GPT4All vs Ollama

In short

• Both: Choice of models, No code retained, API
• Only GPT4All states: Official SDKs, Search over your data
• Only Ollama states: VS Code, Self-hosted, Runs models for you

GPT4All

GPT4All runs open-source language models locally on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with local document chat and a Python SDK.

Plans

Free

Free

• No credit card required
• Limited agent requests
• Access to core Platform surfaces

Individual

• $20 / mo.

• Extended agent requests
• All product surfaces except Agent API
• Included AI usage with on-demand top-ups
• Solo workspace

Business

• $40 / user / mo.

• $20 included AI usage per seat
• Project delivery
• File integrations (Autodesk, Bentley, SharePoint, and more)
• Centralized team billing and administration
• Usage analytics and reporting
• Org-wide privacy controls

Enterprise

Price on request

• Pooled usage commits
• Invoice / PO billing
• SCIM seat management
• Audit logs and compliance reporting
• Multi-region data hosting (EU, AU, US, UK)
• Priority support and dedicated CSM

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Choice of models — “support for thousands of models” source
• No code retained — “GPT4All delivers private, high-performance AI right on your device—no cloud required, no data leaves your machine.” source
• API — “GPT4All API Server” source
• Official SDKs — “GPT4All Python SDK” source
• Search over your data — “Nomic's embedding models can bring information from your local documents and files into your chats.” source

Latest updates

• 2026-07-07 Nomic live on Autodesk Marketplace

  Nomic is now live on Autodesk's Design & Make Marketplace as an official Autodesk AECO Partner.

• 2026-06-12 Nomic Supports Data Residency Across Europe, UK, US, and Australia

  Nomic now supports customer data hosting in AWS regions across Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.

• 2025-11-03 Announcing a new Nomic Platform

  Nomic announced a new Nomic Platform.

Ollama

Ollama runs open models locally or in the cloud and connects them to coding agents, applications, and an API.

Plans

Free

Free

• Run models locally
• Starter usage credits included
• Includes access to starter models
• Add credits to unlock all models
• No service fees

Pro

• $20 / mo.
• $200/yr billed annually
• $16.67 / mo. billed annually

• $60 of usage credits per month
• Access to larger pro models
• Run multiple models concurrently
• Fast mode (coming soon)

Max

• $100 / mo.

• $300 of usage credits per month
• Early access to the newest models
• 10 concurrent requests
• Everything in Pro

Team

• $500 / mo.

• Unlimited users
• $1,000 of usage credits per month, shared across the team
• Centralized billing and administration
• Priority support
• Shared projects, skills, and instructions (coming soon)

Enterprise

Price on request

• Model access controls
• Limit team access to specific models
• Set cost budgets for users and API keys
• Private Slack channel with dedicated support
• Custom security questionnaires

Prices checked 2026-09-26 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• VS Code — “Claude Code Codex OpenCode Hermes Agent OpenClaw VS Code Pi n8n” source
• Choice of models — “Switch models without changing your workflow.” source
• Self-hosted — “Run models locally” source
• No code retained — “Every request runs on dedicated compute in the US and Europe, plus Singapore for a limited set of Qwen models, with zero data retention.” source
• API — “Works with popular coding agents, including Claude Code and Codex, plus an API for your own tools” source
• Runs models for you — “Ollama hosts models and compute resources primarily in the United States.” source

Latest updates

• 2026-09-24 v0.34.4 (v0.34.4)

  Structured outputs on thinking models now apply in one pass; fixed model lookup and macOS app issues and changed Apple Silicon processing.

• 2026-09-22 v0.34.3 (v0.34.3)

  GET /api/show now exposes model thinking controls and defaults; Nemotron H vision models are supported on Apple Silicon with MLX.

• 2026-09-17 v0.34.2 (v0.34.2)

  Added first-run sign-in or local setup and an ollama://apps link to open the desktop app’s Apps page on macOS and Windows.