Both sit in the model provider layer with similar commercial terms, so the practical split is language: LiteLLM targets Python and Ollama targets Python.
Self-hosted proxy that speaks one API to 100+ providers, with keys and budgets.
Give every agent its own virtual key so you can attribute and cap spend per surface.
Open-weight models on your own machine. Nothing leaves the box.
| LiteLLM | Ollama | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing | open source | open source |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Languages | Python, TypeScript | TypeScript, Python |
| Install | pip install 'litellm[proxy]' | brew install ollama |
| Keys required | None | None |
Both sit in the model provider layer with similar commercial terms, so the practical split is language: LiteLLM targets Python and Ollama targets Python. LiteLLM: Self-hosted proxy that speaks one API to 100+ providers, with keys and budgets. Ollama: Open-weight models on your own machine. Nothing leaves the box.
LiteLLM can run on your own infrastructure. Ollama can run on your own infrastructure.
LiteLLM is open source (open source). Ollama is open source (open source).
Every page here answers to Accept: text/markdown and returns the same content at roughly a tenth the tokens. No separate site, no toggle — same URL.
curl -s -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://newagent.build/compare/litellm-vs-ollama