Ollama free tier: quotas, limits and gotchas

Ollama Free Tier

Last verified: 2026-11-02

What you get for free

Feature	Free tier	Notes
Free-tier allowance	Locally, it runs completely free on personal hardware with no call limits; the cloud Free plan offers a modest lightweight quota for model launches and 1 concurrent request.	As seen on the official site on the day of entry; see the official site for details

Limits at a glance

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Auto-admitted challenger candidate: data checked once, not yet triple-verified by a human. Treat the free allowance and commercial terms as whatever the official site says today.

When the free plan runs out, what does upgrading cost?

Plan	pricing	Description
Pro	US$20 / mo	Personal cloud plan, monthly payment US$20 (annual payment US$200); each month includes US$60 of token usage credit, supports 3 concurrent cloud models, excess usage billed at the token list price.
Max	US$100 / mo	High-usage cloud plan, monthly fee US$100; includes a US$300 monthly token usage credit and supports 10 concurrent cloud models.
Team	US$500 / mo	Team Sharing plan, monthly fee US$500; unlimited member seats, provides the organization with a shared US$1,000 Token usage quota each month and a centralized management backend.

Checked 2026-11-02

Where you can use it

Platforms: mac, windows, linux

Try it on the official site