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Cradle vs Iris.ai
Both are professional tools for the pharmaceutical industry. Cradle has a stronger GDPR profile; Iris.ai has an EU-based provider.
CradleCradle (Amsterdam, Netherlands and Zurich, Switzerland)GDPR: Strongon request (licence, no royalties or milestone payments)
Stronger on 1 by 2 points with a clear margin
Iris.aiIris AI AS (Bærum, Norway)GDPR: Limitedon request
Stronger on 1 by 2 points with a clear margin
The key differences
- Cradle has a stronger GDPR profile: Strong, versus Limited at Iris.ai.
- Iris.ai is based in the EU, Cradle outside the EU.
| Criterion | Cradle | Iris.ai |
|---|---|---|
| GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data. For a professional tool: whether the data is stored in the EU, whether there is a certification or GDPR guarantee, and whether the provider is based in the Netherlands or the EU. For a general model: EU hosting, no training on your data and self-hosting. From Strong to Unknown; Caution only for a model with a documented problem. How we measure | Strong | Limited |
| Price | on request (licence, no royalties or milestone payments) | on request |
| Origin | Outside EU | EU |
| Tasks | – | AI for searching documents |
Choose Cradle if…
- GDPR and confidentiality weigh heavily
- you're searching for: designing protein candidates
- you're searching for: optimising properties in parallel
Choose Iris.ai if…
- you want a provider in the EU
- what you are looking for: RSpace: R&D documents, papers, patents
- what you are looking for: filtering document sets beyond keywords
Features of Cradle
- Designing protein candidates
- Optimising properties in parallel
- Learns each round from your own lab data
- Antibodies, enzymes, vaccines, peptides
- Web app with point-and-click design
- All features also via API
Features of Iris.ai
- RSpace: R&D documents, papers, patents
- Filtering document sets beyond keywords
- Facts automatically into one structure
- Following new publications automatically
- Axion: structuring PDFs, tables and images
- Schema templates per field
- Output ready for RAG and AI agents
- Neuralith: company knowledge as an AI engine
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better: Cradle or Iris.ai?
- Cradle has a stronger GDPR profile; Iris.ai has an EU-based provider. Which matters more to you determines the choice; the table sets everything side by side.
- Which is safer for your data: Cradle or Iris.ai?
- Cradle has the stronger GDPR profile (Strong versus Limited). The profile summarises what the provider publishes; always sign a data processing agreement. See the GDPR check for the pharmaceutical industry.
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