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Ollama vs Xinference: catalog facts
Ollama	Xinference
Freemium Running models locally is free. The optional hosted cloud inference starts at $20 a month.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, 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	Serves language, speech and multimodal models from one place API designed as a drop-in replacement for GPT calls
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 Requires setup and suitable hardware for larger models
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	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 September 23, 2026

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