19 AI infrastructure tools for Mac. 16 have a free plan. Half of the paid plans start at $12.42 a month or less. 8 are open source. Newest check: 12 Nov 2026.
268 of 721 tools were checked against the vendor's own page in the last 30 days.
| Tool | Price from | Free plan | Runs on | Rating | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClaudeClaude is Anthropic's AI assistant, with a free tier, Pro, Max and Ultra personal plans, and Team and Enterprise seats. Opus access starts at Pro. | $20/mo | Yes | Web · iOS · Android · Mac · Windows | 4.3 | 2 Nov |
| OllamaMIT-licensed runtime that runs open-weight LLMs on macOS, Windows and Linux with a local API, plus an optional paid cloud for larger models. | $20/mo | Yes | Web · Mac · Windows | 4.0 | 12 Nov |
| AI2sqlAI2sql is an AI SQL generator that converts natural language descriptions into optimized SQL queries for 10+ database types, supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigQuery, Snowflake with 90% accuracy. | $9/mo | Trial | Web · Mac · Windows | 3.7 | 26 Sep |
| BlazeSQLBlazeSQL is an AI-powered SQL query tool enabling non-technical users to analyze data in seconds by asking questions in plain English to MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Snowflake databases. | $150/mo | Trial | Web · iOS · Mac · Windows | 3.6 | 23 Oct |
| Wondershare RecoveritRecoverit is desktop data recovery software from Wondershare for Windows and Mac, with a capped free edition and paid monthly, annual, quarterly or one-time plans covering two devices. | $3.92/mo | Yes | Mac · Windows | 3.6 | 14 Oct |
| kladSource-available painting and animation app with 23 brushes that a coding agent drives through a command line, with no image model inside. | -- | Yes | Mac | 3.2 | 12 Nov |
| AnythingLLMFree MIT-licensed desktop app that chats with your documents and runs agents on local models, no account needed. About 66,700 GitHub stars. | $50/mo | Yes | Web · Android · Mac · Windows | -- | 6 Oct |
| CactusOpen-source engine that runs LLM, speech and vision models on phones and wearables, with 6 language bindings and cloud handoff. | Free | Yes | iOS · Android · Mac | -- | 14 Oct |
| Google DiscoGoogle Labs' experimental Chromium browser where Gemini 3 turns open tabs into no-code GenTabs mini apps, in a closed macOS-only beta. | Free | Yes | Mac | -- | 26 Oct |
| GPT4AllFree MIT-licensed desktop app that runs open-weight LLMs offline, with LocalDocs chat over your own folders. About 77K GitHub stars. | Free | Yes | Mac · Windows | -- | 6 Oct |
| JanOpen-source desktop app that runs open LLMs offline on Windows, macOS and Linux, with optional cloud models through your own API keys. | Free | Yes | Mac · Windows | -- | 6 Oct |
| LiteLLMOpen-source AI gateway and Python SDK that puts 100+ LLM providers behind one OpenAI-compatible API, with budgets and fallbacks. Free to self-host. | -- | Yes | Web · Mac · Windows | -- | 23 Oct |
| llama.cppFree MIT-licensed C/C++ engine that runs LLMs locally. 130,000+ GitHub stars, GGUF models, OpenAI-compatible server. A developer tool. | Free | Yes | Mac · Windows | -- | 7 Oct |
| LM StudioFree desktop app that runs open LLMs locally on llama.cpp and MLX, with an OpenAI-compatible local server and an optional $20 cloud plan. | $20/mo | Yes | Mac · Windows | -- | 5 Oct |
| MealMatch AIMealMatch AI is an iOS app that builds meal plans for diabetes, PCOS, cancer recovery and heart disease, with an AI guide named Kofi and Instacart checkout. | $4.17/mo | Yes | iOS · Mac | -- | 23 Aug |
| MstyDesktop AI workspace that runs local and online models side by side. Free Studio plan and paid Aurum tier. For Windows, macOS and Linux. | $12.42/mo | Yes | Web · Mac · Windows | -- | 7 Oct |
| RiffusionFree AI music generator that creates instrumental tracks from text prompts in 30–45 seconds, no login required. | $8/mo | Yes | Web · Mac · Windows | -- | 19 Aug |
| Roger AIRoger AI overlays live, step-by-step click guidance on any app by reading your screen at 1 frame per second, no integrations needed. | -- | -- | Mac | -- | 19 Aug |
| Arc BrowserArc was a free Chromium browser with a vertical sidebar and Spaces. The Browser Company closed new accounts in October 2026 and shuts Arc down in December 2026. | Free | Yes | iOS · Android · Mac · Windows | 2.7 | 11 Nov |
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