# Jan vs Open WebUI (slim)

> Open WebUI has a score of 52 (D) against Jan's 51.4 (D). Both do local inference. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 44 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Open WebUI has a score of 52 (D) against Jan's 51.4 (D). Both do local inference. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 44 points.

- Jan: D 51.4, rank #349 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jan.min.md
- Open WebUI: D 52, rank #345 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/open-webui.min.md
- Pick Jan for payments & pricing (+40). Pick Open WebUI for agent ergonomics (+8), security & auth (+20), maintenance & community (+44).

| Category | Jan | Open WebUI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 56 | 60 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 46 | 54 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 47 | 91 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 73 |