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Ollama vs MLC LLM: catalog facts
Ollama	MLC LLM
Freemium Running models locally is free. The optional hosted cloud inference starts at $20 a month.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
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	Broad hardware support across Vulkan, CUDA, ROCm, Metal and WebGPU OpenAI-compatible REST server
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	Aimed at developers rather than casual users Model compilation adds setup steps
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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