[ Alternatives ]

Comparisons

• SilentAPI alternatives

  The main alternatives to SilentAPI, compared on signup, payment, logging, and Tor access.

• OpenRouter alternatives

  Best for the largest model catalog with card billing.

  One API for hundreds of models. It needs an account and adds a 5.5% fee on card purchases and a 5% fee on crypto. No Monero.

• NanoGPT alternatives

  Best for the largest pay per use model list with no account.

  Pay per use chat and API with 1,000+ models, no account, crypto and Monero payments, and an official Tor onion API.

• PayPerQ alternatives

  Best for pay per query with no signup and encrypted hardware chat.

  Pay per query chat and API with Bitcoin, Lightning, Litecoin, and Monero payments, no signup, and chat in encrypted hardware (TEE).

• Venice.ai alternatives

  Best for a private consumer chat app with a free tier.

  Private chat app and API. Chats stay in your browser, and requests are relayed without storage. It takes card, Bitcoin for plans, USDC wallet credits, and VVV staking, but not Monero.

• Tinfoil alternatives

  Best for open models in verifiable secure hardware, paid by card.

  Private chat and an OpenAI compatible API that run open models in secure enclaves. Email or Google sign in, card only, and higher token prices than SilentAPI on shared models.

• Duck.ai alternatives

  Best for free private chat in the browser.

  Free private chat by DuckDuckGo. Your IP address is removed before prompts reach the model provider. No public API.

• Proton Lumo alternatives

  Best for Proton users who want encrypted chat history.

  Private chat by Proton with a no logs policy and zero access encryption. Open source models in European data centers. No public API.

How we compared

We compared each service on the points that matter for private AI chat and API use: signup, payment, Monero, logging, Tor and I2P access, and model range. We read each service's own pricing, privacy, terms, and documentation pages on October 6, 2026, and we link those pages under each table.

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