Ollama

Ollama is an open-source program that downloads and runs open AI models on your own computer. It serves them on a local address that your code can call, with no API key for local models.

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Ollama at a glance

From official pages, checked Oct 4, 2026. Tap the arrow for each source.

Free tier: Yes, local use is unlimited
Free plan is $0. Pricing page: running models on your own hardware is always unlimited.
Starting price: $20/mo (Pro, cloud models only)
Paid plans cover hosted cloud models. Local models cost nothing.
Official SDKs: PythonJavaScript / TypeScript
Open source: Yes
MIT license for Ollama and for the Python library.
Trains on your data: No
Pricing page: prompt or response data is never logged or trained on.

What you can build with Ollama

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Run a chat model on your own machine with Ollama and call it from Python

Install Ollama, download Gemma 4 E2B, and chat with it from a Python script. No API key, no bill, runs on your own machine.

Free tier: Yes, local use is unlimitedFrom $20/mo (Pro, cloud models only)

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Ollama at a glance

What you can build with Ollama

Run a chat model on your own machine with Ollama and call it from Python

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