Define the control your project needs
European hosting, access to open weights and control of infrastructure are different requirements. Decide which are necessary for your application instead of assuming that one guarantees the others.
An API can provide access to an EU-hosted model without giving your team ownership of its serving infrastructure. Self-hosting can provide more operational control while creating additional responsibilities.
Choose the eligible model routes
TextCortex provides EU-hosted model options within a broader catalog of proprietary and open-weight models. Select the route that meets the workload’s requirements.
Use Kimi K3, GLM-5.3, DeepSeek and MiMo as starting points for European inference access.
Keep the application architecture visible
Document where prompts originate, where context is retrieved, how results are logged and which tools can receive information. Regional inference is one part of that path.
A common model API helps separate model access from application code. Keep routing configuration and application permissions under your team’s control.
Evaluate the API on a real workload
Test an approved input set against the chosen deployment. Check output validity, latency and usage, then confirm the processing conditions that apply to the rollout.
Read the data residency guide and OpenAI-compatible API guide for the implementation steps.