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Jan vs Ollama

Jan or Ollama? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.

In short

  • Both: Choice of models, Self-hosted, API
  • Only Jan states: Chat about your code, Agent that edits files, Runs commands, Command line
  • Only Ollama states: VS Code, No code retained, Runs models for you

Jan

Jan is a free, open-source AI app for running models locally, connecting cloud providers, and using agents, tools, and web search.

Plans

Not read from the maker’s page yet.

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

Capabilities

  • Chat about your code — “Install Jan on macOS, Windows, or Linux and chat with AI in minutes — no account needed.” source
  • Agent that edits files — “Give Jan a task and it works on it autonomously — files, commands, and web research.” source
  • Runs commands — “Give Jan a task and it works on it autonomously — files, commands, and web research.” source
  • Command line — “Serve local models and launch autonomous agents from your terminal using Jan's local AI.” source
  • Choice of models — “Choose from open models or plug in your favorite online models.” source
  • Self-hosted — “Run a local OpenAI-compatible API server on your machine.” source
  • API — “Run a local OpenAI-compatible API server on your machine.” source

Latest updates

About Jan

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

About Ollama