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Free alternatives to Google AI Pro

Swap Google AI Pro for Open WebUI, Ollama or Jan and stop paying $239.88/yr.

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$239.88/yr Google AI Pro Verified on one.google.com, Oct 17, 2026

3 alternatives

Partly replaces it Active Source-available · Open WebUI License Linux Self-hostable
open-webui/open-webui154.7k★last push Oct 16, 2026checked Oct 17, 2026

A chat interface only: you bring the model, and there's no Gmail/Docs integration or the plan's 2 TB of storage.

Self-host

Runs on your own Linux server, with Docker files in the repo. Setup docs are on openwebui.com.

Partly replaces it Active Open source · MIT Linux Arch/AUR
ollama/ollama183.1k★last push Oct 17, 2026checked Oct 17, 2026

Runs open models on your own computer; they trail Gemini's best, and nothing replaces the plan's 2 TB of storage.

Install
$ sudo pacman -S ollama

Jan

Desktop app About Jan →
Partly replaces it Active Open source · Apache-2.0 Linux Arch/AUR
janhq/jan44.9k★last push Oct 16, 2026checked Oct 17, 2026

Desktop app for local models that trail Gemini's best, with no Gmail/Docs integration or cloud storage.

Install
$ yay -S jan-bin
$ flatpak install flathub ai.jan.Jan

At a glance

Free alternatives to Google AI Pro compared
AlternativeVerdictLicenseLinuxAURSelf-hostStars
Open WebUI Partly replaces it Open WebUI License source-available Yes — Yes 154.7k★
Ollama Partly replaces it MIT open source Yes Yes No 183.1k★
Jan Partly replaces it Apache-2.0 open source Yes Yes No 44.9k★

Google AI Pro alternatives: questions

Is there a free alternative to Google AI Pro?
Yes. The 3 free alternatives are Open WebUI (source-available, Open WebUI License), Ollama (open source, MIT) and Jan (open source, Apache-2.0).
How much does Google AI Pro cost?
Google AI Pro's Google AI Pro plan costs $19.99 a month, which is $239.88 a year (monthly). Source: the official pricing page at one.google.com, checked Oct 17, 2026.
Which Google AI Pro alternatives run on Linux?
Open WebUI (self-hosted server; web UI), Ollama (Arch extra: ollama) and Jan (AUR: jan-bin; Flathub: ai.jan.Jan).
Can you self-host a Google AI Pro alternative?
Yes. Open WebUI runs on your own server. Ollama is a command-line tool and Jan is a desktop app.
Are these Google AI Pro alternatives open source?
Not all of them. Open WebUI (Open WebUI License) is source-available: the code is public, but the license isn't OSI-approved open source. Ollama (MIT) and Jan (Apache-2.0) are open source.

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