Ollama vs ChatGPT Plus

Side by side, as alternatives to ChatGPT Plus. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Also replaces ChatGPT Plus: + Open WebUI + Odysseus + LobeHub (formerly LobeChat)+ AnythingLLM + LibreChat + Jan

Ollamaollama/ollama

ChatGPT Pluspaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

Plus $20/month; Pro from $100/month source ↗

Chat assistant

Partly

Yes

Chat with your documents

Yes

Web search answers

Yes

Jobs covered

1 of 3 jobs

All 3

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

184,074

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

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Latest release

v0.40.6 · 2026-10-16

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Commits / 12 wk

294

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People committing / 12 mo

36+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

201 / 125

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?

Yes, installer or Docker; cloud models optional

Hosted by the vendor

Code licence

MIT

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Model weights licence

No bundled weights; each model you pull has its own licence

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Commercial use

Runner is MIT; commercial use of a model depends on that model's licence

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Paid services needed?

None for local use; Ollama Cloud plans optional (Pro $20/month)

Subscription

Hardware

Apple M-series or x86 (CPU only) on Mac; 4GB for Windows binary; RAM not stated

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Operating systems

macOS 14+, Windows 10 22H2+, Linux, Docker

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Setup effort

Easy; one-line install script or installer, then ollama run

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Stars over time

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Tracked daily since 15 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.

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Ollama (as alternatives to ChatGPT Plus)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=ollama&product=chatgpt-plus

ChatGPT Plus: Plus $20/month; Pro from $100/month
Ollama: free software; does 1 of 3 ChatGPT Plus jobs

- Ollama: 184,074 GitHub stars, 294 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT

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