Open WebUI: Feature-rich self-hosted web chat interface designed to manage and query local models like Ollama. Ollama records 9,421,973 monthly visits with +4.3% month-over-month growth and Free, Freemium, Paid pricing. Open WebUI records 804,534 monthly visits with -2.8% growth and Freemium pricing.
Run and build with open AI models locally or in the cloud
Self-hosted AI workspace for local and cloud models
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | ollama.com | openwebui.com |
| Pricing Model | Free, Freemium, Paid | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 9.42M (9,421,973) | 804.53K (804,534) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +389.71K (+4.3%) | -23.01K (-2.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇨🇳 China (15.9%) | 🇺🇸 United States (24.5%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 4.02M | 299.84K |
| User Rating | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| Supported Platforms | app, open-source, website | Website |
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.
Self-hosted AI workspace for local and cloud models
Connect local runtimes like Ollama alongside OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic APIs, and switch between them inside one interface.
RAG over your own documents, web search and citation-aware answers come standard, so responses are grounded in real sources.
Extend the platform with Python code to add custom tooling, preprocessing, and multi-step pipelines, then share them with others.
SSO, RBAC, audit logs, data residency, and on-premises, hybrid or air-gapped deployment for organisations with strict requirements.
SpecialistCloud API gateway providing instant access to thousands of models, trading local hardware privacy for cloud compute.
SpecialistCloud API gateway providing instant access to thousands of models, trading local hardware privacy for cloud compute.
SpecialistOpen-source workflow automation built for AI agents and technical teams
SpecialistOpen-source workflow automation built for AI agents and technical teams
SpecialistA free, open-source personal AI agent that learns your projects and works across every messaging app.
SpecialistA free, open-source personal AI agent that learns your projects and works across every messaging app.
SpecialistOpen-source personal AI assistant that runs on your own machine and works from chat apps
SpecialistOpen-source personal AI assistant that runs on your own machine and works from chat apps
SpecialistSpecializes in visual workflow building and RAG pipelines rather than serving purely as a chat interface.
SpecialistSpecializes in visual workflow building and RAG pipelines rather than serving purely as a chat interface.
Free / Open-sourceFocuses on collaborative team AI workspaces and plugins, but shares similar open-source architectural goals.
SpecialistFocuses heavily on privacy-first document chat and local RAG pipelines, but offers fewer general-purpose chat UI features.
SpecialistFocuses heavily on privacy-first document chat and local RAG pipelines, but offers fewer general-purpose chat UI features.
Free / Open-sourceDevelopment framework for connecting local models to external document stores and structured data sources.
Free / Open-sourceDevelopment framework for connecting local models to external document stores and structured data sources.
Free / Open-sourceOffers robust multi-provider support and advanced user permission management, but has a slightly different configuration setup.
Free / Open-sourceOffers robust multi-provider support and advanced user permission management, but has a slightly different configuration setup.
Free / Open-sourceDelivers a desktop-native application for running local models offline easily, but lacks Open WebUI's server-centric multi-user features.
Free / Open-sourceDelivers a desktop-native application for running local models offline easily, but lacks Open WebUI's server-centric multi-user features.
SpecialistOpen-source AI automation that unifies agents, flows and 770+ app integrations
SpecialistOpen-source AI automation that unifies agents, flows and 770+ app integrations
Free / Open-sourceActs as a local server supporting multiple modalities, but requires separate frontend configuration for chat interactions.
Free / Open-sourceActs as a local server supporting multiple modalities, but requires separate frontend configuration for chat interactions.
