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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 Vosk
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
O
Choose Ollama if…
- you work on macOS, Windows
- you're in its core audience: developers, ai engineers
V
Choose Vosk if…
- you work on Android, iOS, Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: software developers, embedded and iot engineers
Side by side
Feature Ollama Vosk
Pricing modelFreemiumFree
Starting price$16.67/moFree
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNo—
Data retentionCloud prompts/responses processed transiently, not stored beyond request time—
GitHub stars185K—
Works fully offline—
Optional cloud models—
Team admin / SSO—
PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Linux, APILinux, Android, iOS, API, Self-hosted
CategoryLocal & Open ModelsTranscription
Rank in its category—#3 of 5
CompanyOllamaAlpha Cephei
Based in——
Founded——
Part of——
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Ollama | Vosk |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $16.67 Pro | no published plan |
| 5 people | $16.67 Pro | no published plan |
| 20 people | $16.67 Pro | no published plan |
What the free plans include
Ollama
- Pay as you go: $0 subscription, pay per token for cloud models
- 3 concurrent requests
- Running models on your own hardware is unlimited
Vosk
Free plan limits aren't published.
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
V Vosk
- Fully offline speech recognition
- Streaming API for real-time transcription
- Speaker identification
- Quick vocabulary reconfiguration
- Compact models of about 50 MB per language
- Larger server models available
- Bindings for Python, Java, C#, JavaScript and more
- Runs on Raspberry Pi, Android and iOS
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Ollama
Free$0
Pro$20/mo or $200/yr ($16.67/mo billed annually)
Max$100/mo
Team (early access)$500/mo
EnterpriseCustom
Vosk
Open sourceFree
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
Vosk
- Open source under the Apache-2.0 license
- Works fully offline, including on lightweight devices
- Supports 20+ languages and dialects
- Small models of about 50 MB each
- A developer toolkit, with no ready-made end-user app
- No commercial plans or pricing published on the site
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Oct 26, 2026. Editorial policy