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Tensorix

Ranked 10 of 12 LLM inference APIs by recommenders

Recommended as an EU-hosted API for open-weight models, priced close to the original providers, with data residency guarantees.

Recommended as an EU-hosted API for open-weight models, priced close to the original providers, with data residency guarantees.

6 people gave an opinion

recommend it
6
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 7 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: recommended
  7. May 2026: recommended
  8. June 2026: recommended
  9. July 2026: recommended
  10. August 2026: recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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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

  • EU data residency and hosting

    “offering at pretty much the same rates as deepseek themselves, with EU data residency and guarantees”

    Comment from 23 May 2026 in “DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanent”

    “You still can use EU-Hosted Opensources models like from Tensorix.”

    Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “German companies rely almost exclusively on AI models and services from the USA”

    “I use TensorX (EU hosted) and get 330TPS”

    Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?”
  • Open-model rates close to providers

    “offering at pretty much the same rates as deepseek themselves, with EU data residency and guarantees”

    Comment from 23 May 2026 in “DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanent”

    “I won't complain about the mild markup Tensorix have for GLM”

    Comment from 27 Jun 2026 in “GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents”

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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.

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What people said

All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“I use TensorX (EU hosted) and get 330TPS”

RecommendsComment from 26 Oct 2026 in “OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?”

“You still can use EU-Hosted Opensources models like from Tensorix.”

RecommendsComment from 15 Sep 2026 in “German companies rely almost exclusively on AI models and services from the USA”

“Have a look at Tensorix for EU.”

RecommendsComment from 22 Aug 2026 in “GPT 5.6 Sol 20% price reduction”

“they have good model selection and ZDR, but seem new so we will see. Performance so far is good.”

RecommendsComment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Kimi K3-256k”

“I won't complain about the mild markup Tensorix have for GLM”

RecommendsComment from 27 Jun 2026 in “GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents”

“offering at pretty much the same rates as deepseek themselves, with EU data residency and guarantees”

RecommendsComment from 23 May 2026 in “DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanent”

“What you're describing is basically https://tensorix.ai/”

RecommendsComment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Eden AI – European Alternative to OpenRouter”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.