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NVIDIA Triton Inference Server vs vLLM: catalog facts
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server	vLLM
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license.
Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Command line
Serves models from many ML frameworks in one server Runs on GPUs and CPUs, in the cloud or at the edge	High-throughput serving suited to production-scale local deployments Apache-2.0 licensed and actively developed
Aimed at infrastructure teams rather than individual desktop users Setup and tuning take real effort	Aimed at developers deploying models rather than casual end users Requires appropriate GPU hardware for good performance
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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