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Dify.ai

Open-source LLM app development platform with agent workflows

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★4.6ratingPricing · FreemiumStable
The FalcoScan Intel PanelDify.ai · Agents
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.6
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Dify.ai does

Dify is a platform for building AI agents, agentic workflows, and retrieval-augmented generation knowledge pipelines on one visual canvas. Named features include Workflow Studio, agent building through chat or manual configuration, and Knowledge Pipeline for extracting, chunking, and indexing files, websites, online documents, and drives. A Marketplace offers model providers, tools, data sources, and MCP integrations. Apps can be published as hosted experiences, APIs, embeds, or MCP-compatible tools. Deployment options are Dify Cloud, Dify Enterprise with self-hosting or a VPC, SSO and SAML, RBAC, and audit logs, and a self-hosted Community Edition. Cloud plans scale with team size, storage, logs, and usage, and the page lists no specific prices.

How Dify.ai compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Dify.ai does. Only Flowise Cloud lists a starting price, $35 a month. 4 of the 5 offer an API, as Dify.ai does. Dify.ai offers a web app and a desktop app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a web app and 2 offer a desktop app. Dify.ai was founded in 2023; the alternatives were founded between 2022 and 2024, 1 of them earlier. Dify.ai is based in Suzhou, China; none of the 3 alternatives with a known headquarters is in China. They are in the United States and Switzerland.

Market position · Agents

How Dify.ai compares in Agents

Dify.ai has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 423 live Agents tools on FalcoScan. Across Agents, the average opportunity score is 72.6 and the average saturation score 31.5. FalcoScan rates Dify.ai's own market position as open. 179 of the 423 operating Agents tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 15 shutdowns in the category.

Dify.ai compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Dify.aiFounded 2023 · Suzhou, ChinaHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, DesktopStable
Flowise CloudFounded 2023 · Remote-firstHighOpenFreemium$35/moYesYesWebStable
FlowiseFounded 2023 · Remote-firstHighContestedFree—YesYesWeb, DesktopStable
Google Vertex AI AgentsFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Fixie AIFounded 2022 · Seattle, United StatesModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesWebRising
Browser UseFounded 2024 · Zurich, SwitzerlandHighOpenFree—YesNoDesktopHot

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Agents.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Dify.ai exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
RagAutonomous AgentWorkflow Automation
Industry Verticals
Technology
Tagged

Dify.ai shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Dify.ai: common questions

What is Dify.ai?

Dify is an open-source platform for building LLM apps, made by LangGenius. It combines a visual workflow editor, RAG pipelines, agents and model management, and its GitHub repository has about 158,000 stars.

Source: github.com ↗

Is Dify free?

Yes, in two ways. The self-hosted Community Edition is free under the Dify Open Source License, which is based on Apache 2.0 with extra conditions, and the Dify Cloud Sandbox plan is free with 200 message credits and up to 5 apps.

Source: dify.ai ↗

How much does Dify Cloud cost?

As of 13 Oct 2026, Professional is $59 per workspace a month ($590 a year) with 5,000 message credits a month and 3 team members. Team is $159 a month ($1,590 a year) with 10,000 credits and 50 members. Enterprise is quoted.

Source: dify.ai ↗

Is Dify.ai free?

Dify.ai has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Dify.ai?

The closest alternatives to Dify.ai that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Flowise Cloud, Flowise, Google Vertex AI Agents, Fixie AI, and Browser Use.

Is Dify.ai still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Dify.ai as operating at dify.ai.

Where is Dify.ai based?

Dify.ai is headquartered in Suzhou, China.

Does Dify.ai have an API?

Yes. Dify.ai offers an API.

Who is Dify.ai for?

Dify.ai is built for developers, ai builders, and enterprises.

How do I sign in to Dify.ai?

Sign in on Dify.ai's own website, dify.ai. FalcoScan reviews Dify.ai but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Dify.ai directly.

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