𝟭𝟳 𝗟𝗟𝗠 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝟰 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟯 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀.

I mapped every subscription tier from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Mistral against four questions a pharma board needs answered before any AI procurement decision. The result is sobering.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟰 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

𝟭. Does the provider train on our inputs by default?

𝟮. Can we lawfully process EU personal data on this tier (GDPR)?

𝟯. Can we lawfully process US patient data on this tier (HIPAA)?

𝟰. Is DPA + BAA + Zero Data Retention available on the same tier?

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁: Out of 17 tier combinations, only 3 pass all four tests.

OpenAI Enterprise / Healthcare / API.

Anthropic Claude Enterprise / API.

Google Workspace Enterprise / Vertex AI.

That is it. Everything else fails at least one question. Most fail three.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴:

ChatGPT Team? No HIPAA BAA, no ZDR. Fails questions 3 and 4.

Claude Pro? Consumer terms, opt-in training, US-only storage. Fails all four.

Gemini Pro? Same as free tier for training. Fails all four.

Mistral Enterprise? Strongest EU option, fully GDPR-native, no CLOUD Act exposure. But no HIPAA BAA. Fails question 3.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗵: Most pharma companies are running AI on one of the 14 tiers that do not pass. Not because they made a risk decision. Because someone in the organization signed up, started working, and nobody asked the four questions.

This is not a technology failure. It is a governance gap. The real question behind this matrix is not "which LLM should we buy?" It is "does your organization know what data is touching AI right now?"

Samsung engineers pasted semiconductor source code into ChatGPT within 20 days of getting access. They were not malicious. They were trying to be productive. That is the pattern.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁: Ban all consumer and Pro tiers for anything you would not post publicly. Migrate R&D, clinical, and regulatory staff to an approved Enterprise tenant. And before you choose a vendor, classify your workloads.

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