Hard facts side by side: free tiers, prices, limits, SDKs and privacy. Every value links to the official page it came from and is re-checked every week.
| Fact |  Ollama |
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| Free tier | Yes, local use is unlimited Free plan is $0. Pricing page: running models on your own hardware is always unlimited. Source, Oct 4, 2026 |
| Starting price | $20/mo (Pro, cloud models only) Paid plans cover hosted cloud models. Local models cost nothing. Source, Oct 4, 2026 |
| Official SDKs | Python |
Official libraries listed in the Ollama repo: ollama-python and ollama-js.
| Open source | Yes MIT license for Ollama and for the Python library. Source, Oct 4, 2026 |
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| Trains on your data | No Pricing page: prompt or response data is never logged or trained on. Source, Oct 4, 2026 |
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