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TextGen vs Ollama: catalog facts
TextGen	Ollama
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Freemium Running models locally is free. The optional hosted cloud inference starts at $20 a month.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Includes text, vision and API access with portable builds.	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
Models must fit the memory available on your computer.	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	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	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 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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