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LM Studio vs Local Studio: catalog facts
LM Studio	Local Studio
Freemium The free plan runs local models and the built-in agent. Paid plans from $20 a month add…	Free Free download; the research does not mention any paid plans.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS
Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network	Supports vLLM, SGLang, MLX and llama.cpp backends Single OpenAI-compatible endpoint for served models
Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on Cloud features require an account and a subscription	macOS only Aimed at technical users with their own hardware
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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