FriendliAI
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FriendliAIfriendli
These privacy labels describe FriendliAI, the upstream model provider. Confidential requires all three: verified provider compute, end-to-end encryption and explicit zero data retention. Account and billing metadata are outside the content-retention claim.
| Provider | FriendliAI |
|---|---|
| API operator country | US Legal home of the API operator, not an inference-location guarantee. |
| Headquarters | Not verified |
| Routing status | Active |
| Provider website | https://friendli.ai/ |
| Models | 5 public models |
| Credits routes | 5 |
| Zero data retention | not claimed |
| Verified confidential inference | Not verified |
| Policy note | No provider-ZDR claim is tracked here. Friendli's legal/privacy terms are linked for users who need to review API data handling. Policy source |
Inference locations
Provider API declarations are also available on each model's endpoint API. Direct chat and Responses replies separate advertised availability from serving location in usage.inference_location; the actual serving region remains unknown when not reported.
usage.provider_usage.gateway_region identifies the TrustedRouter gateway, not the provider's inference location. A value such as europe-west4 does not mean the model ran in Europe. usage.inference_location.serving_region remains null when the provider has not reported it. Older gateways may return the gateway-only field as provider_usage.region.
Where the upstream GPUs execute the model, not the provider's headquarters, API ingress, or data storage. ZDR and confidential inference do not by themselves restrict geography.
- Declared countries or regions
- Not verified
No inference-location declaration has been verified for this provider. - Can locations change?
- Not verified. Do not assume that the serving location is fixed.
- Provider region pinning
- Not verified.
- Pinning through TrustedRouter
- No verified provider-specific location pin documented here.
- Infrastructure declaration
- Inference location not verified; no country-specific residency commitment.
- Evidence
- Not yet reviewed.
Provider selection alone is not a region pin. TrustedRouter's US provider filter selects company jurisdiction, not GPU location. A regional gateway hostname does not pin a downstream GPU. For a binding residency requirement, confirm the model, region, failover scope and enforced controls before sending sensitive data.
Measured performance
25 samplesContinuously sampled across FriendliAI's routed models: p50 TTFT, effective throughput, and success rate. Effective throughput uses provider-reported output tokens over complete request time. Unsupported route and probe-configuration rows are separated from provider downtime. No prompt or output content stored.
| p50 TTFT | 945 ms |
|---|---|
| Effective throughput | 270 tok/s n=3 |
| Uptime | 100.00% |
| Model | p50 TTFT | Effective throughput | Uptime | Config excluded | Availability samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| z-ai/glm-5.3 | 811 ms | 270 tok/s n=1 | 100.00% | — | 4 |
| z-ai/glm-5.1 | 830 ms | — | 100.00% | — | 4 |
| google/gemma-4-31b-it | 940 ms | 383 tok/s n=1 | 100.00% | — | 3 |
| z-ai/glm-5.2 | 945 ms | 117 tok/s n=1 | 100.00% | — | 8 |
| z-ai/glm-5.3-flash | 1189 ms | — | 100.00% | — | 6 |
FriendliAI performance history · Full provider & model leaderboard.
Models served by FriendliAI.
Each row links to pricing, provider, benchmark, and API pages for the model.
| Model | AI IQ | Context | Input | Cached input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
google/gemma-4-31b-itGoogle: Gemma 4 31B |
IQ 101#120 | 262,144 | $0.1477/1M | Not published | $0.422/1M |
z-ai/glm-5.1Z.ai: GLM 5.1 |
IQ 112#67 | 202,752 | $1.477/1M | $0.2743/1M | $4.642/1M |
z-ai/glm-5.2Z.ai: GLM 5.2 |
IQ 118#53 | 1,048,576 | $1.477/1M | $0.2743/1M | $4.642/1M |
z-ai/glm-5.3Z.ai: GLM 5.3 |
IQ 124#30 | 1,048,576 | $1.3293/1M | $0.24687/1M | $4.1778/1M |
z-ai/glm-5.3-flashZ.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash |
IQ 119#50 | 1,048,576 | $0.15825/1M | $0.03165/1M | $0.5275/1M |
Questions
Does FriendliAI have zero data retention?
TrustedRouter does not currently mark FriendliAI as provider-level zero data retention. Use trustedrouter/zdr or provider.min_privacy=zdr to select a different eligible route, and review the linked policy source for changes.
Is FriendliAI end-to-end encrypted?
TrustedRouter does not currently mark FriendliAI as end-to-end encrypted at the provider boundary. The TrustedRouter gateway is still attested, but the selected provider normally receives the request in order to run the model. Use trustedrouter/e2e for the stronger route requirement.
Which FriendliAI models are available through TrustedRouter?
This page currently lists 5 public FriendliAI models, with live pricing, route count, context length, measured performance when available, and links to each model's provider and benchmark pages.