What is the best alternative to STACKIT AI Model Serving for companies?

For companies that need Claude and GPT next to open models, with budgets per key, provider allow-lists and an audit log, Standard Compute is a managed alternative with a Europe rule for the company, a team or a key.

Does STACKIT AI Model Serving offer Claude or GPT?

No. STACKIT lists open models such as gpt-oss, Llama, Gemma and Qwen. Standard Compute offers Claude, GPT and Gemini alongside open models through one API.

Does Standard Compute train on our data?

Standard Compute never trains on your prompts or outputs, and with a region rule or zero retention turned on, every request goes only to providers that commit not to train on it.

Does it work with Microsoft Entra ID?

Yes. The dashboard takes Microsoft Entra ID or any SAML identity provider, and employees sign in to Claude Desktop and Claude Code with their Microsoft work account, with access following your Entra groups through SCIM.

EnterpriseAlternatives

Enterprise alternative to STACKIT AI Model Serving

Standard Compute is the enterprise alternative to STACKIT AI Model Serving for companies that want frontier models such as Claude and GPT next to open models, under European processing rules. It routes each step to the cheapest model that can do it and the cheapest provider fast enough to serve it, with a budget for every person and app, provider and model allow-lists, Microsoft Entra sign-in and an audit log set self-serve.

STACKIT AI Model Serving runs open models such as gpt-oss, Llama and Qwen in its EU01 region in Germany. Companies look further when their teams need frontier models, per-key spend limits or a record of every request.

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STACKIT AI Model Serving next to Standard Compute

Each row can be checked against the vendor's own pages. STACKIT's facts are linked in the sources at the end of this page, and anything STACKIT does not publish is marked "Not stated". Ours are on security, pricing and the enterprise overview.

Question	STACKIT AI Model Serving	Standard Compute
Price model	STACKIT AI Model Serving: Pay per token in euros, for example gpt-oss 120b at €0.45 / €0.65 per million input and output tokens.	Standard Compute: A flat monthly plan per person or app key, with a fixed budget that never overruns, and Stripe invoices with your company name and VAT number. Plans are on pricing.
Models	STACKIT AI Model Serving: Open models only: gpt-oss, Llama 3.3 70B, Gemma, Qwen. No Claude, GPT or Gemini.	Standard Compute: Claude, GPT, Gemini and open models such as GLM, DeepSeek and MiniMax through one API.
Routing	STACKIT AI Model Serving: One model per request. Routing to a cheaper model or a fallback: not stated.	Standard Compute: Each step goes to the cheapest model that can do it and the cheapest provider fast enough to serve it.
Processing location	STACKIT AI Model Serving: Region EU01 in Germany.	Standard Compute: A Europe rule for the company, a team or a key. Every request, including retries and fallbacks, is served only by approved European inference endpoints, and is refused before sending if none qualifies.
Retention and training	STACKIT AI Model Serving: Requests are neither stored nor used to train models.	Standard Compute: We never train on your prompts or outputs. Zero data retention can be required for the company, a team or a key, and lower levels can't switch it off.
Single sign-on	STACKIT AI Model Serving: Identity federation with SAML 2.0 or OIDC, Microsoft Entra ID included, set up through a support ticket.	Standard Compute: Microsoft Entra ID or any SAML provider for the dashboard. Claude Desktop and Claude Code sign-in with a Microsoft work account, with access following Entra groups through SCIM.
Budgets	STACKIT AI Model Serving: Spend limits per token, person or project: not stated.	Standard Compute: A fixed monthly budget for every person and every app key that never overruns, plus spending caps per key and for the whole company.
Allow-lists	STACKIT AI Model Serving: Tokens are created per project with an optional expiry, and one token is valid for all shared models. Model allow-lists: not stated.	Standard Compute: Provider allow-lists for the company, a team or a key, where new providers need an admin's approval. Models chosen per key.
Audit log	STACKIT AI Model Serving: The STACKIT Audit Log keeps 90 days; AI Model Serving is not in its list of covered services.	Standard Compute: An admin audit log with before and after values, and an export of every request with model, serving provider and region rule, kept for 12 months.
Claude Code and agents	STACKIT AI Model Serving: OpenAI-compatible API. Anthropic Messages API: not stated.	Standard Compute: Claude Code and Claude Desktop connect to the gateway with `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL`; OpenAI-compatible tools use `https://eu.stdcmpt.com/v1`.

STACKIT prices are list prices in euros from the STACKIT product page, region EU01.

What changes with Standard Compute

Frontier and open models, each step at the lowest cost

A classification step does not need the model that writes your contract summary, and on Standard Compute it is not billed like one: the router picks the model per step, then the provider per model.

Run leading open models, including GLM, DeepSeek and MiniMax, alongside Claude, GPT and Gemini, so a team that uses STACKIT for open models today keeps them and adds the frontier models on the same key.

Spend limits per person and app

On STACKIT one token reaches every shared model. On Standard Compute every person and app gets its own key with a fixed monthly budget that never overruns and its own list of approved models, and you can set a spending cap for the whole company.

Security and control

Our EU gateway terminates TLS and runs in Finland, and your account data is stored in Frankfurt. Zero data retention and the Europe rule are set once for the company; teams and keys inherit them and can never switch them off underneath you.

Lower levels can only narrow a provider list, and fallbacks can never route around it. Sign our Data Processing Agreement in the dashboard, and see every sub-processor we use, with 14 days' notice before a new one is added.

When each option fits

When STACKIT AI Model Serving fits

You already run on STACKIT, open models cover your use cases, and your policy asks for a German cloud owned by the Schwarz group, with its C5 and ISO 27001 attestations.

When Standard Compute fits

Your teams need Claude, GPT or Gemini as well as open models, developers run Claude Code and agents, and IT wants budgets per person and app, provider allow-lists and a request export without building them.

Using both

Keep workloads that must stay on STACKIT where they are, and run frontier models and coding agents through Standard Compute with a Europe rule.

Moving from STACKIT AI Model Serving

Create a company workspace
Create the company in the dashboard, invite colleagues by email and organize them into teams.
Set the rules once
Set a Europe rule, zero data retention, and the providers and models you approve for the company. Teams and keys inherit them and can only narrow them.
Connect Microsoft Entra ID
Add SAML single sign-on for the dashboard, and set up Claude Desktop and Claude Code sign-in with Microsoft work accounts.
Give every person and app a key
Each key gets its own monthly budget and the models it may use.
Move the traffic
Swap the base URL and key in each app. OpenAI-compatible clients keep working.

Environment, before and after

# Before
OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.openai-compat.model-serving.eu01.onstackit.cloud/v1
OPENAI_API_KEY=$STACKIT_TOKEN

# After: Standard Compute EU gateway
OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://eu.stdcmpt.com/v1
OPENAI_API_KEY=YOUR_STANDARD_COMPUTE_KEY

# Claude Code
ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://eu.stdcmpt.com
ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=YOUR_STANDARD_COMPUTE_KEY

Common questions from IT and procurement

What is the best alternative to STACKIT AI Model Serving for companies?: For companies that need Claude and GPT next to open models, with budgets per key, provider allow-lists and an audit log, Standard Compute is a managed alternative with a Europe rule for the company, a team or a key.
Does STACKIT AI Model Serving offer Claude or GPT?: No. STACKIT lists open models such as gpt-oss, Llama, Gemma and Qwen. Standard Compute offers Claude, GPT and Gemini alongside open models through one API.
Does Standard Compute train on our data?: Standard Compute never trains on your prompts or outputs, and with a region rule or zero retention turned on, every request goes only to providers that commit not to train on it.
Does it work with Microsoft Entra ID?: Yes. The dashboard takes Microsoft Entra ID or any SAML identity provider, and employees sign in to Claude Desktop and Claude Code with their Microsoft work account, with access following your Entra groups through SCIM.

Sources

Every statement about STACKIT on this page comes from STACKIT's own pricing, help and documentation pages, checked on 9 November 2026.

Create a company workspace, set a Europe rule and zero data retention once, connect Microsoft Entra ID, and give every person and app a key with its own budget.

Create a company workspace