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LemonadeOllama
Free

Free to use, with no paid tier mentioned.

 Freemium

Running models locally is free. The optional hosted cloud inference starts at $20 a month.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Chat, vision, image, speech, transcription and embeddings in one runtime
  • Comes with a GUI, a CLI and API endpoints
  • One command to download and run a model, with no Python environment to build first
  • A REST API on localhost, so editors, scripts and agents can use the local model
  • Hardware support details are not covered on the homepage
  • An embeddable SDK means some features are aimed at developers rather than end users
  • Model quality is bounded by your hardware; large models need a lot of VRAM or unified memory
  • The company now also sells cloud inference, so read carefully which mode you are in
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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