# Jan vs Ollama (slim)

> Ollama has a score of 56.6 (C) against Jan's 51.4 (D). Both do local inference. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 34 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Ollama has a score of 56.6 (C) against Jan's 51.4 (D). Both do local inference. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 34 points.

- Jan: D 51.4, rank #349 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jan.min.md
- Ollama: C 56.6, rank #302 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ollama.min.md
- Pick Jan for reliability (+15), security & auth (+15), transparency & trust (+6). Pick Ollama for schema & documentation (+23), agent ergonomics (+29), maintenance & community (+34).

| Category | Jan | Ollama |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 53 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 56 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 46 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 28 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 47 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 63 |