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Why self-host your AI?
Cloud AI (ChatGPT, Claude.ai)
- —Zero setup — browser and go
- —Always latest models
- —Your prompts and data go to their servers
- —Per-seat cost at team scale
- —No control over data retention policies
Self-hosted (Open WebUI + Ollama)
- —Data never leaves your machine or VPC
- —One-time GPU cost — unlimited usage
- —Customizable: system prompts, model catalog, RAG sources
- —On-premise compliance (HIPAA, finance, legal)
- —Works offline — no internet required
100%
data stays on-prem
$0
per-query cost
OpenAI
compatible API
★
Self-hosted AI is the right call when data privacy, cost at scale, or air-gapped environments are requirements.
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