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The default choice for local LLM inference — and for good reason. 176K GitHub stars, 9M+ users, MIT license, one-command setup. Runs on any hardware from Raspberry Pi 5 to dual H100s, with a model catalog spanning 4,500+ open-weight options. The OpenAI-compatible API with streaming, tool calling, structured outputs, and embeddings means no vendor lock-in — swap from Ollama to OpenAI (or vice versa) by changing one URL. Ollama Cloud (Pro $20/mo, Max $100/mo) extends the same surface to managed inference. The recent $65M raise confirms sustained investment. For any developer who wants to run AI locally — whether for privacy, cost control, or offline use — Ollama is where you start.

AI-Powered

Each inference request is a stateless REST API call — no carried AI context between requests

Is it right for you?

Good for

  • Local-first AI development — run 4,500+ models on your own hardware with zero API costs
  • Privacy-sensitive workloads — all inference stays on your infrastructure, never leaves the machine
  • Cost-controlled AI — fixed hardware cost replaces per-token billing; break-even at ~$200/mo API spend
  • Offline/air-gapped environments — no internet required after model pull
  • Developer toolchain integration — OpenAI-compatible API works with LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hermes Agent, Continue.dev

Not good for

  • Frontier model access — can only run open-weight models; no GPT-5.6, Claude, or Gemini via Ollama
  • Teams without GPU hardware — running 70B+ models on CPU is impractical (<1 tok/sec)
  • Zero-ops managed serving — Cloud plans exist but the local product requires hardware management

Our experience

We haven't tested Ollama ourselves. This profile is based on public documentation, user reviews, and community feedback.

Pricing

Open Source
Local (Free)Free
  • Run any compatible open-weight model on your own hardware
  • No usage limits, no API keys, no data leaves your machine
Free$0
  • Run models locally
  • Starter usage credits included
  • Includes access to starter models
  • Add credits to unlock all models
  • No service fees
Pro$20/mo or $200/yr billed annually
  • $60 of usage credits per month
  • Access to larger pro models
  • Run multiple models concurrently
  • Fast mode (coming soon)
Max$100/mo
  • $300 of usage credits per month
  • Early access to the newest models
  • 10 concurrent requests
Team$500/mo (early access)
  • Unlimited users
  • $1,000 of usage credits per month, shared across the team
  • Centralized billing and administration
  • Priority support
  • Shared projects, skills, and instructions (coming soon)
EnterpriseCustom
  • Model access controls
  • Set cost budgets for users and API keys
  • Private Slack channel with dedicated support
  • Custom security questionnaires
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    Team plan restructured: stored '$25/seat/mo (5-seat minimum)' -> live '$500 / mo.' labelled 'Early access', 'Unlimited users', '$1,000 of usage credits per month, shared across the team'. Usage is now dollar-denominated credits on every tier: Pro '$60 of usage credits per month' (was '50x more cloud usage than Free'), Max '$300 of usage credits per month' (was '5x more usage than Pro'). Pro now also '$200/yr billed annually'. Stored Max note 'New sign-ups paused for capacity' removed: the words seat/minimum/paused/waitlist/capacity appear nowhere on the live page (verbatim re-read). New Enterprise tier (Custom). Pro and Max headline prices unchanged ($20/$100), so verdict_summary facts still hold; no verdict move. Page read three times, Team/Max/Pro/Free/Enterprise cards quoted verbatim. hash unchanged by design: pricing_tiers are child rows and canonical_hash covers scalar columns only. entity_id taken from this entity's actor=backfill rows (seed_verification_log.py writes entity.id).

  • Pricing— Updated

    Automated agent

    New Team plan: $25/seat/mo (5-seat minimum), includes shared billing, priority support. Pro $20/mo and Max $100/mo unchanged. Max sign-ups paused for capacity.

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