AI Tool Profile
Ollama
Ollama’s useful distinction is local runtime versus Ollama-operated cloud behavior; neither supports a general performance or zero-metadata conclusion.
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Ollama: workflow and access check
Run the local setup fixture with a named model and hardware configuration.
Dated source review · 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
Kingy AI Product Facts
Ollama
Current statusUnknown
- Company
- Not yet reviewed
- Primary job
- Run models locally or use larger models in Ollama’s cloud.
- Audience
- Not yet reviewed
- API
- Available
- Evidence
- Source-backed; review due
- Latest source check
- September 6, 2026
See all tracked product factsPricing, platforms, dependencies, data claims, regions, and timeline
Sources and checks
- Coverage
- 3 of 87 tracked fields currently verified
- Sources
- 4
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
- AvailableOfficial sources: Download Ollama
- Linux — Install or access
- https://ollama.com/downloadSource: Download Ollama
- Macos
- AvailableOfficial sources: Download Ollama
- Macos — Install or access
- https://ollama.com/downloadSource: Download Ollama
- Macos — Minimum version
- macOS 14 SonomaSource: Download Ollama
- Windows
- AvailableOfficial sources: Download Ollama
- Windows — Install or access
- https://ollama.com/downloadSource: Download Ollama
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 refreshed
Kingy reconfirmed the published facts against the cited sources.
View published revision - Ollama — Correction published
Kingy published an approved correction to this Product Facts record.
View published revision - Ollama — Verification refreshed
Kingy reconfirmed the published facts against the cited sources.
View published revision - Ollama — Product Facts updated
Kingy published an approved change to this Product Facts record.
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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 local-network observation, hardware benchmark, performance test or account-specific cloud test.
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
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.
Included credits reset monthly, including on annual plans, and do not roll over. Free accounts can buy credits without a subscription. Cloud use is metered, with concurrency limits; included credits are used before purchased credits. Ollama’s listed DeepSeek peak rates apply 12:00–18:00 UTC, Monday–Friday. Check the official pricing page for model-specific rates.
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 local/network observation 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
Source checked 2026-08-10. Kingy has not hands-on tested this product. 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…