Ollama Open source
Run Llama, Gemma, DeepSeek and more locally with one command
What is Ollama?
Ollama makes running open models on your laptop as easy as one command, exposes an OpenAI-compatible local API and now includes a desktop app. Developers use it for private, offline and cost-free experimentation.
Pros
- Dead simple local models
- OpenAI-compatible API
- Free and open source
Cons
- Limited by your hardware
- Model library lags the very newest releases
Ollama pricing
Open source. Prices change often, so confirm on the official pricing page.
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Verdict
Ollama scores 8.8/10 in our llm apis & developer platforms ranking. It is one of the strongest picks in its category.