How we make money
We're transparent about our revenue sources because it matters for trust. RunLocalAI makes money in two ways:
1. Affiliate links
When you click a hardware link on this site and buy, we may earn a commission. Specifically:
- Amazon Associates — for GPU, laptop, and accessory recommendations to US, EU, and other supported regions
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What does NOT influence content
- We have never accepted payment in exchange for a positive review
- We have never been paid to feature, hide, or downrank a model, tool, or hardware product
- Affiliate commission rates do not influence which products we recommend
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Local AI tools we recommend
Most software covered on this site (Ollama, llama.cpp, KoboldCPP, oobabooga) is free and open-source. We don't have meaningful commercial relationships with these projects — when we recommend them, it's based on hands-on testing.
A handful of tools have commercial tiers or paid offerings (LM Studio's commercial license, cloud GPU rentals like RunPod, Vast.ai, Lambda Labs). When we link to these, we may use an affiliate link, and we disclose that in the affiliate-link list above.
Reader-supported alternative
If you'd rather support the site without affiliate clicks or ad views, the most useful thing you can do is contribute a benchmark — see our contact page to send us numbers from your own setup.
Last reviewed: this page is reviewed quarterly to ensure disclosures stay accurate.