The honest difference
Mono is subscription, cloud-only. oll.am is the opposite by design: pay once, run on-device — any AI model without a subscription. Both are legitimate; here’s the contrast so you can pick what fits.
| Mono | oll.am | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Subscription (~CHF 20/mo Pro) | Pay once — no subscription |
| Where it runs | Cloud only | On-device option — local models, data never leaves your machine |
| Models | Many, cloud providers | Any model — local Ollama by default, or Claude/Groq/… |
| Privacy | Contractual + regional hosting | On-device = structural privacy (nothing to send) |
| Transparency | — | Built in public — real revenue shown |
Built in public from Zürich · we show our real numbers on the build log. Comparison reflects each product’s public model as of 2026-06; check Mono’s site for current pricing. oll.am’s writing tool (humaniz.me) is an honest writing-improvement tool, never a detector-bypass.