Comparison

Ollama vs Ray

On the evidence we track, Ollama leads this comparison with a composite score of 80/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Ollama80
Ray67
Score
Vioscale score
Ollama80 / 100medium · 61%
Ray67 / 100medium · 68%
Pricing
Free tier
Ollama
Ray
Model
Price level
Ollamamid
Rayfree
Starting price
Ollama$20
Ray
Transparent
Ollama
Ray
Integrations
Count
Ollama40,000
Ray17
Reliability
Status page
Ollama
Ray
Adoption
Dependent repos
Ollama0
Github stars
Ollama179,509
Package downloads weekly
Activity
Commits last 30d
Ollama100
Ray100
Release
Cadence days
Ollama2
Ray18
History
License
Spdx
OllamaMIT
Language
Primary
OllamaGo
Market
Content
Faq
Ollama7 items
Ray

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for mlops & llmops tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Tool role
OllamaEnd-to-end ML platform
Ray-
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core
Ollama
Ray
Managed cloud available
Ollama
Ray
On-prem / VPC deployment
Ollama
Ray
Observability
LLM tracing / observability
Ollama
Ray-
Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human)
Ollama
Ray-
Dev
Prompt management + versioning
Ollama
Ray-
Tracking
Experiment tracking / model registry
Ollama-
Ray
Serving
Model serving / inference endpoint
Ollama
Ray
Interop
OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible
Ollama
Ray-
Framework-agnostic
Ollama
Ray
Gateway
Multi-provider model support
Ollama
Ray
Data
No-train-on-customer-data guarantee
OllamaYes
Ray-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Ollama

Leader

A platform for running open-source language models through CLI, API, or desktop interfaces, with broad integration support for development tools. Provides both private local execution and cloud-hosted inference while maintaining strict data privacy and refusing to train on user inputs.

Independently observed

Ray

Ray is an open-source unified framework for scaling Python and machine learning applications across any infrastructure. It provides distributed compute primitives, specialized AI libraries for data processing, model training, tuning, and serving, with seamless scaling from development environments to large clusters.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Ollama

Leader
from $20/mofreemiumFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans from $20/mo (Pro) to $100/mo (Max) for individuals; $25/seat/mo for teams (min. 5 seats).

  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited public models
    • 40,000+ community integrations
    • CLI, API, and desktop apps
    • Run models on your own hardware
    • Access cloud models
    • +1 more
  • Pro$20/mo or $200/year
    • Everything in Free
    • Access larger, more powerful cloud models
    • Run 3 cloud models concurrently
    • Upload and share private models
    • Extra usage balance available
  • Max$100/mo (new signups paused)
    • Everything in Pro
    • Run 10 cloud models concurrently
    • Extra usage balance available
  • Team$25/seat/mo (minimum 5 seats = $125/mo)
    • Access to powerful open models in US and Europe
    • High performance (up to 2x faster than competing gateways)
    • Zero data retention and logging
    • Shared billing and administration
    • Priority support
    • +6 more
as of verify ↗

Ray

FreeFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Ollama
Ray
Windows
Ollama
Ray
Linux
Ollama
Ray
CLI
Ollama
Ray
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Ollama
Ray
Self-hosted
Ollama
Ray
On-premise
Ollama
Ray
Hybrid
Ollama
Ray

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Ollama

Leader
64 total
  • Claude Code
  • OpenClaw
  • OpenCode
  • Codex
  • Copilot
  • Droid
  • Open WebUI
  • Onyx
  • LibreChat
  • Lobe Chat
  • NextChat
  • Perplexica
  • big-AGI
  • Lollms WebUI
  • ChatOllama
  • Bionic GPT
  • Chatbot UI
  • Hollama
  • Chatbox
  • Ollama RAG Chatbot
  • Dify.AI
  • AnythingLLM
  • Maid
  • Witsy
  • +40 more
Independently observed

Ray

19 total
  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • AIBrix
  • AReaL
  • Cosmos Curate
  • Daft
  • Data-Juicer
  • DeltaCAT
  • Modin
  • NeMo Curator
  • NeMo-RL
  • OpenRLHF
  • RayDP
  • ROLL
  • SkyRL
  • SLIME
  • Syftr
  • verl
  • vLLM
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.