Ollama vs NanoGPT
i run both. Ollama on my laptop, NanoGPT for cloud access.
when i use Ollama
- sensitive data (client code, personal info)
- quick questions
- offline work
- experimenting with models
llama 3.1 8B on 16GB RAM. not as good as GPT-4o, but free and private.
when i use NanoGPT
- complex reasoning (GPT-4o, Claude)
- long documents (Gemini 1M context)
- coding where quality matters
cost comparison
| Usage | Ollama | NanoGPT | ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/day | $0 | $2-3 | $20 |
| 30/day | $0 | $5-8 | $20 |
my monthly cost: about $7. before: $50.
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