No account, no email
If you have to hand over an email to start, there is a profile tied to you. The most private tools ask for nothing.
AI privacy · guide
A privatealternative.
If you want a ChatGPT alternative because privacy matters, the checklist is short but strict. Here is what "private" should actually mean, your real options, and where NOLO fits, told honestly.
The checklist
What makes an AI truly private.
Marketing loves the word "private". These four criteria are how you separate the real thing from the slogan.
Data on your device
Your history should live in your browser or machine, not in a company database you have to trust.
No training, no retention
The provider running the model should not train on your messages and should retain nothing after answering.
No tracking
No tracking cookies, no ad profiling, no selling your data to anyone.
Your options
Two honest paths.
Run a model locally
The most private option: run an open-weights model on your own hardware, so nothing leaves your machine.
- Maximum privacyNothing leaves your computer at all.
- Needs setup and hardwareTechnical, and heavy models need a capable GPU.
- You maintain itUpdates, tools and fixes are on you.
Use NOLO
A no-setup private AI in the browser: open it and go, without the account or the tracking.
- Nothing to install or configureWorks instantly in any browser.
- No account, no emailAn anonymous on-device ID is your access.
- No training, zero retentionGDPR-compliant providers, history on your device.
- Honest about limitsNot frontier models, great for everyday work.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Four things: no mandatory account or email, your history stored on your own device instead of a company database, providers that don't train on your messages and retain nothing, and no tracking or ad profiling. If a service ticks all four, it is genuinely private.
Yes. The most private option is running an open-weights model locally on your own machine, but that needs technical setup and hardware. For a no-setup option that still respects privacy, a service like NOLO gives you a private AI in the browser with no account and no training on your data.
Honestly, not always at the very top end. ChatGPT can use frontier models that are objectively more powerful. Privacy-first services like NOLO use strong open-weights models that are excellent for everyday work, and compete on privacy, price and honesty rather than raw peak performance.
Not the important ones. NOLO still offers web search, image generation, document and image understanding, voice and long context, but tools only ever receive a short keyword, never your whole conversation.
NOLO has a real free plan, plus paid plans at EUR 7.99 and EUR 16.99 per month with VAT included. Running models locally is free but requires capable hardware and setup.
The private
alternative, no setup.
No account, no email, no tracking, and if it doesn't convince you, you haven't left a single piece of data behind.