Runars vs Augure

Canadian too. Unverified on performance. Scored in public.

Augure also keeps inference in Canada. The difference is what you can check. Runars' served models are on Artificial Analysis, an independent index with a published methodology. Augure has no independently verified benchmark results.

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Credit where due

Augure is built for professionals, not developers: a chat app, Desktop and mobile apps, Quebec French and Canadian legal tuning, and audit-ready compliance documentation. If your buyer is a legal team rather than an engineer, that's their product.

Data residency

Zero border crossings.

Augure also says its inference runs in Canada, under zero-retention agreements. Runars names the cities: Montreal and Calgary. Ask both for the data-flow diagram in writing before you sign.

request trace
  1. 1your app🇨🇦 Canada
  2. 2runars.ca/v1🇨🇦 Canada
  3. 3inference🇨🇦 Montreal · Calgary
  4. 4logs + prompt cache🇨🇦 Canada

border crossings: 0

Performance

Scored in public. Or not at all.

GLM 5.3 scores 45 and Kimi K3 scores 44 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2, an independent third party with a published method. Augure's flagship, Rosedale One, publishes no scores. Ossington 5's figures are self-reported from an internal 370-prompt battery, with methodology under NDA.

aa-intelligence-index v4.3.2
GLM 5.3 (reasoning)45
Kimi K3 (reasoning)44
Augure Rosedale Onenot published
Augure Ossington 5self-reported

independent index: public

Compatibility

Keep your code. Change one URL.

Augure's API is OpenAI-compatible and its docs show only chat completions. Runars also speaks the Anthropic Messages API, so Claude Code and Anthropic-SDK agents work by changing one base URL.

app.py
client = Anthropic(
  base_url="https://runars.ca",
  api_key=os.environ["RUNARS_API_KEY"],
)

# OpenAI SDK works too — same key.

Head to head.

The short version, row by row. Every Augure claim links to a source at the bottom of the page.

Canadian inference
Runars
Montreal & Calgary. Logs and prompt cache stay in Canada.
Augure
Claimed: Canadian-operated gateway and zero-retention inference.
Independent benchmark score
Runars
GLM 5.3: 45 · Kimi K3: 44 on AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2 (reasoning variants).
Augure
None published for Rosedale One. Ossington 5 is self-reported.
Public scoring methodology
Runars
Artificial Analysis publishes its index components and method.
Augure
Ossington 5 methodology and per-prompt results: NDA only.
Anthropic Messages API
Runars
Native /v1/messages. Point the Anthropic SDK or Claude Code at runars.ca.
Augure
Not offered. OpenAI-compatible API only.
OpenAI-compatible API
Runars
/v1/chat/completions and /v1/responses.
Augure
/v1/chat/completions. Embeddings mentioned, no paths listed.
Bring your own coding agent
Runars
Claude Code runs against Runars by changing the base URL.
Augure
Own CLI (Augure Code). Claude Code isn't supported.

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base_url = "https://…"
base_url = "https://runars.ca/v1"
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Sources · checked 2026-10-10

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