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OllamaLM Studio
Freemium

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

 Freemium

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

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • 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
  • Search and download models from Hugging Face without leaving the app
  • Serves local models on OpenAI-compatible endpoints, locally and over the network
  • 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
  • Closed source, unlike most of the local-AI stack it builds on
  • Cloud features require an account and a subscription
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Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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