{"slug": "best-privacy-friendly-cloud-based-llms", "title": "Best privacy-friendly cloud-based LLMs", "summary": "A user reports that Ask Brave, which combines Llama and Qwen models with Brave's search indexing, is the best privacy-friendly cloud-based LLM option, outperforming Lumo and duck.ai's models like gpt-oss-120B and Haiku 4.5.", "body_md": "Don’t see a lot of talk about this generally.\n\nI have tried Lumo and all the models available on duck.ai. The gpt-oss-120B and Haiku 4.5 with reasoning are the best IMO. I also like that gpt-oss is also likely not touching OpenAI servers at all, though I don’t know where the model is running.\n\nI must say though I am very impressed with Ask Brave. I’ve not seen anyone recommend it. It uses a combination of Llama and Qwen IIRC. It integrates web-search really well and integrates it with Brave’s search indexing. IMO Brave also has the best search engine outside of Google. I have to say Ask Brave seems to be the best privacy-friendly cloud-based option available. It also doesn’t say no so much either like the better models on duck.ai.\n\nWhat does the community think?", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/best-privacy-friendly-cloud-based-llms", "canonical_source": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/best-privacy-friendly-cloud-based-llms/39046#post_1", "published_at": "2026-07-08 13:26:28+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 13:34:47.819596+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Brave", "Lumo", "duck.ai", "gpt-oss-120B", "Haiku 4.5", "Llama", "Qwen"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/best-privacy-friendly-cloud-based-llms", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/best-privacy-friendly-cloud-based-llms.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/best-privacy-friendly-cloud-based-llms.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/best-privacy-friendly-cloud-based-llms.jsonld"}}