Free alternatives to ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro
AI Chat & Assistants: free alternatives to paid tools, with the catch and a source for each.
Ollama
Free alternative to: ChatGPT Plus / Claude Pro
What the free tier includes: Run open LLMs (Llama, Mistral, Qwen, etc.) locally; MIT-licensed app and API.
Limits: Needs your own hardware; quality depends on model size and your RAM/GPU.
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AnythingLLM
Free alternative to: ChatGPT Team (chat-with-your-docs)
What the free tier includes: Desktop/self-hosted chat over your own documents; MIT licence.
Limits: You supply the model (local or API key); self-hosting is on you.
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Open WebUI
Free alternative to: ChatGPT web interface
What the free tier includes: Self-hosted chat UI for Ollama or OpenAI-compatible APIs.
Limits: Commercial use: allowed under a BSD-style licence, but you may not remove or alter Open WebUI branding if more than 50 end users a month use it (unless you have permission or an enterprise licence).
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Jan
Free alternative to: ChatGPT desktop app
What the free tier includes: Offline desktop chat app for local models.
Limits: Commercial use: allowed (Apache-2.0; attribution requested). Local hardware limits apply.
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