#6 in Model Hosting & InferenceUpdated 2026-08

Ollama

by Ollama · Run open models locally, with cloud capacity for larger ones

60 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Ollama runs open models locally through a CLI, API and desktop apps, installed with a single shell command. The same account gives access to cloud-hosted models on datacenter hardware, for larger models, parallel requests and real-time web information. Paid plans raise cloud usage limits and the number of cloud models that can run at once.

Best for: Developers who want to run open models on their own hardware, with cloud capacity for larger models.
Pricing: Free tier at $0, then Pro at $20/month or $200/year, and Max at $100/month with new sign-ups paused.
Runs on: WebmacOS

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Runs models on your own hardware with unlimited local use
Free tier covers CLI, API, desktop apps and cloud models
Prompt and response data is never logged or trained on
40,000+ community integrations listed

Trade-offs

New Max subscriptions are paused while capacity is added
Cloud limits reset on 5-hour session and 7-day windows
Free tier runs one cloud model at a time; extra requests queue
Usage is not a fixed token count, so it is hard to predict

Pricing

Published plans from Ollama’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Ollama pricing tiers, monthly and annual rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Annual (per month)	Includes
Free	Freeper account	—	Run models on your own hardware Access cloud models with light usage, 1 at a time CLI, API and desktop apps Unlimited public models
Pro	$20per account	$16.67	Access to larger cloud models Run 3 cloud models at a time 50x more cloud usage than Free Upload and share private models
Max	$100per account	—	Everything in Pro Run 10 cloud models at a time 5x more usage than Pro New sign-ups temporarily paused

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 45 out of 100
Documentation: 90 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 80 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 70 out of 100
Operational trust: 15 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 85 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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