# Berth vs Open WebUI (slim)

> Berth scores 67.6 (B) to Open WebUI's 52 (D) for local inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-open-webui.md (~2,900 tokens) · this version ~830 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-open-webui.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-open-webui
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Open WebUI's 52 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Open WebUI leads on security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do local inference.

- Berth: B 67.6, rank #283 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/berth.min.md
- Open WebUI: D 52, rank #879 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/open-webui.min.md
- Berth, good for Someone running several GPU programs (llama.cpp, llama-swap, Ollama, vLLM, ComfyUI, games) on one NVIDIA card who wants them to take turns, and agents that need to ask for the card. Ahead on Reliability, 76 against 68; Schema & documentation, 69 against 60; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 54; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20. Also Free to start without a card; Open source; No incidents deducted, where Open WebUI loses 8 points for them.
- Open WebUI, good for A household or team that wants one chat interface over local and hosted models, with shared knowledge bases, memories, tools and access control, on their own server. Ahead on Security & auth, 63 against 51; Maintenance & community, 91 against 76; Transparency & trust, 73 against 68.

| Category | Berth | Open WebUI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 76 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 60 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 54 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 76 | 91 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Berth | Open WebUI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |
| Vendor | Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub) | Open WebUI Inc. |
| Licence | Apache-2.0. The Berth name, the Pilot mascot and the artwork in assets/ are excluded from the licence, per the NOTICE file | Open WebUI License. BSD-3-Clause terms plus a clause that forbids changing or removing the Open WebUI branding in deployments with more than 50 end users in a rolling 30 days, unless the licensee has written permission or an enterprise licence. Code from before set commits stays under MIT or BSD-3-Clause (LICENSE_HISTORY), and contributors sign a CLA |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-09-21 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-07-07 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2025-12-31 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 245 stars | 153k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |