RelaxAI
Ranked 9 of 12 LLM inference APIs by recommenders
Recommended for cheaper LLM inference with UK data residency and up to 80% cost reduction versus OpenAI. Critics dispute the sovereignty claim, citing personal data shared outside the UK.
Recommended for cheaper LLM inference with UK data residency and up to 80% cost reduction versus OpenAI. Critics dispute the sovereignty claim, citing personal data shared outside the UK.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
UK data residency
“for workflows where there is value in knowing that the data is processed in the UK”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude” “I do see the value in this as some enterprises need local data residency”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude” “wholly UK-owned and operated, running in Civo's LON1 datacentre”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude” - Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude”
- Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude”
Significant cost savings versus OpenAI
“good prices, but I don't see info on the token cache hits prices (in/out), are they available?”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude” “users can expect up to an 80% cost reduction when switching away from OpenAI”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude” “with significant cost savings and end-to-end UK data residency”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude” Alternative to US providers
“Congrats on the launch. More options for consumers in this space the better!”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude” “Nice. All for seeing more geographically diverse options.”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude” “Avoiding routing through US or US-based companies.”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Doubtful sovereignty and data sharing claims
“"We may share personal information to third parties outside of the UK"”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude” “the sovereignty claim is null and void”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “RelaxAI – UK sovereign LLM inference at 80% cheaper than OpenAI/Claude”
Other LLM inference APIs people recommend
The four most recommended other LLM inference APIs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebras Inference | 109 | 51 | 68% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Groq API | 58 | 23 | 72% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Tinfoil | 21 | 10 | 68% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Darkbloom | 19 | 39 | 33% | 1 | — | — |
| RelaxAIThis page | 8 | 4 | 67% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“users can expect up to an 80% cost reduction when switching away from OpenAI”
“"We may share personal information to third parties outside of the UK"”
“with significant cost savings and end-to-end UK data residency”
“wholly UK-owned and operated, running in Civo's LON1 datacentre”
“good prices, but I don't see info on the token cache hits prices (in/out), are they available?”
“the sovereignty claim is null and void”
“this isn't your company's fault”
“5 minutes to load and it just dumps me to a documentation site with no useful information”
“Nice. All for seeing more geographically diverse options.”
“Avoiding routing through US or US-based companies.”
“for workflows where there is value in knowing that the data is processed in the UK”
“Congrats on the launch. More options for consumers in this space the better!”
“terrible name. RelaxAI feels like you trawled for available .ai domains with dictionary words and landed on this”
“I do see the value in this as some enterprises need local data residency”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.