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LM Studio vs Lemonade: catalog facts
LM StudioLemonade
Freemium

The free plan runs local models and the built-in agent. Paid plans from $20 a month add…

Free

Free to use, with no paid tier mentioned.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app
  • Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network
  • Chat, vision, image, speech, transcription and embeddings in one runtime
  • Comes with a GUI, a CLI and API endpoints
  • Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on
  • Cloud features require an account and a subscription
  • Hardware support details are not covered on the homepage
  • An embeddable SDK means some features are aimed at developers rather than end users
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Closed source
License not stated License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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