Ollama vs Perplexity

FeatureOllamaPerplexity
CategoryLocal AI InfrastructureAI Search
PricingFree (open-source)Free + Pro $20/mo
GitHub Stars120,000—
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsWeb, iOS, Android
Features
  • ✓ One-command setup
  • ✓ API server
  • ✓ GPU acceleration
  • ✓ Model library
  • ✓ Modelfile
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible API
  • ✓ Real-time search
  • ✓ Citations
  • ✓ Follow-up questions
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Collections
Tags
open-sourcelocalllminferenceprivacygpu
searchresearchcitationswebapi