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MOpen-weight AI models, chat and coding agent you can run on your own infrastructure
Free, from $14.99/mo
Ollama vs Stable Diffusion
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
O
Choose Ollama if…
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on macOS, Windows, Linux
- you're in its core audience: developers, ai engineers
S
Choose Stable Diffusion if…
- you work on Web, Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: developers, researchers
Side by side
Feature Ollama Stable Diffusion
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$16.67/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNoYes, unless you opt out
Data retentionCloud prompts/responses processed transiently, not stored beyond request timeKept as long as reasonably necessary, including while account is active
GitHub stars185K—
Works fully offline—
Optional cloud models—
Team admin / SSO—
PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Linux, APIWeb, API, Self-hosted
CategoryLocal & Open ModelsImage Generators
CompanyOllamaStability AI Ltd
Based in—United Kingdom
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
O Ollama
- Run open models locally with unlimited usage
- Cloud-hosted open models with pay-as-you-go token pricing
- Off-peak discounted rates for some models
- Tool calling support on compatible cloud models
- Concurrent requests up to 10 on higher plans
- API keys with per-key cost budgets (Enterprise)
- Shared team billing and administration
- Usage alert email at 90% of monthly allowance
S Stable Diffusion
- Text-to-image with the Stable Diffusion 3.5 suite
- SD 3.5 Flash and Turbo variants for faster, cheaper generation
- SDXL 1.0 available from 0.9 credits per image
- Platform API with credit-based billing
- Self-hosted deployment under a license
- Custom model training on the Enterprise plan
Plans and prices
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Ollama
Free$0
Pro$20/mo or $200/yr ($16.67/mo billed annually)
Max$100/mo
Team (early access)$500/mo
EnterpriseCustom
Stable Diffusion
Community LicenseFree
API credits$0.01 per credit
Enterprise LicenseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Ollama
- Local model use is free and unlimited
- Prompt and response data is never logged or trained on
- Open source project on GitHub
- Published per-token prices for every cloud model
- Free cloud usage is limited to starter models unless you buy credits
- Unused monthly credits do not roll over
- Free plan allows only 1 concurrent cloud request
- Cloud hosting is primarily in the US
Stable Diffusion
- Free Community License for organizations under $1M annual revenue
- 25 free API credits for new accounts
- Choice of model sizes at different per-image costs
- Organizations above $1M annual revenue need a custom-priced Enterprise License
- API is pay-per-credit, with no flat monthly plan listed
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