GDPR-Compliant AI Training Platforms: 10 Compared (2026)
Ten vendors checked on the three questions a European rollout turns on: hosting region, vendor domicile, and whether your data trains models.

The shortlist
in rank order
- 01SleakEuropean companies rolling out AI training across several departments who have to evidence approval to data protection, the works council and IT.
- 02Careertrainer.aiTeams that value a verifiable data chain over an enterprise logo wall.
- 03Vertriebs AIGerman-speaking sales teams that want a lean tool with a traceable data region.
- 04FioroEuropean sales organizations with field reps or independent sales partners that want a local contracting entity.
- 053spin LearningIndustrial and manufacturing companies already running immersive training who want conversation practice attached to it.
- 06Second NatureInternational sales organizations that need EU storage and can accept a US contracting party.
- 07RetorioLarge organizations rolling out behavioural training at group scale who need an established European vendor.
- 08JamRevenue organizations that want practice and conversation analysis bundled with a European counterparty.
- 09HyperboundInternational revenue teams with a US centre of gravity whose data protection rules permit US processing.
- 10YoodliIndividual professionals and international teams that want to start quickly and are not bound by an EU hosting rule.
Ten AI training platforms ranked by how clearly each answers three questions in public: where it hosts, where the vendor is incorporated, and whether your data trains models. Every answer comes from the vendor's own trust, security or privacy pages with source and date. Checked 8 September 2026 and re-checked for eight of the ten vendors on 27 October 2026. Market share and feature count are not part of the ranking.
Ask an AI roleplay vendor where your data is stored and you will usually get a country straight away. Ask where the company is incorporated, or whether your reps' transcripts are used to train a model, and the answer may take longer. That is often where European rollouts stall, even though you will not see it on a pricing page. Every platform in this category claims to be GDPR compliant. Very few present that claim in a form a data protection officer can verify before the pilot begins.
This comparison looks at ten vendors through three questions: Where is the platform hosted? Where is the vendor based? Is your data used to train models? Every answer comes from the vendor's own public trust, security or privacy pages, with the source and the date checked. If an answer is not publicly documented, we say so rather than filling the gap with an assumption. Checked 8 September 2026 and re-checked for eight of the ten vendors on 27 October 2026. The ranking reflects how clearly and completely each vendor answers those questions in public. Market share and feature count are not part of it.
Sleak
AI Coach for knowledge and conversation practice · Mid-Market & Enterprise
EU-only hosting (EU / EEA)
- Hosting region
- EU-only — application, database and backups in Germany, processing exclusively in the EU and EEA
- Vendor domicile
- Munich, Germany · 100 percent of shares held in Europe
- ISO 27001 evidence
- ISO 27001:2022, certificate TA-01-SG-180626 on the trust page — Tempo Audits Ltd (UKAS 29621), valid to 18 June 2029, 89 of 93 Annex A controls
- Model training
- Customer data is not used to train AI models · Art. 28 GDPR DPA published at version 3.0 · no emotion recognition, no biometric profiling
- Languages
- 35 languages and regional dialects
- Pricing
- Tailored to the organisation
Sleak is an AI Coach out of Munich that builds business-critical skills across an organization, in sales, procurement, service, leadership and recruiting. It runs two modes. Coaching Mode (KNOW) is dialogue-based knowledge transfer; Training Mode (DO) is realistic conversations with virtual counterparts. Both are evaluated against a Scorecard, meaning a Standard of Excellence a leader defines, and the evaluation cites evidence from the transcript rather than handing out praise. An Initiative is the container for that work: a development goal made of KNOW and DO that a leader sets for a team or a person.
On the compliance side, the trust page carries the ISO 27001:2022 certificate number TA-01-SG-180626, issued by Tempo Audits Ltd (UKAS 29621) and valid until 18 June 2029, along with 89 of 93 Annex A controls implemented. Sleak offers EU-only hosting: the application, the database and the backups sit in Germany, and processing happens exclusively in the EU and EEA. Customer data is not used to train AI models. The Art. 28 GDPR data processing agreement is published at version 3.0. Audio recording is off by default and the transcript is the primary artifact. No emotion recognition, no biometric profiling. Sleak conforms with the EU AI Act. Behind the platform is a fully European company headquartered in Munich, with 100 percent of its shares held in Europe. Pricing is tailored to the individual organization.
Disclosure: Sleak is our own product.
Strengths
- ISO 27001 published with certificate number, issuing body and expiry, not as a badge
- EU-only hosting and a public sub-processor list naming purpose and region per service
- Evaluation against your own Scorecard rather than a generic model opinion, with transcript evidence
- Name anonymization configurable separately for analysis and leaderboard, with server-side team scoping on the analysis view
- One engine for knowledge (KNOW) and conversation (DO), so product knowledge does not need a second tool
- Legal entity, commercial register and DPA version sit on the public trust page, which shortens security questionnaires
- A fully European company headquartered in Munich with 100 percent of its shares held in Europe, conforming with the EU AI Act
Not ideal for
- Teams whose coaching process has to start inside the CRM: CRM, calendar and HRIS integrations are not part of the feature set today
- Individual users with no defined standard: without a Scorecard there is nothing for the evaluation to measure against
- Best for
- European companies rolling out AI training across several departments who have to evidence approval to data protection, the works council and IT.
Careertrainer.ai
AI roleplays for leadership, sales and service · SMB & Mid-Market
Germany (Frankfurt), model calls in the US under SCCs
- Hosting region
- Application and database on Hetzner in Frankfurt am Main, backups in AWS S3 in the Frankfurt region · sub-processors include OpenAI and OpenRouter in the US under standard contractual clauses
- Vendor domicile
- Jannik Lindner, Baden, Austria, per the imprint — an EU operator whose servers sit in Germany
- ISO 27001 evidence
- No certification of the vendor itself publicly documented — the certification named belongs to the data centre
- Model training
- Inputs, transcripts and scenario content are not used for AI model training, per the homepage and the data protection feature page · named sub-processor list with country, DPAs in place with every listed provider
- Languages
- German and English natively, further European languages can be unlocked for company accounts (checked 13 October 2026)
- Pricing
- Publicly documented: a free tier with 3 conversations a month, paid individual plans from 14.99 euros per month; quote-based from thirteen people
Careertrainer.ai runs voice-based AI roleplays for leadership, sales, negotiation and service conversations with immediate feedback. Per the imprint, the operator is Jannik Lindner, based in Baden, Austria: an EU operator whose servers sit in Germany. The vendor documents that split itself, and that is why it ranks second here.
Its GDPR page is the most granular public documentation in this field. The application and database run on Hetzner in Frankfurt am Main, with backups in AWS S3 in the Frankfurt region. There is a named sub-processor list with country and transfer basis for each entry, including OpenAI and OpenRouter in the US under Standard Contractual Clauses. The page states that conversation data is never used for AI model training, and that data processing agreements are in place with every listed provider. What is not publicly documented is an ISO 27001 certification of the vendor itself; the certification named belongs to the data centre.
Strengths
- Names hosting provider, region and every sub-processor with its country individually instead of asserting "EU hosting"
- States in writing that conversation data is not used for AI model training
- Documents data minimization: no user ID, no email and no company names sent to the model provider; the name is transmitted in only two cases, per vendor
Not ideal for
- Buyers who require the vendor to hold its own ISO 27001 certificate rather than rent a certified data centre
- Procurement processes that need a limited company as the contracting party
- Best for
- Teams that value a verifiable data chain over an enterprise logo wall.
Vertriebs AI
AI conversation practice for sales · SMB & Mid-Market
EU (Azure, conversation analysis stored in Frankfurt per the DPA)
- Hosting region
- DPA and privacy policy: conversation analysis stored in Azure Germany West Central (Frankfurt), document extraction in Sweden Central, processing within the EU Data Zone; the homepage names Sweden Central · Firebase in the EU · PostHog in Frankfurt · speech synthesis through ElevenLabs in the EU (checked 13 October 2026)
- Vendor domicile
- MW Software GbR, Hinschstr. 18, 22525 Hamburg, Germany, per the imprint
- ISO 27001 evidence
- Not publicly documented
- Model training
- Conversations and transcripts are not used to train AI models, per vendor · DPA published at vertriebs-ai.de/avv
- Languages
- Not published
- Pricing
- No public prices · licences rather than conversation minutes, annual contracts generally from ten licences per the terms, pilot from one licence (checked 13 October 2026)
Vertriebs AI is a German platform for sales conversations with AI personas: cold calling, negotiation, objection handling. The operator per the imprint is MW Software GbR, Hinschstr. 18, 22525 Hamburg. The product targets organizations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, from five people upwards.
The privacy policy is unusually specific for a vendor this size. Conversation analysis data is stored in the Azure region Germany West Central in Frankfurt and document extraction data in Sweden Central, with processing inside Microsoft's EU Data Zone. The DPA names the same regions, while the homepage names only Sweden Central. Firebase runs in Google Cloud regions in the EU, PostHog in the Frankfurt am Main data centre, and speech synthesis through ElevenLabs in an isolated EU environment (checked 13 October 2026). Per vendor, conversations and transcripts are not used to train AI models, and a data processing agreement is published at vertriebs-ai.de/avv. An ISO 27001 certification is not publicly documented.
Strengths
- Names the concrete Azure region for its AI services, including an isolated EU environment for speech synthesis
- Data processing agreement readable in public without going through sales first
- Built for the German-speaking market, with German-language contract documents and support
Not ideal for
- Procurement with a certification requirement: no ISO 27001 certification is publicly documented
- Organizations that want to train beyond sales, for example leadership, procurement or service
- Best for
- German-speaking sales teams that want a lean tool with a traceable data region.
Fioro
AI coach for field sales and sales partners · Mid-Market & Enterprise
Frankfurt, Google Cloud (per vendor)
- Hosting region
- App and database in Frankfurt on Google Cloud, twelve sub-processors with EU locations listed in the trust center, per vendor · the privacy policy dated 28 July 2026 names the same services by their legal entities, many of them US companies, without regions (checked 27 October 2026)
- Vendor domicile
- Fioro Technology GmbH, Liebigstr. 7, Munich, Germany (HRB 293659)
- ISO 27001 evidence
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Prescient Security LLC, certificate 123331, issued 7 July 2026, valid until 6 July 2029, viewable with its scope in the trust center without login · plus DORA readiness with a DORA addendum (checked 27 October 2026)
- Model training
- No AI training on customer data per homepage and trust center, per vendor · an annex to the terms describes the commitments of its LLM providers Google, Amazon and Microsoft · DPA on request (checked 27 October 2026)
- Languages
- Website in German and English, no public list of conversation languages (checked 27 October 2026)
- Pricing
- No public prices, seven-day free trial · subscription with three months’ notice under the terms (checked 27 October 2026)
Fioro Technology GmbH, Liebigstr. 7 in Munich (HRB 293659), builds an AI coach for sales and communication. It targets companies that sell through field reps, franchisees or independent sales partners. Per vendor, the platform combines roleplays with AI buyers, learning paths and feedback on every statement. The vendor is a German limited company, which shortens the contracting path for European buyers.
The trust center at trust.fioro.ai lists Frankfurt on Google Cloud as the location of its app and database. It names twelve sub-processors, all with EU locations, including its voice, transcription and authentication services. The ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate from Prescient Security LLC is available there without a login, including its scope (number 123331, issued 7 July 2026, valid until 6 July 2029). The homepage and trust center state that customer data is not used for AI training. An annex to the terms describes the corresponding commitments from its LLM providers Google, Amazon and Microsoft. Fioro describes itself as DORA-ready and offers a DORA addendum. Its DPA, audit report and penetration test are available on request. The privacy policy, dated 28 July 2026, names the same services by their legal entities, many of them US companies, without specifying regions. There are no public prices, but a seven-day free trial is available (checked 27 October 2026).
Strengths
- German limited company with complete imprint and privacy disclosures, short contracting path in Europe
- An open trust center: the ISO 27001:2022 certificate with body, number, validity and scope viewable without login, plus twelve sub-processors with EU locations
- Rules out AI training on customer data on its homepage and in its trust center, and an annex to the terms describes the commitments of its LLM providers Google, Amazon and Microsoft
- Addresses regulated industries explicitly, including a DORA addendum for financial institutions
Not ideal for
- Review teams that have to assess US companies among the service providers one by one: the privacy policy names the services by their legal entities, many of them US companies, without regions
- Reviews that need to read the DPA and the audit report up front: Fioro provides both on request through its trust center
- Best for
- European sales organizations with field reps or independent sales partners that want a local contracting entity.
3spin Learning
VR and AI training platform · Mid-Market & Enterprise
Germany (Microsoft Azure, by default), AI processing location not documented
- Hosting region
- Germany by default, on Microsoft Azure infrastructure in ISO/IEC 27001-certified data centres
- Vendor domicile
- 3spin Learning GmbH & Co. KG, Darmstadt, Germany
- ISO 27001 evidence
- No certification of its own published · the Azure infrastructure meets ISO 27001, C5 and TISAX, per vendor · TÜV NORD is a partner, not a certifier
- Model training
- Inputs and training data are not used to train or improve the AI models employed, per vendor · voice inputs processed only temporarily, audio recordings not stored permanently · DPA under Art. 28 GDPR available
- Languages
- Not published
- Pricing
- Not publicly documented
3spin Learning GmbH & Co. KG of Darmstadt came out of VR and AR training and added AI conversation practice for communication, leadership and service. For a manufacturer that already runs immersive training, this is the shortest path from a headset programme to spoken dialogue practice.
The data protection page documents hosting in Germany by default on Microsoft Azure infrastructure, ISO/IEC 27001-certified data centres, and an Azure infrastructure that meets ISO 27001, C5, TISAX and GDPR. 3spin publishes no ISO 27001 certification of its own, and it does not say where its AI processing runs. Per vendor, your inputs and training data are not used to train or improve the AI models employed, voice inputs are processed only temporarily, and audio recordings are not stored permanently. Per the German FAQ, a DPA under Art. 28 GDPR is provided, but it is not public.
Strengths
- Hosting in Germany by default plus an explicit commitment against model training on customer inputs
- Its Azure infrastructure meets C5 and TISAX per vendor, two frameworks German procurement teams ask for by name
- Voice inputs processed only temporarily per vendor, with no permanent audio storage
Not ideal for
- Teams that want voice practice without the VR context: the product centre of gravity sits elsewhere
- Reviews that need to read the DPA up front: per vendor it is provided, but it is not public
- Best for
- Industrial and manufacturing companies already running immersive training who want conversation practice attached to it.
Second Nature
AI roleplays for sales · Mid-Market & Enterprise
Netherlands (Google Cloud), contracting entity in the US, vendor in the US and Israel
- Hosting region
- Google Cloud Platform data centre in the Netherlands, per vendor, with AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit
- Vendor domicile
- Second Nature AI Inc., offices in Tel Aviv and New York · the terms name New York law and venue, so the CLOUD Act applies even with data in the Netherlands
- ISO 27001 evidence
- Not publicly documented · GDPR, SOC 2 and CCPA named; no DPA or sub-processor list published
- Model training
- Customer data is never used for AI model training and remains isolated, per vendor
- Languages
- More than 25, per vendor
- Pricing
- Not publicly documented
Second Nature AI Inc. is one of the earlier entrants in AI sales roleplay, with offices in Tel Aviv and New York. Simulation quality and the breadth of scenarios from discovery through cold calling are why the platform keeps appearing on shortlists.
Its FAQ answers all three questions. Per vendor, all data is stored in a Google Cloud Platform data center in the Netherlands with AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit; the platform names GDPR, SOC 2 and CCPA; and customer data is never used for AI model training and remains isolated. More than 25 languages are supported, per vendor. What stays open is therefore not transparency but the contracting party: the terms name the law of the State of New York as governing law and New York as the venue, and a US company falls under the CLOUD Act even when the data sits in the Netherlands. An ISO 27001 certification, a DPA and a sub-processor list are not publicly documented.
Strengths
- Names cloud provider, country and encryption concretely: Google Cloud, Netherlands, AES-256 at rest and in transit
- Explicit statement that customer data is never used for AI model training and remains isolated
- Large scenario library and more than 25 supported languages per vendor
Not ideal for
- Organizations whose policy requires a contracting party inside the EU: contract and venue sit in New York regardless of storage in the Netherlands
- Reviews that need the DPA, the sub-processor list and a certificate with number and expiry up front: none of those is publicly documented
- Best for
- International sales organizations that need EU storage and can accept a US contracting party.
Retorio
AI coaching for sales, leadership and service · Enterprise
EU (Google Cloud, EU data residency per vendor)
- Hosting region
- Exclusively on ISO-certified servers within the European Union, per vendor · the FAQ names Google Cloud with EU data residency · AI inference via Vertex AI and Gemini in the EU, plus Microsoft Azure for the OpenAI integration and MongoDB Atlas
- Vendor domicile
- Retorio GmbH, Landwehrstr. 63, Munich, Germany (HRB 243225, managing director Dr. Patrick Oehler)
- ISO 27001 evidence
- Certified as a company per the homepage, audited by TÜV, first certified in 2024 · the ethics and privacy page also speaks of ISO 27001 certified servers · no certificate, scope or audit date published
- Model training
- Stated on the homepage not to train its models on client data, with a DPA offered on request there; the ethics page and FAQ spell out neither, documenting only training on diverse, bias-mitigated datasets · no biometric analysis, no emotion recognition
- Languages
- 14 languages · 93 avatars and 38 voices, per vendor
- Pricing
- Not publicly documented
Retorio GmbH, Landwehrstr. 63 in Munich (HRB 243225, managing director Dr. Patrick Oehler), is among the most visible AI coaching vendors in the German-speaking market and works with video-based behavioural simulations for sales, leadership and service.
Its ethics and privacy page is direct: client and candidate data is hosted exclusively on ISO-certified servers within the European Union per vendor, all servers are ISO 27001 certified, and Retorio describes itself as GDPR compliant and aligned with the EU AI Act. The FAQ goes further and names Google Cloud with EU data residency as the platform, plus the point that Retorio coaches on practice conversations by default, so a programme can run without touching a single live customer recording. The page also states that it does not conduct biometric analysis and does not use biometric data for individual or emotion recognition. On model training, Retorio states on its homepage that it does not train its models on client data and offers a DPA on request there; the ethics page and the FAQ do not spell out either point, documenting only that its models are trained on diverse, bias-mitigated datasets.
Strengths
- Explicit public statement on EU hosting and ISO 27001 certified servers
- Names the AI Act boundary itself: no emotion recognition, no biometric analysis
- Deep enterprise reference base and published methodology research
Not ideal for
- Reviews that need the ISO 27001 certificate, scope or audit date up front: the claim is published, the document is not
- Works councils that reject video-based behavioural analysis on principle, independent of the legal classification
- Best for
- Large organizations rolling out behavioural training at group scale who need an established European vendor.
Jam
Revenue platform with AI coaching · Mid-Market & Enterprise
Data stored in the EU, inference location not documented (per vendor)
- Hosting region
- Data stored in the EU, per the security FAQ in the product documentation · AI models primarily from OpenAI, inference location not documented
- Vendor domicile
- Jam Technologies GmbH, Jennerstraße 7a, Munich, Germany
- ISO 27001 evidence
- Not listed in the trust centre · CyberVadis Silver with a score of 831; ISO 27001 and SOC 2 absent
- Model training
- No customer data used for AI training, per the security FAQ in the product documentation (per vendor) · a Data Processing Agreement is listed as an available document
- Languages
- More than 20 including German, per vendor
- Pricing
- Not publicly documented
Jam Technologies GmbH, Jennerstraße 7a in Munich, combines AI roleplays with talent assessment, call scoring and deal support in one platform. For revenue teams that do not want coaching and conversation analysis living in two contracts, it is the densest bundle in this field.
Per vendor, Jam is GDPR compliant, CyberVadis Silver rated, and operates with EU data residency. The trust center at trust.wejam.ai lists CyberVadis Silver with a score of 831, GDPR, and a Data Processing Agreement as an available document. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are not listed there. According to the security FAQ in its product documentation, all data is stored in the EU. The AI models come primarily from OpenAI, and where inference runs is not documented. Per vendor, customer data is not used to train the models (checked 27 October 2026).
Strengths
- German limited company with a trust center and a publicly listed Data Processing Agreement
- CyberVadis rating as externally assessed maturity evidence, with the score visible
- Coaching, assessment and conversation analysis under one European contract
Not ideal for
- Reviews with an ISO 27001 requirement: no ISO 27001 certification is listed in the trust center
- Data protection teams that need the location of AI processing documented: Jam uses primarily OpenAI models and does not document where inference runs
- Best for
- Revenue organizations that want practice and conversation analysis bundled with a European counterparty.
Hyperbound
AI roleplays and call analysis · Mid-Market & Enterprise
United States (per trust center); EU data residency as an Enterprise-tier add-on
- Hosting region
- The trust centre names the United States as the location of all servers · EU data residency is an add-on for the Practice and Perform enterprise tiers, not the default
- Vendor domicile
- IntelligentSystems Corp., 10791 Johnson Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA — so under the US CLOUD Act
- ISO 27001 evidence
- ISO 27001:2022 documented in the trust centre, alongside SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA
- Model training
- Does not train on customer data, per the trust centre · the privacy policy names Anthropic, AWS AI, OpenAI and Microsoft Azure AI as AI service providers · DPA for business customers on request
- Languages
- More than 25 per vendor; the FAQ names 24 of them, including German
- Pricing
- Not publicly documented
Hyperbound is operated by IntelligentSystems Corp., 10791 Johnson Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA. The platform pairs AI roleplays with analysis of real recorded calls and coaching agents, and it is one of the better known names in the category in the US market.
Publicly documented in its trust center: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001:2022 and HIPAA, a Data Processing Addendum for business customers on request, and the statement that Hyperbound does not train on your data. The privacy policy names Anthropic, AWS AI, OpenAI and Microsoft Azure AI as AI service providers. The pricing page lists EU data residency as an add-on for the Enterprise tiers Practice and Perform; it does not apply by default, and the trust center names the United States as the location of all servers. The Californian domicile means the vendor falls under the US CLOUD Act, and that question has to be answered separately from the server question.
Strengths
- SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 in a public trust center, plus a Data Processing Addendum on request
- Explicit public statement that customer data is not used for training
- Roleplay and real-call analysis in one product, shipped at a fast release cadence
Not ideal for
- Companies with an EU data residency requirement: the option is an Enterprise-tier add-on, and by default all servers sit in the United States per the trust center
- Works council processes where a non-EU vendor domicile triggers a separate review on its own
- Best for
- International revenue teams with a US centre of gravity whose data protection rules permit US processing.
Yoodli
AI roleplay and communication coaching · Individual to Enterprise
US (Google Cloud), EU data residency not documented
- Hosting region
- US on Google Cloud per trust center (checked 13 October 2026) · no EU data residency publicly documented · the privacy policy allows processing in any country where Yoodli or its providers operate
- Vendor domicile
- Yoodli, Inc., Seattle, Washington, USA, terms governed by Washington State law, so under the US CLOUD Act · EU representative in Ireland per the privacy policy
- ISO 27001 evidence
- ISO 27001 not publicly documented · SOC 2 Type 2 per vendor, audited by Prescient Security in 2024, GDPR compliance claimed
- Model training
- Per the pricing page excluded by default from Advanced up and on business plans, may be used for improvement on Starter and Pro (per vendor) · the terms of use dated 7 September 2023 grant a perpetual, irrevocable licence that explicitly includes model training, and a service agreement takes precedence · the privacy policy offers an opt-out in the profile settings
- Languages
- The help center lists 29 languages, including German with German-language feedback, and the personas page says 28+ (per vendor, checked 27 October 2026)
- Pricing
- Free Starter with five sessions, Pro 8 US dollars and Advanced 20 US dollars per month, both billed annually · Business priced per seat, Enterprise for 5,000+ employees on request (checked 27 October 2026)
Yoodli, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washington, has the lowest barrier to entry in this field: communication coaching and roleplays a single person can try without a procurement process. It is one of two vendors here that publish list prices.
Yoodli says it is GDPR compliant and has SOC 2 Type 2, following a 2024 audit by Prescient Security, per vendor. No ISO 27001 certification is publicly documented. Prices as of 27 October 2026: a free Starter tier with five sessions, Pro at 8 US dollars per month billed annually, Advanced at 20 US dollars per month billed annually. Business is priced per seat, and Enterprise, for 5,000+ employees, is available on request. The training question does get an answer here, and it reads differently from every other vendor on this page. Per the pricing page, roleplay data is excluded from AI training by default from the Advanced plan up and on business plans. Session data on Starter and Pro may be used to improve the platform. The terms of use, dated 7 September 2023, also grant Yoodli a perpetual, irrevocable licence to submitted content that explicitly includes model training. That document provides no opt-out. The privacy policy, by contrast, offers an opt-out in the profile settings. A service agreement takes precedence over the terms, so put the exclusion in your contract. Per its trust center, Yoodli hosts in the US on Google Cloud, and no EU data residency is publicly documented. The privacy policy allows processing in any country where Yoodli or its providers operate and names an EU representative in Ireland. No DPA is publicly documented. On top of that comes the CLOUD Act question that applies to any US vendor.
Strengths
- Publicly listed prices for individual plans, alongside Careertrainer.ai the only vendor in this field with that transparency
- SOC 2 Type 2 as externally audited security evidence, audited by Prescient Security in 2024 (per vendor)
- Excludes roleplay data from AI training by default from the Advanced plan up and on business plans, per vendor
Not ideal for
- European rollouts with an EU hosting requirement: per the trust center, hosting is in the US on Google Cloud, and no DPA is publicly documented
- Data protection reviews that require a commitment against model training: session data on Starter and Pro may be used for improvement, and the terms of service grant a licence that includes model training
- Best for
- Individual professionals and international teams that want to start quickly and are not bound by an EU hosting rule.
The evidence, side by side
6 columns, 10 vendors, every cell traceable to something the vendor publishes itself. Scroll the table sideways; the vendor column stays put.
| Vendor | Hosting region | Vendor domicile | ISO 27001 evidence | Model training | Languages | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SleakRank 1 | EU-only — application, database and backups in Germany, processing exclusively in the EU and EEA | Munich, Germany · 100 percent of shares held in Europe | ISO 27001:2022, certificate TA-01-SG-180626 on the trust page — Tempo Audits Ltd (UKAS 29621), valid to 18 June 2029, 89 of 93 Annex A controls | Customer data is not used to train AI models · Art. 28 GDPR DPA published at version 3.0 · no emotion recognition, no biometric profiling | 35 languages and regional dialects | Tailored to the organisation |
| Careertrainer.aiRank 2 | Application and database on Hetzner in Frankfurt am Main, backups in AWS S3 in the Frankfurt region · sub-processors include OpenAI and OpenRouter in the US under standard contractual clauses | Jannik Lindner, Baden, Austria, per the imprint — an EU operator whose servers sit in Germany | No certification of the vendor itself publicly documented — the certification named belongs to the data centre | Inputs, transcripts and scenario content are not used for AI model training, per the homepage and the data protection feature page · named sub-processor list with country, DPAs in place with every listed provider | German and English natively, further European languages can be unlocked for company accounts (checked 13 October 2026)source | Publicly documented: a free tier with 3 conversations a month, paid individual plans from 14.99 euros per month; quote-based from thirteen people |
| Vertriebs AIRank 3 | DPA and privacy policy: conversation analysis stored in Azure Germany West Central (Frankfurt), document extraction in Sweden Central, processing within the EU Data Zone; the homepage names Sweden Central · Firebase in the EU · PostHog in Frankfurt · speech synthesis through ElevenLabs in the EU (checked 13 October 2026)source | MW Software GbR, Hinschstr. 18, 22525 Hamburg, Germany, per the imprint | Not publicly documented | Conversations and transcripts are not used to train AI models, per vendor · DPA published at vertriebs-ai.de/avv | Not published | No public prices · licences rather than conversation minutes, annual contracts generally from ten licences per the terms, pilot from one licence (checked 13 October 2026)source |
| FioroRank 4 | App and database in Frankfurt on Google Cloud, twelve sub-processors with EU locations listed in the trust center, per vendor · the privacy policy dated 28 July 2026 names the same services by their legal entities, many of them US companies, without regions (checked 27 October 2026)source | Fioro Technology GmbH, Liebigstr. 7, Munich, Germany (HRB 293659) | ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Prescient Security LLC, certificate 123331, issued 7 July 2026, valid until 6 July 2029, viewable with its scope in the trust center without login · plus DORA readiness with a DORA addendum (checked 27 October 2026)source | No AI training on customer data per homepage and trust center, per vendor · an annex to the terms describes the commitments of its LLM providers Google, Amazon and Microsoft · DPA on request (checked 27 October 2026)source | Website in German and English, no public list of conversation languages (checked 27 October 2026)source | No public prices, seven-day free trial · subscription with three months’ notice under the terms (checked 27 October 2026)source |
| 3spin LearningRank 5 | Germany by default, on Microsoft Azure infrastructure in ISO/IEC 27001-certified data centres | 3spin Learning GmbH & Co. KG, Darmstadt, Germany | No certification of its own published · the Azure infrastructure meets ISO 27001, C5 and TISAX, per vendor · TÜV NORD is a partner, not a certifier | Inputs and training data are not used to train or improve the AI models employed, per vendor · voice inputs processed only temporarily, audio recordings not stored permanently · DPA under Art. 28 GDPR available | Not published | Not publicly documented |
| Second NatureRank 6 | Google Cloud Platform data centre in the Netherlands, per vendor, with AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit | Second Nature AI Inc., offices in Tel Aviv and New York · the terms name New York law and venue, so the CLOUD Act applies even with data in the Netherlands | Not publicly documented · GDPR, SOC 2 and CCPA named; no DPA or sub-processor list published | Customer data is never used for AI model training and remains isolated, per vendor | More than 25, per vendor | Not publicly documented |
| RetorioRank 7 | Exclusively on ISO-certified servers within the European Union, per vendor · the FAQ names Google Cloud with EU data residency · AI inference via Vertex AI and Gemini in the EU, plus Microsoft Azure for the OpenAI integration and MongoDB Atlas | Retorio GmbH, Landwehrstr. 63, Munich, Germany (HRB 243225, managing director Dr. Patrick Oehler) | Certified as a company per the homepage, audited by TÜV, first certified in 2024 · the ethics and privacy page also speaks of ISO 27001 certified servers · no certificate, scope or audit date published | Stated on the homepage not to train its models on client data, with a DPA offered on request there; the ethics page and FAQ spell out neither, documenting only training on diverse, bias-mitigated datasets · no biometric analysis, no emotion recognition | 14 languages · 93 avatars and 38 voices, per vendor | Not publicly documented |
| JamRank 8 | Data stored in the EU, per the security FAQ in the product documentation · AI models primarily from OpenAI, inference location not documented | Jam Technologies GmbH, Jennerstraße 7a, Munich, Germany | Not listed in the trust centre · CyberVadis Silver with a score of 831; ISO 27001 and SOC 2 absent | No customer data used for AI training, per the security FAQ in the product documentation (per vendor) · a Data Processing Agreement is listed as an available document | More than 20 including German, per vendor | Not publicly documented |
| HyperboundRank 9 | The trust centre names the United States as the location of all servers · EU data residency is an add-on for the Practice and Perform enterprise tiers, not the default | IntelligentSystems Corp., 10791 Johnson Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA — so under the US CLOUD Act | ISO 27001:2022 documented in the trust centre, alongside SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA | Does not train on customer data, per the trust centre · the privacy policy names Anthropic, AWS AI, OpenAI and Microsoft Azure AI as AI service providers · DPA for business customers on request | More than 25 per vendor; the FAQ names 24 of them, including German | Not publicly documented |
| YoodliRank 10 | US on Google Cloud per trust center (checked 13 October 2026) · no EU data residency publicly documented · the privacy policy allows processing in any country where Yoodli or its providers operatesource | Yoodli, Inc., Seattle, Washington, USA, terms governed by Washington State law, so under the US CLOUD Act · EU representative in Ireland per the privacy policysource | ISO 27001 not publicly documented · SOC 2 Type 2 per vendor, audited by Prescient Security in 2024, GDPR compliance claimedsource | Per the pricing page excluded by default from Advanced up and on business plans, may be used for improvement on Starter and Pro (per vendor) · the terms of use dated 7 September 2023 grant a perpetual, irrevocable licence that explicitly includes model training, and a service agreement takes precedence · the privacy policy offers an opt-out in the profile settingssource | The help center lists 29 languages, including German with German-language feedback, and the personas page says 28+ (per vendor, checked 27 October 2026)source | Free Starter with five sessions, Pro 8 US dollars and Advanced 20 US dollars per month, both billed annually · Business priced per seat, Enterprise for 5,000+ employees on request (checked 27 October 2026)source |
How to choose a GDPR-compliant AI training platform
What an AI training platform has to deliver today
An AI training platform should treat knowledge and behaviour as two separate skills. Knowledge means being able to explain why a product fits a particular customer. Behaviour means putting that knowledge into practice in a live conversation, under time pressure and in the face of resistance. Roleplays alone provide repetition, but not necessarily a clear point of reference. Knowledge checks alone are ultimately multiple choice with a microphone.
The basis for evaluation matters just as much. If the model sets the standard itself, the feedback tends to stay generic. A standard defined by your leaders measures what a good conversation actually looks like in your company. That is the thinking behind voice practice scored against a Scorecard. It is also why the ability to customise the standard matters more than the number of scenarios in the library. The article on rolling out AI coaching in the enterprise shows how this works across teams.
Privacy and EU hosting: the deciding factor for European teams
Hosting region, vendor domicile and model-training policy are three independent questions, and treating them as one is the most common mistake in this category. A German registered office does not guarantee a German data region, a German data region does not guarantee freedom from third-country access, and neither says anything about whether your transcripts feed a training run. Across the ten vendors above, eight document an EU region publicly, all ten answer the training question in writing, and for nine of those the answer is no. That gap is the heart of the review, and no badge on a homepage closes it. What checkable compliance documentation looks like is a certificate number, an issuing body and an expiry date rather than a seal.
In practice, ask for the Art. 28 GDPR data processing agreement before the pilot, not after it. Check whether it excludes the use of your data for model training and whether the sub-processor list forms part of the contract. A data processing agreement that arrives only after signature is too late to help with the review. If the vendor is based outside the EU, also establish which transfer mechanism applies and what happens if it lapses.
The criteria to check before you choose
Check these five points against a public vendor page rather than against a statement made on a call:
- Hosting region per service, not "EU hosting" as a slogan, including the region for speech synthesis and transcription
- Vendor domicile and contracting entity, and which law governs a dispute
- A written statement on model training with customer data, ideally as a clause in the DPA rather than a line in marketing copy
- Certifications you can verify: number, issuing body, scope and expiry instead of a badge
- A complete public sub-processor list with purpose, region and transfer basis per service
One more question belongs on the list: what happens to the audio. Is it stored, or is the transcript the record? A vendor who cannot answer that has your works council agreement still ahead of them. The groundwork for that conversation sits in the piece on what security questionnaires actually test, and the technical view is on our security page.
Which of the three questions can your preferred vendor answer in writing today, without you having to call their sales team?
Four steps to the right platform
- Write the three questions into your requirements document as a line item and demand a URL per answer, not a verbal assurance
- Cut the longlist on that basis: a vendor who does not answer one of the three in public goes into a second round with a written follow-up
- Have data protection and the works council review the DPA and the sub-processor list before the pilot, not alongside it
- Run the pilot with one team and one defined standard, so that after four weeks you can say something about effect rather than about usage minutes
Würth followed exactly that order: a pilot with 80 people first, then a rollout to more than 5,000 employees, at a participant rating of 4.76 out of 5. Those figures come from Training Mode, so they measure practice with a virtual counterpart.
Typical mistakes in tool selection
Four mistakes come up repeatedly in this category. The first is inferring the hosting region from the vendor's domicile, or the other way round, instead of checking both separately. The second is treating "GDPR compliant" on a homepage as the result of a review. It is a self-declaration that only becomes verifiable alongside the DPA and the sub-processor list. The third is postponing the model-training question until it surfaces in a works council hearing. The fourth is choosing by scenario count rather than by the basis for evaluation. A hundred scenarios without a defined standard are still a hundred exercises with no clear outcome.
How we ranked these tools
The basis is public vendor sources only, checked on 8 September 2026: trust centers, security and privacy pages, imprints, terms of service and public pricing pages. The order follows one criterion rather than market share: how completely a vendor answers the three questions on hosting region, domicile and model training in public and in checkable form. Where two vendors answer all three questions equally completely, the tie-break is how much work the answers leave for the buyer: a contracting party outside the EU leaves the CLOUD Act question open regardless of where the data sits, and therefore ranks behind equally well documented EU vendors. A vendor card carries the EU hosting mark only where hosting and the contracting party sit in the EU. That is stricter than the question of who documents an EU region: a vendor can store data in the EU and still go without the mark, because its contract runs under a legal system outside the EU. Where the data actually sits is stated per vendor in the residency line of its card, together with third-country model calls and the contracting party. Read both, never the mark alone. Claims that come only from the vendor and carry no external audit are marked "per vendor". Anything not published is written as "not publicly documented", which is not the same as absent: it may exist internally and be supplied during procurement. This page is not legal advice and makes no claim about whether any vendor complies with the GDPR. It describes what each vendor documents about itself and which question you have to derive from that. Verify vendor-specific details again before deciding. We re-checked the hosting, certification and AI training claims of Careertrainer.ai, 3spin Learning, Fioro, Retorio, Hyperbound, Second Nature and Yoodli on the vendors' own pages on 27 October 2026. The Yoodli hosting statement comes from its trust center as checked on 13 October 2026, because the page would not render on 27 October 2026.
FAQ: GDPR-compliant AI training platforms
Is an EU data centre enough if the vendor is based in the US?
No, those are two separate checks. A US company is subject to the US CLOUD Act even when its servers stand in Frankfurt, because the access obligation attaches to the company and not to the machine. The reverse also holds: an EU domicile does not mean every processing step happens in the EU, and several of the European vendors compared here document their own model calls to the US under Standard Contractual Clauses. Check both, and get a source for both.
How do I tell whether a vendor trains models on my data?
From a clause in the data processing agreement, not from a sentence on a website. A marketing line saying "we do not train on your data" is a good sign and binds nobody. Ask for the passage in the DPA that excludes use for the vendor's own training purposes, and ask for the sub-processor list, because otherwise the commitment stops at the boundary with the model provider. All ten vendors checked here answer this question publicly and in writing, and for nine of them the answer is no. The tenth, Yoodli, expressly reserves the right to use contributed material to train models in its terms of service. Per its pricing page, an exclusion applies by default from the Advanced plan up, but not on Starter and Pro.
What does a GDPR-compliant AI roleplay platform cost?
Public list prices barely exist in this category. Careertrainer.ai offers a free tier with three conversations a month and paid individual plans from 14.99 euros per month (checked 13 October 2026). Yoodli publishes, as of 27 October 2026: a free Starter tier, Pro at 8 US dollars per month billed annually, Advanced at 20 US dollars per month billed annually. Business is priced per seat, and Enterprise, for 5,000+ employees, is on request. For every other vendor in this comparison, pricing is not publicly documented. Fioro at least offers a seven-day free trial (checked 27 October 2026). Sleak tailors its pricing model to the individual organization.
Which languages do the sessions run in?
Sleak supports 35 languages and regional dialects; sessions have run in German, English, French, Swiss German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese and Chinese. For the other vendors the rule is simple: language lists are vendor claims and are rarely audited. If you need a specific language, ask for a sample session in that language rather than trusting the number on the page.
Can the evaluation be adapted to our own standards?
Yes, and this is where the category splits. In Sleak you define a Scorecard as a Standard of Excellence: phases, criteria, and a description of what 100, 50 and 0 points look like. Scorecards are versioned, with an editable draft and immutable published snapshots, and your own documents can be loaded into a knowledge base with per-team access. What is not part of the product today are CRM, calendar and HRIS integrations, and an honest answer includes that.
When is Sleak the wrong choice?
When your coaching process has to start inside the CRM. CRM, calendar and HRIS integrations are not part of the feature set today, and that belongs in an honest answer. The second case: if nobody in the organization is willing to define a standard of excellence, there is nothing to practise against.
How is Sleak different from international platforms?
In what you can verify before you buy, and in who owns the company. Sleak is a German company based in Munich with 100 percent of its shares held in Europe, and it offers EU-only hosting. It publishes the certificate number, issuing body and expiry of its ISO 27001 certification, states the version of its data processing agreement, and lists sub-processors with purpose and region per service. With most international vendors that part of the conversation only starts after the first sales call. On product, Sleak covers knowledge and conversation behaviour in one system rather than roleplay alone.
How fast can a team get started with Sleak?
The limiting factor is rarely the technology, it is defining the evaluation standard. A team typically starts within days once a Scorecard exists; without a defined standard the start slips with any vendor. Across several teams the order is fixed: approval from data protection and the works council first, then a pilot with one team and one defined standard, then expansion.
Verdict: which platform clears a European review
The question in this market is no longer whether voice practice works. It is which vendor can evidence what it claims before you sign. Eight of the ten vendors checked document an EU region publicly, all ten answer the training question in writing, nine of those with a no, and fewer still publish certifications in a form anyone can verify. That gap between claim and evidence is the real selection criterion, because in an approval process it lands on your desk rather than on the vendor's.
Applying the criteria in this comparison, Sleak is the recommendation for companies rolling out in Europe who have to evidence the approval: EU-only hosting, a German legal entity wholly owned in Europe, ISO 27001 with a publicly verifiable certificate, a DPA under Art. 28 GDPR, no customer data used for AI model training, and a public sub-processor list naming purpose and region per service. Teams that want knowledge and conversation behaviour evaluated as two distinct things will find few alternatives in this category today.
Background on the criteria in this comparison comes from the articles under GDPR & compliance.


