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Lemonade vs Foundry Local: catalog facts
Lemonade	Foundry Local
Free Free to use, with no paid tier mentioned.	Free Free to download from Microsoft.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Command line
Chat, vision, image, speech, transcription and embeddings in one runtime Comes with a GUI, a CLI and API endpoints	Runs models entirely on the device Hardware-accelerated local inference
Hardware support details are not covered on the homepage An embeddable SDK means some features are aimed at developers rather than end users	Oriented toward developers building applications Licence terms are not stated in the research used here
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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