AI Tool Profile
Ollama
A local model runtime with model management, chat and an API.
Before you buy
Buying details reviewed 2026-10-22. Price, included amounts and access are dated observations; check the official source for current terms. This date does not review the whole fact ledger or renew historical demonstrations.
Best for: Technical creators running a suitably sized model on their own machine or NAS.
Price: Canada/CAD: C$0 local runtime; hardware separate
Included: The free local software runs supported downloaded models and exposes local inference interfaces. Cloud plans are separate offers.
Main limits: RAM, CPU/GPU and model licenses limit practical use. Choosing a cloud model sends requests off-device; local installation alone is not a privacy audit.
What Kingy showed: The corrected UGREEN companion documents a small Ollama model replying in Open WebUI; the OpenClaw inserts were simulations.
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Ollama: workflow and access check
Run the local setup fixture with a named model and hardware configuration.
Review due · Official-source review; no new hands-on test
This review covers the notes below. Earlier prices, tests and Product Facts retain their original dates.
Ollama documents a local-only mode that disables its cloud models and web search. Its FAQ also explains that longer context and parallel requests require additional memory. Ollama FAQ
Check before choosing: Record local/cloud mode, runtime version, exact model, quantization, context and hardware. A memory estimate is not a measured speed result.
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Review scope and source notes
Earlier article text, prices, tests and Product Facts keep their original dates and scope. This check covers only the cited notes here; it does not refresh the whole profile or its machine-readable facts.
Checked by: Codex-assisted official-source review. Task fit is editorial guidance. Test the exact plan, model and route with your own fixture.
Commercial relationship: Not established by this source review. Existing article disclosures still apply.
- Ollama FAQ — How do I disable Ollama Cloud features?; How does Ollama handle concurrent requests?. Checked 2026-09-20.
Maintenance history
- 2026-09-20 · source recheck · Source recheck
Coverage describes this profile, not a product score or a current price guarantee.
Kingy AI Product Facts
Ollama
Current statusUnknown
- Company
- Not yet reviewed
- Primary job
- Run models locally or use models in Ollama’s cloud.
- Audience
- Not yet reviewed
- API
- Available
- Evidence
- Source-backed; review due
- Latest source check
- November 2, 2026
See all tracked product factsPricing, platforms, dependencies, data claims, regions, and timeline
Sources and checks
- Coverage
- 0 of 87 tracked fields currently verified
- Sources
- 5
Source-check dates apply to the tracked facts. Editorial updates elsewhere on this page may have a different date.
Plans and pricing units
Not yet structured in this Kingy record.
Where it runs
- Linux
- Available
- Macos
- Available
- Macos — Minimum version
- macOS 14 SonomaSource: Requested supplemental official evidence · Download Ollama
- Windows
- Available
Developer access
- API access
- Available
Stack and integrations
- Model / provider dependencies
- Not yet reviewed
- Integrations
- Not yet reviewed
Data and regions
- Vendor data-use claim
- Not yet reviewed
- Vendor retention claim
- Not yet reviewed
- Regions
- Not yet reviewed
Launch and latest material update
- Launch
- Not yet reviewed
- Latest material update
- Not yet reviewed
Review history
- Ollama — Verification status updated
Kingy updated the verification status. Each claim keeps its own source-check and editorial-review dates.
View published revision - Ollama — Verification status updated
Kingy updated the verification status. Each claim keeps its own source-check and editorial-review dates.
View published revision - Ollama — Verification status updated
Kingy updated the verification status. Each claim keeps its own source-check and editorial-review dates.
View published revision - Ollama — Verification status updated
Kingy updated the verification status. Each claim keeps its own source-check and editorial-review dates.
View published revision - Ollama — Verification status updated
Kingy updated the verification status. Each claim keeps its own source-check and editorial-review dates.
View published revision - Ollama — Verification status updated
Kingy updated the verification status. Each claim keeps its own source-check and editorial-review dates.
View published revision - Ollama — Verification status updated
Kingy updated the verification status. Each claim keeps its own source-check and editorial-review dates.
View published revision - Ollama — Verification status updated
Kingy updated the verification status. Each claim keeps its own source-check and editorial-review dates.
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Which plan is worth considering
Canada/CAD: C$0 local runtime; hardware separate. The free local software runs supported downloaded models and exposes local inference interfaces. Cloud plans are separate offers. The retained workflow does not prove a completed OpenClaw setup, frontier-model speed or retrieval accuracy.
The no-subscription cloud route is now Pay as you go, with cloud requests charged per token. The free local runtime is separate. See the November 9 correction in the dated source history below.
Limits that affect the purchase
RAM, CPU/GPU and model licenses limit practical use. Choosing a cloud model sends requests off-device; local installation alone is not a privacy audit. The local runtime has no subscription charge; hardware, electricity and any cloud usage are separate. A local API is available. Cloud API balances and hosting costs are distinct from the free runtime.
What the existing demonstration shows
The corrected UGREEN companion documents a small Ollama model replying in Open WebUI; the OpenClaw inserts were simulations. The corrected Kingy companion, rather than the simulated agent inserts, is the evidence boundary. It documents Docker, Ollama and an Open WebUI reply, not a completed OpenClaw installation, retrieval accuracy or a network/privacy audit. UGREEN supplied the NAS for the creator to keep; the companion says no cash payment, editorial approval, commission or account credit was attached to the original links. The source has its own historical filming and checking dates. This buying review adds no new hardware test, installation, generation or benchmark. Original UGREEN recording. Watch the original Kingy demonstration.
Sources and buying-review date
Buying details checked October 22, 2026. Plan research uses current official sources; demonstration descriptions use the retained Kingy record and any captured creator chapters. No new subscription, paid generation or checkout was performed. The buying-review date does not renew every claim in the broader facts ledger.
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Earlier profile and dated source history
The earlier record below keeps its own dates and scope.
Kingy Product Passport · source-bound profile
Ollama
Ollama’s useful distinction is local runtime versus Ollama-operated cloud behavior; neither supports a general performance or zero-metadata conclusion.
To see where this runtime fits alongside memory guidance, buying options and tested systems, use the AI Hardware hub.
Use this record when
Name the exact downloaded model, execution mode and hardware context before relying on an Ollama claim.
Boundary
No Kingy network-privacy audit, hardware benchmark, general performance test or account-specific cloud test. The separate repair checks below cover model lookup and context rejection.
Ollama model or context error?
Debug Ollama model-not-found and context-size errors locally, choose Ollama and paste the complete error JSON. The check runs in your tab without uploading the log.
- Ollama model not found: check the exact local name and tag.
- Ollama request exceeds the available context size: check the effective context allocation while preserving the full input.
Verified October 17, 2026 using Ollama 0.40.5 on CPU and Qwen3-4B Q4_K_M on one Mac. These repairs provide no memory-fit guarantee for your setup.
Approved source-bound claims
availability
Ollama documents support for macOS, Windows and Linux and a local API for installed models. Each downloaded model must be identified exactly and retains its own license, size, context, hardware and capability boundary.
Scope: Ollama runtime; operating-system version and hardware requirements apply · Evidence: ollama-quickstart, ollama-macos
privacy
Ollama says it does not see, store or transmit prompts or data when models run locally. This local-runtime statement excludes downloads and Ollama-operated cloud behavior; it is not a Kingy claim about performance, local-network behavior or zero metadata.
Scope: Local execution only; downloads and cloud features excluded · Evidence: ollama-privacy
privacy
For Ollama-operated cloud models, Ollama says prompts and responses are processed transiently, are not stored and are not used for training, while limited account and usage metadata is collected. This cloud statement does not describe local runtime behavior.
Scope: Ollama-operated cloud models; terms and policy apply · Evidence: ollama-privacy
Pricing reviewed September 21, 2026
Current cloud-access correction, November 9, 2026: The pricing page now calls its no-subscription cloud entry route “Pay as you go” and says cloud models are charged per token. The earlier free starter-model allowance and Free monthly-reset wording below are historical and should not be used to budget current cloud calls. Local model execution remains free; check any account-specific promotional or purchased credits separately. This correction covers cloud access; the other dated cloud prices retain their original review scope. Current Ollama pricing.
Ollama’s local software is free; hardware, electricity and separately hosted services can still cost money. Its cloud plans use per-token usage credits:
- Free: $0. Includes starter cloud usage; the exact allowance is not specified.
- Pro: $20/month or $200/year. Includes $60 in usage credits each month.
- Max: $100/month. Includes $300 in usage credits each month.
- Team: $500/month. Includes $1,000 in shared monthly credits for unlimited users. Listed as early access; the launch announcement calls this introductory pricing.
- Enterprise: custom pricing.
Cloud-credit clarification, source-checked October 22, 2026
Free cloud usage covers a smaller set of starter models; buying credits unlocks all cloud models. Included usage resets on the same day each month that the subscription started, including annual plans; Free usage resets monthly from signup. Unused included credits do not roll over. Included credits are used before purchased credits.
On Team, usage beyond the included allowance draws from a shared balance billed as you go. Ollama says teams can add a set amount and turn off automatic usage billing. Check those controls before assuming the subscription price caps the bill; this review does not establish your account’s settings.
Cloud use remains metered and subject to concurrency limits. Ollama’s listed DeepSeek peak rates apply 12:00–18:00 UTC, Monday–Friday. See the official pricing page for rates and billing rules. This source check does not renew the local test results or other claims.
The August 31 pricing announcement says existing subscribers can retain legacy billing while their subscription keeps renewing. Changing the billing cycle or subscription tier moves the account to the new pricing plan. New signups use the new plans.
Source-only pricing review. Amounts use the vendor’s $ notation; no currency conversion was applied. Kingy has not verified account eligibility, checkout totals or a paid invoice.
Evidence gaps
- Each downloaded model retains its own license, context, hardware and capability boundary.
- No Kingy network-privacy audit or hardware benchmark.
Official sources
- Ollama quickstart — Ollama
- Ollama for macOS — Ollama
- Ollama FAQ — Ollama
- Ollama Privacy Policy — Ollama
- Ollama Terms of Service — Ollama
- Ollama pricing — Ollama; pricing checked September 21, 2026
- Ollama’s transparent pricing — Ollama; August 31, 2026 announcement
Freshness and corrections
Original profile sources checked 2026-08-10; pricing review dated separately. The linked October 17, 2026 tests cover two local errors and do not refresh the other claims. Corrections are handled through the existing Kingy editorial process.
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Launch History
Ollama v0.30.10 release
Ollama released v0.30.10 with Apple Silicon MLX support for Command A and North family models, plus llama.cpp and build-artifact updates.
- Launch readiness
- 7.7 / 10
- Demo evidence
- Not scored yet
- Creator-story fit
- Not scored yet
Score definitions and rubric
These are launch-record readiness heuristics, not product ratings.
Launch readiness
How complete and reviewable the launch record is, not the quality of the product.
Inputs and weights: Launch date 15%; qualifying source 10%; what launched 10%; demo 15%; category 10%; audience 10%; editorial assessment 10%; traction evidence 10%; creator or audience fit 10%.
Evidence inputs: Reviewed launch metadata, public source links, demo links, taxonomy, audience, editorial notes, and recorded traction signals.
Demo evidence
Whether the record contains useful, reviewable demonstration evidence; it is not a rating of product output quality.
Inputs and weights: Working demo URL 45%; video walkthrough 25%; clear description of what launched 10%; audience 10%; editorial assessment 10%.
Evidence inputs: Demo and video URLs plus the reviewed launch description, audience, and editorial notes.
Creator-story fit
Whether a launch has enough demonstrable evidence and audience relevance for a useful creator story; it does not predict views or guarantee coverage.
Inputs and weights: Demo evidence 25%; visual creator category 15%; audience 15%; editorial assessment 15%; traction evidence 10%; pricing clarity 10%; API or open-weight evidence 10%.
Evidence inputs: Reviewed demo, category, audience, editorial, traction, pricing, API, and open-weight fields.
- Scale
- 0.0–10.0. A present qualifying input receives its published weight; a missing input receives zero. Scores are rounded to one decimal.
- Assigned by
- Suggested by the deterministic field-completeness helper and assigned or approved by a Kingy editorial reviewer.
- Rubric and check date
- Rubric version P0-2026-08-10. The record’s “Last verified” date is the score check date. Checked: 2026-06-24.
- Confidence and missing data
- Confidence depends on source completeness. “Not scored yet” means no reviewed value; “Needs review” means the value or score set failed validation.
- Freshness
- Recalculate after a material launch, source, demo, pricing, audience, or traction change and during the record freshness review.
- Disputes
- Use “Suggest a correction” on the record and cite the relevant evidence. Commercial relationships cannot buy or alter a score.
Ollama's v0.30.10 release adds Apple Silicon MLX support for the Command A and North model families, plus llama.cpp and build-artifact updates, per the GitHub…