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Xinference vs Ollama: catalog facts
Xinference	Ollama
Free Free and open source.	Freemium Running models locally is free. The optional hosted cloud inference starts at $20 a month.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Serves language, speech and multimodal models from one place API designed as a drop-in replacement for GPT calls	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
Aimed at developers rather than casual users Requires setup and suitable hardware for larger models	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 not stated	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 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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