, California. Primary pages were blocked (HTTP 403).

Jurisdiction unknown

Contracting entity
OpenAI Group PBC (US)
secondary source · checked 2026-10-17 · secondary source · report an error
Secondary: Delaware public benefit corporation since the 2025-10-28 restructuring. EEA contracting entity not confirmed.
Ultimate parent
OpenAI Foundation (unknown)
secondary source · checked 2026-10-17 · secondary source · report an error
Secondary: nonprofit holding a stake (26% in body text) in the PBC and appointing its board. Country of incorporation not stated on the page; Wikipedia's ownership figures are inconsistent.

Foreign-law exposure fail

Based on the same ownership chain as jurisdiction.

Data residency unknown

EU storage by default
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
OpenAI's data residency page covers the API platform only, not ChatGPT (it lists Europe as EEA+Switzerland with regional storage and processing, set per project, no default stated). ChatGPT residency not read.
EU processing by default
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
See eu_storage_by_default: only API residency documentation was readable.

Subprocessors unknown

Public list
Yes
from vendor documentation · checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
API docs link a public sub-processor list at openai.com/policies/sub-processor-list/ (403 to us, entries not read). The Trust Portal also lists Subprocessors under Legal.
Non-EU in core processing
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
Sub-processor list not readable (HTTP 403).

DPA pass

GDPR Art. 28 available
Yes
from vendor documentation · checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
Trust Portal for ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu lists a Data Processing Agreement under Legal; contents and Art. 28 wording not read. Availability for other plans not checked.

Lock-in unknown

Open source
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
No fetched primary source on ChatGPT licensing.
Self hostable
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
No fetched primary source.
Full data export
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
Help article on exporting ChatGPT data returned HTTP 403 to our fetcher.

Features not scored

Web search
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
Pricing and help pages blocked (HTTP 403).
File upload
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
Pricing and help pages blocked (HTTP 403).
Image generation
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
Pricing and help pages blocked (HTTP 403).
Voice input
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
Pricing and help pages blocked (HTTP 403).
Memory
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
Pricing and help pages blocked (HTTP 403).
Custom agents
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
Pricing and help pages blocked (HTTP 403).
Connectors
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
Pricing and help pages blocked (HTTP 403).
Training opt-out
Unknown
checked 2026-10-17 · report an error
Help pages blocked (HTTP 403).

What changed

  1. 2026-10-17 Fix Mistral consent-prompt claim from screenshot; add pipeline addendum and reviewer report (#34)
  2. 2026-10-17 Research: OpenAI ChatGPT as comparison product (#34) Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01HnbkNqEnWa32X1hpMjwYn5

Every change to these facts is kept in version history. Each one was reviewed before publishing.