📦 Migration Guide

How to Migrate from OpenAI API to Ollama

💰 Save Pay per use ($0.01+/1k tokens)/month 🔓 Own your data 📅 March 25, 2026
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Ollama is free to self-host — vs Pay per use ($0.01+/1k tokens) for OpenAI API.
For a 50-person team that's a significant annual saving.

🗺️ Migration Steps

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Export your data from OpenAI API in its standard export format, review Ollama's import documentation, and plan for a pilot period where both tools run in parallel.
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Data sourced March 2026. Pricing and features change — verify at [OpenAI API](https://openai.com) and [Ollama](https://ollama.com) before making decisions.*

🔗 Get Started

Export from OpenAI API → Set up Ollama →

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