SpecialistCloud API gateway providing instant access to thousands of models, trading local hardware privacy for cloud compute.

BasedTools records 17,641 monthly visits with +73.7% month-over-month growth and Free pricing. Ollama records 9,421,973 monthly visits with +4.3% growth and Free, Freemium, Paid pricing.
A curated directory and search engine for discovering AI tools and products
| Dimension / Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | basedtools.ai | ollama.com |
| Pricing Model | Free | Free, Freemium, Paid |
| Monthly Visits | 17.64K (17,641) | 9.42M (9,421,973) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +7.49K (+73.7%) |
| +389.71K (+4.3%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (37.5%) | 🇨🇳 China (15.9%) |
|---|
| Direct Visits / mo | 6.9K | 4.02M |
|---|
| User Rating | 3.8 | 4.8 |
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| Supported Platforms | Website | app, open-source, website |
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A curated directory and search engine for discovering AI tools and products
Thousands of AI products grouped into practical categories such as chatbots, education assistants, legal tools, video generation and design utilities so you can start from a use case.
A dedicated "Launching Today" area rotates freshly added and newly released AI tools, making the directory useful for spotting new products early.
Intent-based search helps you jump straight to a tool instead of paging through category lists.
Founders can submit their own AI tool for consideration, which keeps the catalog growing with indie launches as well as established names.
Run and build with open AI models locally or in the cloud
Install once and pull open-weight models by name; Ollama handles weights, quantization and versioning for you.
A built-in server exposes a straightforward REST API, so scripts, editors and agents can talk to local models with minimal setup.
Route requests to hosted open models when your laptop cannot hold the checkpoint you need, with per-token pricing and concurrency tiers.
Access families such as Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek, Gemma, Mistral and gpt-oss from a single interface.
SpecialistCloud API gateway providing instant access to thousands of models, trading local hardware privacy for cloud compute.


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SpecialistCloud API gateway providing instant access to thousands of models, trading local hardware privacy for cloud compute.
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source platform for building visual agentic workflows and RAG pipelines using local or cloud models.
Free / Open-sourceFeature-rich self-hosted web chat interface designed to manage and query local models like Ollama.
A curated AI tools directory with 5,000+ listings
Free / Open-sourcePrivacy-first desktop app focused specifically on local document chat and RAG, unlike Ollama's general-purpose CLI runtime.
Free / Open-sourceDevelopment framework for connecting local models to external document stores and structured data sources.
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source desktop app for running models locally with a graphical interface, but heavier than Ollama's lightweight CLI.
A hand-curated directory for discovering AI tools and resources
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source local AI server supporting multimodal inference including vision and speech, expanding beyond Ollama's text focus.
Discover AI tools and learn AI fundamentals in one searchable hub
A curated directory of thousands of AI tools, updated daily.
Free / Open-sourceLocal coding agent that executes natural language instructions directly inside your terminal environment.