Tools
Jan vs Unsloth
Jan or Unsloth? 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: Chat about your code, Runs commands, Command line, Choice of models, Self-hosted, API
- Only Jan states: Agent that edits files
- Only Unsloth states: Search over your data
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
- Jan v0.8.4: Native Web Search, Per-Model Chat Templates & a Backend Settings Store (v0.8.4)
Adds native web_search / web_fetch tools, per-model chat-template kwargs for llama.cpp, a token counter, and a backend-managed store for settings and credentials.
- Jan v0.8.3: Message Branching, Linux Custom Titlebar & HTML/SVG Artifacts (v0.8.3)
Brings message version branching, a Linux titlebar, a reasoning/tool timeline, HTML and SVG artifact previews, video input for local vision models, and fixes.
- Jan v0.8.2: Faster Startup, AMD ROCm/HIP on Linux & Resumable Downloads (v0.8.2)
Adds AMD ROCm/HIP support on Linux, a phased-startup loader, pause/resume model downloads, a context size default, and fixes.
Unsloth
Unsloth runs and fine-tunes AI models locally through a free, open-source desktop app, web UI, and code-based tools.
Plans
Free
Free
- Open-source
- Supports Mistral and Gemma
- Supports Llama 1, 2, and 3
- Supports 4 bit and 16 bit LoRA
unsloth Pro
Contact us
- 2.5x number of GPUs faster than FA2
- 20% less memory than OSS
- Enhanced MultiGPU support
- Up to 8 GPUs support
unsloth Enterprise
Contact us
- 32x number of GPUs faster than FA2
- Up to 30% accuracy
- 5x faster inference
- Full training
- Multi-node support
- Customer support
Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Chat about your code — “Download a model and start chatting in minutes.” source
- Runs commands — “Execute Bash and Python in a secure sandbox so models can run code, test results and complete real tasks locally.” source
- Command line — “then run unsloth start claude .” source
- Choice of models — “Discover, manage and download the right quantization for your device from the built-in model hub.” source
- Self-hosted — “Open-source. Free. 100% Local.” source
- API — “Unsloth also exposes an OpenAI-compatible API, so existing apps, scripts and SDKs can connect to your local models through a familiar interface.” source
- Search over your data — “Private web search, deep research, RAG, MCP + exports (NVFP4, GGUF)” source
Latest updates
- Qwen-Image-2.1 + Skills (Qwen-Image-2.1)
Adds local Qwen-Image-2.1, custom Agent Skills, draggable chats, faster reasoning blocks, and Linux update and installation options.
- Qwen-Image-2.1 + Skills (Qwen-Image-2.1)
Adds local Qwen-Image-2.1, custom Agent Skills, draggable chats, faster reasoning blocks, and Linux update and installation options.
- Docker + Multi User + AMD Support (v0.1.810-beta)
Adds a Docker image with NVIDIA and AMD support, multi-user accounts, diffusion support, ARM64 Windows CUDA support, and RDNA1/2 support.