Approved AI Services

Use this tool to quickly compare Stanford provided AI solutions and pick the best fit for your needs.

The options listed below are services provided by Stanford University and require that you are signed in with via Stanford Single Sign-On (SSO) using your SUNet ID and password.

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Service	Description	Provider	Available to	Risk Category	Use Cases	Cost	Notes
AI Catalyst	AI Catalyst offers Stanford community members a structured pathway to develop customized AI solutions for research, teaching, administrative needs, and more.	UIT	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Custom Applications	Free
AWS Bedrock	Provides access to Amazon AI and other third-party AI models.	Amazon	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Custom Applications, Developer and IaaS AI Tools	Paid	Approved for all risk levels when used with: Cardinal Cloud regular log-ins to Wiz and in accordance with MinSec a DRA for High Risk/PHI
AWS Q	A managed generative AI-powered chat assistant.	Amazon	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk	Custom Applications, Developer and IaaS AI Tools	Paid
AWS Sagemaker	A managed platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning models.	Amazon	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Custom Applications, Developer and IaaS AI Tools	Paid	Approved for all risk levels when used with: Cardinal Cloud regular log-ins to Wiz and in accordance with MinSec a DRA for High Risk/PHI
Azure OpenAI	Provides access to Azure OpenAI and other third-party AI models.	OpenAI	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Custom Applications, Developer and IaaS AI Tools	Paid	Approved for all risk levels when used with: Cardinal Cloud regular log-ins to Wiz and in accordance with MinSec a DRA for High Risk/PHI
Carina 2.0	Secure computing cluster supporting both batch and interactive workloads. Today best suited for inference and modest training runs but upgrades are planned to add more model training capabilities. Local models supported.	Stanford Research Computing	Staff, Faculty	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Large-Scale Computing	Free, Paid
ChatGPT Codex	An AI agent from OpenAI designed to perform real work across files, tools, and workflows — including gathering information, creating documents, and automating workflows, beyond basic coding assistance.	OpenAI	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI	Coding Assistance	Paid	Approved for use with Stanford data when logged in via Stanford SSO. Not approved for personal accounts or accounts without SSO.
ChatGPT on AI Playground	An AI chat assistant that can answer questions, write and edit content, analyze documents, and help with code. Explore ChatGPT's range of models, from lightweight options for everyday tasks to advanced models for complex work, in the Stanford AI Playground.	OpenAI	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Free	High-Risk non-PHI only; PHI review in progress for AI Playground.
ChatGPT through AI API Gateway	Designed for Stanford community members who want to develop their own AI solution(s) using the models available in the AI Playground.	OpenAI	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with PHI	Custom Applications	Paid
Claude Code	A command line and development environment tool powered by Anthropic's Claude models that assists with code generation, refactoring, debugging, and repository-level editing.	Anthropic	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI	Coding Assistance	Free	Approved for use with Stanford data when logged in via Stanford SSO. Not approved for personal accounts or accounts without SSO. PHI processing is not covered under this approval.
Claude Cowork	An AI assistant that works directly on your computer, handling complex tasks like organizing files, creating documents, and executing workflows autonomously.	Anthropic	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI	Custom Applications	Free	Approved for use with Stanford data when logged in via Stanford SSO. Not approved for personal accounts or accounts without SSO. PHI processing is not covered under this approval.
Claude for Education	Stanford provided service for Anthropic's AI tool that can summarize, generate content, and assist with research or writing. Available as a browser-based tool, desktop application, and mobile app. Fable 5 remains disabled in the Stanford enterprise environment. Please see note on service page.	Anthropic	Staff, Faculty, Students, Postdocs	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Free, Paid	Approved for use with Stanford data when logged into your Stanford provided account via Single Sign On. This tool is powered by similar Anthropic models as those available in Stanford's AI Playground. Please note: Although Anthropic has redeployed Claude Fable 5, this tool remains disabled in the Stanford enterprise environment as it does not currently align with the university’s obligations for data governance, research protection, and institutional risk management. If you have questions about Fable 5, please submit a Help request.
Claude on AI Playground	An AI assistant that can write and edit content, analyze documents, assist with coding, and handle complex reasoning tasks. Explore Claude's range of models from efficient options for quick structured tasks to advanced models for long running tasks and advanced coding workflows in the Stanford AI Playground.	Anthropic	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Free	High-Risk non-PHI only; PHI review in progress for AI Playground.
Claude through AI API Gateway	Designed for Stanford community members who want to develop their own AI solution(s) using the models available in the AI Playground.	Anthropic	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with PHI	Custom Applications	Paid
Cline through the AI API Gateway	An AI-powered coding assistant that integrates with local development environments like VS Code, to generate, modify, and execute code.	Cline	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI	Coding Assistance	Paid
Deepseek on AI Playground	An AI assistant that excels at coding, technical reasoning, advanced math, and complex problem-solving. Available in several models in the Stanford AI Playground, DeepSeek has an "Open Thinking" feature that lets you see the model's reasoning in real-time as part of its response.	Deepseek	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Free	High-Risk non-PHI only; PHI review in progress for AI Playground.
Deepseek through AI API Gateway	Designed for Stanford community members who want to develop their own AI solution(s) using the models available in the AI Playground.	Deepseek	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with PHI	Custom Applications	Paid
Gemini on AI Playground	An AI assistant strong in reasoning, coding, multilingual tasks, and multimodal analysis. Explore Gemini models in the Stanford AI Playground, from lightweight options for quick responses to Gemini 2.5 Pro, a model for deep research and complex web development.	Google	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Free	High-Risk non-PHI only; PHI review in progress for AI Playground.
Gemini through AI API Gateway	Designed for Stanford community members who want to develop their own AI solution(s) using the models available in the AI Playground.	Google	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with PHI	Custom Applications	Paid
GitHub Copilot	An AI coding assistant that suggests code completions, functions, and documentation directly in the selected integrated development environment (IDE).	Microsoft	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk	Coding Assistance	Paid	Approved only for Cardinal Cloud GitHub.
Google Gemini Chat	Free, basic AI chatbot powered by Google Gemini AI models. It can answer questions, write content, summarize documents, and generate images, but it is not integrated into Google Workspace.	Google	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk	Chat and Collaboration	Free
Google Gemini Enterprise Pro	Upgraded tool for users with heavier research, productivity, or workflow needs. Provides higher usage limits and access to more powerful reasoning models for vast datasets at a discounted rate.	Google	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Paid
Google Gemini Enterprise Standard	Gives you access to Google's latest AI models within the productivity tools you already use.	Google	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Free
Google NotebookLM	AI-powered research and note-taking tool that lets you upload documents and ask questions about them. Uses Google Gemini models to summarize content, extract insights, and generate new material.	Google	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk	Chat and Collaboration	Free
Google Vertex	Provides access to Google AI and other third-party AI models.	Google	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Custom Applications, Developer and IaaS AI Tools	Paid	Approved for all risk levels when used with: Cardinal Cloud regular log-ins to Wiz and in accordance with MinSec a DRA for High Risk/PHI
Grammarly	An AI writing assistant that integrates with browsers, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and other applications to help with grammar checking, style improvement, tone suggestions, and AI-generated text.	Grammarly	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk	Chat and Collaboration	Paid
Llama-4 on AI Playground	An open-source AI assistant strong in writing, summarization, translation, and multilingual tasks. Explore Llama models in the Stanford AI Playground, from fast, lightweight options to more capable versions for creative tasks and research support across languages.	Meta	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Free	High-Risk non-PHI only; PHI review in progress for AI Playground.
Llama-4 through AI API Gateway	Designed for Stanford community members who want to develop their own AI solution(s) using the models available in the AI Playground.	Meta	Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with PHI	Custom Applications	Paid
Marlowe	A large-scale, high-performance, GPU-based computational instrument built on NVIDIA DGX H100 Superpod architecture and designed to deliver cutting-edge computational performance. Optimized for large scale model training.	HAI, Stanford Research Computing	Staff, Faculty	Low Risk Moderate Risk	Large-Scale Computing	Free, Paid
Microsoft 365 Copilot	A more powerful AI assistant (powered by OpenAI models) built directly into Microsoft 365 applications like Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams for increased functionality.	Microsoft	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Chat and Collaboration, Transcription and Meeting Based	Paid
Microsoft Copilot Chat	A more advanced AI chatbot that runs on Microsoft’s infrastructure. Provides chat style interactions and can generate text and images but is not integrated into Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).	Microsoft	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk	Chat and Collaboration	Free
NotebookLM Enterprise	Enterprise version of Google's AI-powered research and note-taking tool, enabling document upload and Q&A with added enterprise-grade data governance.	Google	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Paid	Distinct from the standard "Google NotebookLM" entry, which remains approved only for Low/Moderate Risk.
OpenAI ChatGPT Edu	OpenAI's AI tools that can generate text, answer questions, create images, write code, and assist with a wide variety of tasks. Available as browser based tool, desktop application, and and mobile app.	OpenAI	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Free, Paid	Approved for use with Stanford data when logged into your Stanford provided account via Single Sign On. This tool is powered by similar OpenAI models as those available in Stanford's AI Playground.
SHC-SoM Secure GPT	Stanford Medicine hosted platform that allows users to test out multiple AI models in a safe, Stanford Medicine supported environment.	OpenAI	School of Medicine	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Free
Sherlock	A shared computing cluster providing access to a base set of managed computing resources, GPU-based servers, and a multi-petabyte, high-performance parallel filesystem for short-term storage. Suitable for model training. Numerous local models supported.	Stanford Research Computing	Staff, Faculty	Low Risk Moderate Risk	Large-Scale Computing	Free, Paid
Slack AI Tools	Brings built-in AI features to Stanford's instance of Slack to summarize threads, surface answers, automate routine workflows, and more.	Slack	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI	Chat and Collaboration	Free
Voice commands in Google Docs and Slides	A built-in Google Docs and Slides feature that lets you type and edit documents, speaker notes, and captions using your voice. Compatible with the latest versions of Chrome, Edge, and Safari.	Google	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI	Transcription and Meeting Based	Free	Approved for use with Stanford data when logged into your Stanford-issued Google account.
Zoom AI Companion	A native Zoom feature that boosts meeting productivity with AI-powered summaries, smart recordings, and the ability to answer questions during meetings.	Zoom	Staff, Faculty, Students	Low Risk Moderate Risk	Transcription and Meeting Based	Free