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llama.cpp vs Ollama
llama.cpp 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 llama.cpp states: Command line
- Only Ollama states: VS Code, No code retained, Runs models for you
llama.cpp
Open-source C/C++ software for running large language and vision-language models locally or in the cloud.
Plans
Free
Free
- Unlimited public/private repositories
- Dependabot security and version updates
- 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month
- 500MB of Packages storage
- Issues & Projects
- Community support
Team
- $4 per user/month
- Access to GitHub Codespaces
- Repository rules
- Multiple reviewers in pull requests
- Draft pull requests
- Code owners
- Required reviewers
Enterprise
- Starting at $21 per user/month
- Data residency
- Enterprise Managed Users
- User provisioning through SCIM
- Enterprise Account to centrally manage multiple organizations
- Environment protection rules
- Repository rules
Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Command line — “llama cli -hf ggml-org/Qwen3.5-0.8B-GGUF” source
- Choice of models — “llama cli -hf ggml-org/Qwen3.5-0.8B-GGUF” source
- Self-hosted — “locally and in the cloud.” source
- API — “Launch OpenAI-compatible API server” source
Latest updates
- b11160
Adds Vulkan int8 cooperative-matrix quantized matmul for AMD RDNA3 and RDNA4, including q8_0, q4_1, q5_0, and q5_1.
- b11159
Handles misalignment in conv_2d and conv_3d.
- b11158
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.