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Ollama pricing
Ollama publishes 5 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, Ollama pricing is free across 5 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 5
- Free tier
- Yes
Ollama plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Pro | $20/month | 3 | +$20/month, 3 more features |
| Team | $25/month | 4 | +$5/month, 4 more features |
| Max | $100/month | 2 | +$75/month, 2 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers cli, api, desktop apps, unlimited public models, 40,000+ community integrations, private data retention.
Pro
$20/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Access to larger, more powerful cloud models
- Run 3 concurrent cloud models
- 50x more usage than Free
Team
$25/monthOver Pro, this tier adds:
- Per seat pricing (5-seat minimum = $125/month)
- Shared billing
- Zero data retention
- Priority support
Max
$100/monthOver Team, this tier adds:
- Run 10 concurrent cloud models
- 5x more usage than Pro
Enterprise
On requestOver Max, this tier adds:
- Custom pricing
- Volume discounts
- Security support
- Deployment planning
Where Ollama stops being free
Free, Free
- CLI, API, desktop apps
- Unlimited public models
- 40,000+ community integrations
- Private data retention
Pro, $20/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Access to larger, more powerful cloud models
- Run 3 concurrent cloud models
- 50x more usage than Free
How that compares in Machine Learning
Too few machine learning tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollama (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| ClearML | Free | Open-source self-hosted, with paid hosted and enterprise tiers | - | vs Ollama |
| Langwatch | Free, then €29/month | Tiered subscription with usage-based overage charges | - | vs Ollama |
| Haystack | Free | Open-source with optional paid enterprise support | - | vs Ollama |
| Semantic Kernel | Free | Open source, no pricing | - | vs Ollama |
| Fal AI | $1.89/hour | usage-based | - | vs Ollama |
| H2O.ai | Free | freemium | - | vs Ollama |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Ollama badges page.
Before you pay for Ollama
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 5 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Ollama runs on macos, windows, linux, cloud (aws, google cloud, azure, self-hosted). The full record is on the Ollama review, and the rest of the category is under best machine learning tools.
Ollama pricing questions
- How much does Ollama cost?
- Ollama publishes 5 tiers, from Free for Free up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Ollama have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers cli, api, desktop apps, unlimited public models, 40,000+ community integrations. Paying starts at $20/month for Pro.
- What is the difference between Free and Pro on Ollama?
- Pro costs $20/month against Free, and adds access to larger, more powerful cloud models, run 3 concurrent cloud models, 50x more usage than free.
- Is the Enterprise plan on Ollama worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is custom pricing, volume discounts, security support, deployment planning. It costs On request against $20/month for Pro. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which machine learning tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 machine learning tools listed alongside Ollama have a free tier: ClearML, Langwatch, Haystack, Semantic Kernel, H2O.ai.
- What am I actually paying for with Ollama?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Ollama review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Ollama charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 5 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Ollama prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Ollama against before paying?
- The closest machine learning tools in this directory are ClearML, Langwatch, Haystack, Semantic Kernel. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Ollama covering price, platforms and features.
