Most of our comparisons turn on jurisdiction, we're UK-owned, the US giants aren't. relaxAI, by the UK cloud provider Civo, is genuinely private too. So here the honest difference isn't sovereignty. It's price, model, and who each tool is built for.
| Hush AI | relaxAI (by Civo) | |
|---|---|---|
| private / outside US CLOUD Act | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Where it runs | Privately owned hardware | Civo's UK datacentres |
| Trains on your data? | Never | Not without consent (per Civo) |
| Starting price | From £39/mo (Pro £99) | From ~£10/mo |
| Built for | Regulated professional workflows | General privacy-first assistant |
| Governance tooling (audit export, DPIA + policy templates, written pilot) | ✓ Yes | Not its focus |
| Underlying model | Frontier open models on our hardware | Open Llama 3.1 405B |
relaxAI details from Civo's public announcements as of June 2026 (UK datacentre processing under UK law; no training on customer data without consent; from ~£10/mo; built on Llama 3.1 405B). Both products are private and outside US CLOUD Act jurisdiction. Spot an error, including anything unfair to relaxAI? Tell us and we'll correct it within one working day.
relaxAI is a capable, general-purpose privacy-first assistant from an established UK cloud company, and it starts at roughly a quarter of our price. If you want a sovereign general assistant for broad use and cost is the main criterion, relaxAI is a strong, honest choice, and we'd rather say so than pretend otherwise.
Hush isn't a general chatbot, it's built around regulated professional work. That means drafting under clinician or fee-earner review (not an ambient scribe, not a medical device), a one-click audit-log export for your information-governance lead, free DPIA and practice-policy templates, sector pages for GPs, law, finance and HR, and a written two-week pilot with support in writing. We also run on privately owned hardware rather than rented cloud capacity. If your need is governed drafting you can evidence to a regulator, that's what we optimise for.
Choose relaxAI if you want a low-cost, general-purpose private assistant and don't need professional-governance tooling.
Choose Hush if you're a GP practice, law firm, finance/advice firm or HR team that needs governed drafting, audit trail, DPIA support, drafting-under-review, and is happy to pay more for tooling built around your regulatory reality.
Free two-week pilot, entirely in writing. No card, no calls. Compare it honestly against whatever you're using.
Start Free → All comparisonsNeither, both are genuinely private. relaxAI (by Civo) processes on UK datacentres under UK law and does not train on customer data without consent; Hush AI runs on privately owned hardware. Both sit outside US CLOUD Act jurisdiction, so sovereignty is not the deciding factor between them.
relaxAI is a capable, lower-cost, general-purpose privacy-first assistant from the cloud provider Civo, built on the open Llama 3.1 405B model. Hush AI is built specifically for private, everyday useflows, drafting under review for GPs, solicitors, accountants and HR, with governance tooling such as one-click audit-log export, free DPIA and policy templates, and a written pilot model.
Yes. relaxAI starts from about £10 per month; Hush AI starts at £39 (Personal) with Professional at £99. If price is the only criterion and you want a general assistant, relaxAI is the lower-cost choice. Hush is priced for regulated-professional use with the governance tooling that entails.