LM Studio
The facts below are what the maker publishes about LM Studio, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From LM Studio's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Bionic Agent · local LLMs with llama.cpp and MLX · offline voice transcription · LM Link for up to 5 devices · limited web search |
| Bionic+ | $20 a month | Everything in Free · US-hosted open source models · discounted bulk tokens · web search and page extraction |
| Pro | $100 a month | Everything in Bionic+ · 5× usage limits · discounted bulk tokens · early access to new features |
The facts
Each one read from LM Studio's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- App integrations
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Mobile apps
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
What it does
- Cloud hosting
- The pricing page says Bionic cloud inference is US-hosted and uses Zero Data Retention.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Developer interfaces
- LM Studio provides TypeScript and Python SDKs, a REST API, OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic-compatible endpoints, and the lms CLI.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Document chat
- Users can chat with documents locally, and document processing is performed on the machine.checked 7 Oct 2026
- File uploads
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Headless use
- llmster is a headless daemon intended for servers, cloud instances, and CI environments.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- LM Studio lists Claude Code, Codex, Hermes Agent, and OpenClaw as integrations, and supports connecting external tools through MCP.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Local server
- LM Studio can serve local models on localhost or a local network through OpenAI-like endpoints.checked 7 Oct 2026
- MCP authentication
- LM Studio supports OAuth for MCP integrations and makes connected service tools available to models after browser authorization.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Model runtimes
- LM Studio supports llama.cpp models on Mac, Windows, and Linux, and MLX models on Apple Silicon Macs.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Offline use
- After downloading a model, users can chat with it offline, and prompts entered while chatting with local models stay on the device.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 20checked 20 Sep 2026
- Privacy
- The desktop app privacy policy says local chats, chat histories, and documents are not transmitted from the device, while cloud requests are processed transiently and not retained after completion.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- LM Studio lets users download and run large language models on their computers through a chat interface and programmable API.checked 7 Oct 2026
- System requirements
- LM Studio requires macOS 14 or newer on Apple Silicon Macs, and recommends at least 16 GB RAM for Mac and Windows systems.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Usage limits
- The Free plan includes LM Link for up to five devices and limited web search; Pro includes five times the usage limits of Bionic+.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Web search
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Team billing
- The pricing page says teams can use centralized billing for inference credits and that subscription plans for teams are coming soon.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Team workspace
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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