Running models on your own computer
Free
$0
- Run models locally
- Starter cloud usage credits
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Ollama
What it does for you
Runs a private assistant on your own computer so project notes stay with the business.
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- Price
- Free, $0
- Run models locally
- Cloud Pro
- $20/mo
- Or $200/yr
- Cloud Max
- $100/mo
- $300 usage credits a month
- Platforms
- Mac, Windows, Linux
- Plus an API
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See it in the field
Video by Tech With Tim
Running LLMs Locally Just Got Way Better - Ollama + MCP · Tech With Tim · Apr 12, 2026
What users say
Real quotes, copied word for word from public review pages. The good and the bad.
Liked
“I've been using Ollama and it's great, but I'm noticing the chat interface could use a few things to make it more practical.”
Critical
“This ends up being needlessly frustrating, because of the lack of support for common shortcut keys.”
Liked
“running a fully local model behind the browser assistant is exactly the kind of "local agents everywhere" experience Ollama is great at.”
Critical
“Ollama is great but this community really needs to collab on making a VS Code Extension that makes coding with local models as easy as installing an extension”
Liked
“Thank you for your amazing work!”
Critical
“New and FRUSTRATING very limiting max tokens on the cloud models to only 16,384.”
Pricing and details
Public. Ollama is free to download and run models on your own computer. Ollama's cloud plans: Free $0 with starter usage credits, Pro $20 a month or $200 a year, and Max $100 a month with $300 of usage credits; a Team plan is in early access at $500 a month. Cloud models also have per-token rates.
Day-to-day cloud use
Pro
$20/mo or $200/yr
- Larger cloud models
- Run multiple models at once
Power users
Max
$100/mo
- $300 of usage credits a month
- 10 concurrent requests
- Free trial or demo
- Local use is free with no time limit.
- Who it's for
- Tech-comfortable owners or office staff who want to run AI models privately on their own computer, or connect a local model to other tools.
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows and Linux, with a desktop app, a command-line tool and a local API.
- Setup and onboarding
- Download, install and pull a model; helpful for people comfortable with basic settings or the command line.
- Contract
- None for local use; cloud plans bill monthly or yearly.
- Support
- Docs, GitHub issues and community channels; no phone support.
Main integrations
Coding agentsClaude CodeCodex CLICopilot CLIOpenCodeClineRoo CodeGooseDroid
EditorsVS CodeJetBrainsXcodeZed
AppsChatGPT DesktopClaude DesktopOnyxmarimo
Automationn8n
Last checked Oct 20, 2026. Sources: Ollama pricing page, Ollama GitHub issues, Ollama docs: integrations (checked 2026-10-21).
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Canonical profile: https://toolbeltindex.com/tools/ollama