Open models, running on a server you control.
Run open-weight language models such as Llama, Mistral, Qwen and Gemma with Ollama on ALCO infrastructure, behind your own sign-in, so prompts and documents never leave the server. ALCO sizes it, runs it and keeps it current.
- 1 min
- between checks from outside the network
- Nightly
- backups, with a test restore on the calendar
- Enterprise
- Cloudflare plan in front of every site and app
- 24/7
- help desk, holidays too
What is included.
What ALCO does for you under local AI hosting, in plain terms.
Open models, your choice
Llama, Mistral, Qwen, Gemma, Phi and others, pulled and updated by ALCO. We help you pick the model that fits the job and the budget.
Nothing leaves the server
Prompts, documents and answers stay on ALCO infrastructure. No third-party AI service sees your data.
A chat interface for staff
A web chat behind your company sign-in, with two-step sign-in, so people can use it on day one.
An API for your own tools
An OpenAI-compatible endpoint with keys you control, so your applications, automations and the headless CMS can call it.
Your documents, searchable
Retrieval over your own files, with an embedding model, so answers cite your policies and manuals rather than the open internet.
Sized honestly
Model size and hardware are matched to how many people use it and how fast it needs to be. We tell you what it will cost before we build it.
Updates and monitoring
Models, runtime and interface kept current; usage and health watched.
People who answer
Questions about models, prompts or access go to the same help desk as everything else.
How it works.
Four steps, each one written down as we go.
- 1
Scope
What you want it to do, who will use it, and what data it needs to see. We suggest models and size the hardware, with a written price.
- 2
Build
Ollama, the models, the chat interface and the API go up on ALCO infrastructure behind your sign-in.
- 3
Connect
Your documents for retrieval, and any tools or automations that should call the API.
- 4
Run it
ALCO keeps models and runtime current, watches usage and health, and answers the questions.
Who this is for.
Businesses that want it run, not just rented
A server somewhere is easy. Someone who updates it, backs it up, watches it and picks up the phone is the part you are buying.
Teams that have outgrown shared hosting
When the shared plan is slow, the control panel is a mystery and support is a chat bot, a managed instance on the ALCO server is the next step.
Anyone who wants their data in one accountable place
Your instance, your data, on infrastructure ALCO owns and operates in Idaho, behind Cloudflare Enterprise.
Questions people ask.
Is this as good as ChatGPT or Claude?
For many business tasks, open models are more than good enough, and they keep your data private. For the hardest work we can also connect the big providers through their business APIs. We will be honest about which fits.
Where does it run?
On ALCO infrastructure in Idaho, sized for the models you choose. Larger models need more memory and compute; we quote that in writing.
Who can use it?
Whoever you say. Access is behind your company sign-in with two-step sign-in required, and usage is logged.
Can it read our documents?
Yes, with retrieval set up over the folders you choose. It stays on the server.
Can ALCO build on top of it?
Yes. See AI development: people are accountable for the result, the model does the drafting.
- The client area
Everything ALCO does for you, in one place.
Requests, your team, invoices, documents, shared credentials and sign-in security. One sign-in, any device. Take the tour.
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Clients we’ve worked with
We’ve worked with businesses, nonprofits and community organizations on managed hosting, website development and everyday IT support. These are some of the current and past clients we’ve supported, each with different systems, priorities and people. Explore their stories to see what working with ALCO looks like.
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