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OpenLLM vs Ollama: catalog facts
OpenLLM	Ollama
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence; BentoCloud hosting is a separate…	Freemium Running models locally is free. The optional hosted cloud inference starts at $20 a month.
Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
One command starts an OpenAI-compatible server Wide catalogue of open models, plus custom model repositories	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
Many models require large GPUs Aimed at developers rather than desktop users	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
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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