Ollama is made by Ollama. The record lists it as Open (open weights/source), first recorded in 2023, and fit for Running models yourself. Its values below carry their own source and date.
Ollama is listed under Platforms & Infrastructure: Hubs and infrastructure for hosting, sharing, and running AI models and datasets.
- Company
- Ollama
- Category
- Platforms & Infrastructure
- Business model
- Open (open weights/source)
- Licence
- MIT
- Launched
- 2023-07
- Availability
- Global
- Tasks it fits
- Running models yourself
- How you use it
- Self-run service
- Runs on
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- Where it runs
- Local machine
- Works offline
- Partly
- Commercial use
- Permitted
Pricing on the record: Ollama is free and open source; optional hosted services are offered separately.
Sources on the record: Official website, Source code (GitHub), Ollama documentation - Ollama, Official pricing.
LM Studio is made by LM Studio. The record lists it as Freemium, first recorded in 2023, and fit for Running models yourself. Its values below carry their own source and date.
LM Studio is listed under Platforms & Infrastructure: Hubs and infrastructure for hosting, sharing, and running AI models and datasets.
- Company
- LM Studio
- Category
- Platforms & Infrastructure
- Business model
- Freemium
- Licence
- proprietary
- Launched
- 2023
- Availability
- Not recorded
- Tasks it fits
- Running models yourself
- How you use it
- Desktop app
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Where it runs
- Local machine, Vendor cloud
- Works offline
- Yes
- Commercial use
- Not recorded
Pricing on the record: Checked 2026-11-02: Free covers local models and Bionic Agent. Bionic+ is USD 20/month and Pro USD 100/month for optional cloud usage allowances; cloud credits cover use beyond the included allowance. These paid individual tiers are available now; the page separately says team subscription plans are coming soon.
Sources on the record: Official website, Documentation, Welcome to LM Studio Docs! | LM Studio, Official pricing, LM Studio interface languages.
Not recorded for LM Studio: Commercial use. An empty field is reported as unknown rather than guessed.
Jan is made by Menlo Research. The record lists it as Open (open weights/source), first recorded in 2023, and fit for Running models yourself, Questions over your own documents. Its values below carry their own source and date.
Jan is listed under Platforms & Infrastructure: Hubs and infrastructure for hosting, sharing, and running AI models and datasets.
- Company
- Menlo Research
- Category
- Platforms & Infrastructure
- Business model
- Open (open weights/source)
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Launched
- 2023
- Availability
- Global
- Tasks it fits
- Running models yourself, Questions over your own documents
- How you use it
- Desktop app
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Where it runs
- Local machine
- Works offline
- Yes
- Commercial use
- Permitted
Pricing on the record: Jan is free and open source; users optionally pay third-party providers if they connect cloud models.
Sources on the record: Official website, Source code (GitHub), LICENSE — janhq/jan (Apache-2.0), LICENSE text (raw) — janhq/jan, main branch, LICENSE — janhq/jan v0.5.17 (GNU AGPL-3.0), LICENSE — janhq/jan v0.5.18-rc1-beta (Apache License 2.0), Documentation.