Is there an OpenEvidence alternative available in the EU?

Yes. CliniAtlas is an EU-hosted clinical evidence search platform that is available across the EU and UK, free for verified healthcare professionals and students. Several other tools also serve European clinicians; see our full comparison of eight alternatives.

Why did OpenEvidence leave Europe?

OpenEvidence withdrew access for EU and UK users in April 2026, citing regulatory uncertainty around the EU AI Act. There is no announced timeline for a return.

Is CliniAtlas free like OpenEvidence was?

Yes. CliniAtlas is free for verified healthcare professionals and students, without advertising.

How is CliniAtlas different from OpenEvidence?

CliniAtlas keeps its core application, stored service data, and model inference in the EU; evidence-search terms may still be sent to external source services. It explicitly retrieves European regulatory and guideline sources such as EMA labels alongside PubMed and Europe PMC, and it publishes the methodology used to evaluate answer quality.

Is CliniAtlas a clinical decision-support system?

No. CliniAtlas is a professional reference and evidence-retrieval tool for general clinical and scientific questions. It does not diagnose, recommend treatment for an individual patient, or function as a certified clinical decision-support system.

Comparison, updated August 2026

Looking for an OpenEvidence alternative in the EU?

OpenEvidence geoblocked the European Union and United Kingdom in April 2026, and European clinicians who used it daily lost access overnight. CliniAtlas was built for European practice from the start: hosted in the EU, grounded in EMA and European guideline sources, free for verified clinicians, with a citation on every line. This page is a direct comparison so you can decide quickly whether it fits your practice. One thing up front: CliniAtlas is our product, and we are not affiliated with OpenEvidence.

CliniAtlas vs OpenEvidence at a glance

	CliniAtlas	OpenEvidence
EU and UK availability	Available. Built and operated in the EU.	Unavailable in the EU and UK since April 2026; no public re-entry announcement found as of 5 August 2026.
Hosting and data processing	Core application, stored service data, and model inference in AWS eu-central-1. Evidence searches also call external source services.	US-based provider. Public privacy materials describe processing across multiple locations and do not promise EU-only data residency.
Sources	PubMed, Europe PMC, EMA labels and assessment reports, and European clinical guidelines.	Peer-reviewed literature from 300+ journals, plus FDA, CDC, NEJM, JAMA, and US specialty-society content.
Citations	A citation on every line. Sources are inspectable and graded by their place in the evidence hierarchy.	Cited answers with source links.
Price	Free for verified healthcare professionals and students.	Free for verified US clinicians, ad-supported.
Clinician verification	European HCP verification. No US NPI number required.	Current mobile listing requires an NPI; the product page describes access for verified US HCPs.
Accuracy evaluation	Public evaluation methodology; the first clinician-reviewed baseline results are still being finalized.	Evaluated in peer-reviewed and preprint studies; its architecture, base models, and training pipeline remain proprietary.
Product focus	European HCP workflows; English and Croatian app interface, with English and German public content.	US HCP workflows; current public product materials emphasize US clinicians and US regulatory and specialty sources.

The short version: if you practise in Europe, the practical question is not which tool is better in the abstract, but which tool you can use at all, where your queries are processed, and whether it knows the sources your regulator and your guidelines actually cite. Those are the axes this comparison is built on.

What European clinicians should check before adopting any evidence tool

Where are the core service and model inference hosted, and which external services receive search terms? Which sources does the product read, and do they include EMA labels and European guidelines alongside a US-focused source mix? Can I inspect the citation behind every claim? And what public evaluation exists, with how much methodological transparency? Tools differ far more on these questions than on their chat interfaces. Our answers are on the methodology page and the EU evidence search overview.

Not just us: the other alternatives

CliniAtlas is not the only option for European clinicians, and depending on your country, language, and institution another tool may fit better. We maintain an honest ranked comparison of eight OpenEvidence alternatives for European clinicians, including tools we compete with.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an OpenEvidence alternative available in the EU?: Yes. CliniAtlas is an EU-hosted clinical evidence search platform that is available across the EU and UK, free for verified healthcare professionals and students. Several other tools also serve European clinicians; see our full comparison of eight alternatives.
Why did OpenEvidence leave Europe?: OpenEvidence withdrew access for EU and UK users in April 2026, citing regulatory uncertainty around the EU AI Act. There is no announced timeline for a return.
Is CliniAtlas free like OpenEvidence was?: Yes. CliniAtlas is free for verified healthcare professionals and students, without advertising.
How is CliniAtlas different from OpenEvidence?: CliniAtlas keeps its core application, stored service data, and model inference in the EU; evidence-search terms may still be sent to external source services. It explicitly retrieves European regulatory and guideline sources such as EMA labels alongside PubMed and Europe PMC, and it publishes the methodology used to evaluate answer quality.
Is CliniAtlas a clinical decision-support system?: No. CliniAtlas is a professional reference and evidence-retrieval tool for general clinical and scientific questions. It does not diagnose, recommend treatment for an individual patient, or function as a certified clinical decision-support system.

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Last updated 5 August 2026. OpenEvidence details reflect the public sources above and may change; corrections are welcome at hello@discensmachina.com. CliniAtlas is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenEvidence.