$0/Month AI Stack: Every Free Model a Business Owner Should Know

Claude Code costs $20-$200/month. I tested every free alternative so you don't have to.

In this video I break down the three ways to use AI for free: local models on your laptop, open source tools that clone what Claude Code does, and free tiers that give you access to the same quality models. I rank them honestly. What works, what's a waste of time, and where free actually beats paid.

0:00 Why Local AI Matters: Privacy & Cost
0:04 How to use Ollama for Private AI
0:28 Cloud Code: A Subscription-Free Alternative
1:01 Setting up Google Gemma 4 26B
1:26 RAM Guide: What Your Laptop Can Actually Run
2:10 Running Qwen and Other Open Models Locally
2:29 Meta’s Models vs. Coding Tasks
3:00 How to Run Local Models in the Cloud (VPS)
3:09 Connecting Local AI to Your IDE (OpenCode)
4:02 Managing Models with LM Studio
4:33 Best Models for MacBook Air
5:01 Jack Dorsey’s Goose AI & Model Benchmarking
5:33 Stop Wasting Money: Matching Tasks to Models
6:03 Using AI Offline (No Rate Limits or Subs)

Models covered: Gemma 4, Qwen 3.5, Llama 4 Scout, Mistral 7B, Phi-4 Mini
Tools covered: Ollama, OpenCode, Goose, Gemini CLI, Aider, Cline, LM Studio

My full paid stack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzz3Lmesvso

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