# Arize AI vs Ollama

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Ollama

| Attribute | Arize AI | Ollama |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 70.5 (32% (low)) | 79.5 (61% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 179,509 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 4,843,586 |
| content.faq | - | `[{"answer":"Ollama is a platform for running open-source AI models on your own hardware or through cloud services. It provides command-line interfaces, web access, and desktop applications to make model execution and management straightforward. The platform is designed for developers and organizations building AI-powered features and automating workflows.","source":"https://ollama.com","question":"What is Ollama?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Ollama supports a range of open-source models and integrates with 40,000+ community tools and integrations. The free tier includes access to unlimited public models, giving you flexibility in selecting which models work best for your tasks. Specific model examples include options like Qwen, Gemma, and others in the open-source ecosystem.","source":"https://ollama.com","question":"What models can I run with Ollama?","confidence":0.85},{"answer":"Ollama is available on Windows and Mac with native applications, and also supports command-line and web access. The platform supports both local deployment on your own hardware and cloud-based deployment, allowing you to choose based on your infrastructure needs and data privacy requirements.","source":"https://ollama.com","question":"What platforms and deployment options does Ollama support?","confidence":0.9},{"answer":"Ollama uses a freemium model with a free tier for starting out and a paid Pro option for more demanding workloads. The free tier enables core features like coding automation, document analysis, and access to community models. A paid tier is available for users who need expanded capabilities and higher usage limits.","source":"https://ollama.com","question":"What does Ollama's pricing look like?","confidence":0.85},{"answer":"Ollama integrates with over 40,000 community tools and platforms, making it possible to incorporate the service into most existing workflows and development environments. This extensive ecosystem support means you can likely connect Ollama to tools you already use.","source":"https://ollama.com","question":"How many integrations does Ollama have?","confidence":0.9},{"answer":"The platform supports coding automation, document analysis, and AI agent implementation. These capabilities make Ollama useful for developers building intelligent features and organizations seeking to automate tasks without relying on external cloud-based AI services.","source":"https://ollama.com","question":"What tasks is Ollama designed for?","confidence":0.9},{"answer":"Yes, Ollama allows you to run models locally on your own hardware, keeping your data and processing on-device rather than sending it to external services. This option is available in the free tier and provides a privacy-first approach to using AI models for your workflows.","source":"https://ollama.com","question":"Can I run models locally to keep my data private?","confidence":0.9}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An AI engineering platform that enables teams to observe agent behavior end-to-end, run evaluations at scale, and systematically improve agents through testing and experimentation, available as both a managed cloud service and self-hosted deployment. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"platform","evaluation":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":true}` | `{"role":"platform","evaluation":true,"open_source":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"gpu_acceleration":true,"no_train_on_data":"yes","llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"multi_model_serving":true,"multi_gpu_multi_node":true,"quantization_support":true,"openai_compatible_api":true,"multi_framework_support":true}` |
| integrations.count | 25 | 40,000 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Azure OpenAI"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"Vertex AI"},{"name":"Google GenAI"},{"name":"NVIDIA NIM"},{"name":"Gemini"},{"name":"OpenRouter"},{"name":"LiteLLM"},{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"OpenCode"},{"name":"LangGraph"},{"name":"Vercel AI SDK"},{"name":"Mastra"},{"name":"CrewAI"},{"name":"LlamaIndex"},{"name":"DSPy"},{"name":"OpenAI Agents SDK"},{"name":"Claude Agent SDK"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"}]` | `[{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"OpenClaw"},{"name":"OpenCode"},{"name":"Codex"},{"name":"Copilot"},{"name":"Droid"},{"name":"Open WebUI"},{"name":"Onyx"},{"name":"LibreChat"},{"name":"Lobe Chat"},{"name":"NextChat"},{"name":"Perplexica"},{"name":"big-AGI"},{"name":"Lollms WebUI"},{"name":"ChatOllama"},{"name":"Bionic GPT"},{"name":"Chatbot UI"},{"name":"Hollama"},{"name":"Chatbox"},{"name":"Ollama RAG Chatbot"},{"name":"Dify.AI"},{"name":"AnythingLLM"},{"name":"Maid"},{"name":"Witsy"},{"name":"Cherry Studio"},{"name":"Ollama App"},{"name":"PyGPT"},{"name":"Alpaca"},{"name":"SwiftChat"},{"name":"Enchanted"},{"name":"RWKV-Runner"},{"name":"Ollama Grid Search"},{"name":"macai"},{"name":"AI Studio"},{"name":"Reins"},{"name":"ConfiChat"},{"name":"LLocal.in"},{"name":"MindMac"},{"name":"Msty"},{"name":"BoltAI for Mac"},{"name":"IntelliBar"},{"name":"Kerlig AI"},{"name":"Hermes Agent"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"WhatsApp"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Python"},{"name":"Spring Framework"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"VS Code"},{"name":"C# / .NET"},{"name":"Julia"},{"name":"Go"},{"name":"Emacs"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Datasette"},{"name":"Stripe"},{"name":"NVIDIA"},{"name":"Google Gemma"},{"name":"Meta Llama"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"freemium","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["Unlimited public models","40,000+ community integrations","CLI, API, and desktop apps","Run models on your own hardware","Access cloud models","Keep data private"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Get started with Ollama","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/mo or $200/year","features":["Everything in Free","Access larger, more powerful cloud models","Run 3 cloud models concurrently","Upload and share private models","Extra usage balance available"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Solve harder tasks, faster","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"cloud_usage_multiplier":"50x vs Free","concurrent_cloud_models":"3"}},{"free":false,"name":"Max","summary":"$100/mo (new signups paused)","features":["Everything in Pro","Run 10 cloud models concurrently","Extra usage balance available"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For your most demanding work","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"cloud_usage_multiplier":"5x vs Pro","concurrent_cloud_models":"10"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$25/seat/mo (minimum 5 seats = $125/mo)","features":["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","Single sign-on (SSO)","Model access controls","MDM installer for Windows and macOS","Custom terms and support for larger organizations","Security and procurement support","Deployment planning assistance"],"minSeats":5,"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Bring open models to your whole team","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"regions":"US and Europe","minimum_monthly_cost":"$125 (5 seats)"}}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans from $20/mo (Pro) to $100/mo (Max) for individuals; $25/seat/mo for teams (min. 5 seats).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://ollama.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T13:45:32.965Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | - | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":20,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 2 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.33.1-rc1","date":"2026-08-26T18:09:57Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.33.1-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.33.0","date":"2026-08-21T22:52:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.33.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.15","date":"2026-08-19T17:25:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.14","date":"2026-08-15T19:41:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.13","date":"2026-08-14T19:16:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.12","date":"2026-08-14T16:37:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.11","date":"2026-08-14T01:22:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.10","date":"2026-08-12T22:36:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.32.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.9","date":"2026-08-11T13:23:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.8","date":"2026-08-10T23:49:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.7","date":"2026-08-10T10:49:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.6","date":"2026-08-04T18:49:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.5","date":"2026-07-27T01:25:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.4","date":"2026-07-25T02:22:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.3","date":"2026-07-23T00:44:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.2","date":"2026-07-20T21:00:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.32.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.1","date":"2026-07-16T03:27:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.32.0","date":"2026-07-11T01:03:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.31.2","date":"2026-07-06T22:28:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.31.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.31.1","date":"2026-06-30T22:10:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.31.1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=alpine&package_name=ollama-doc&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:43:56.279Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*