Dify
LangGenius · No-Code Agentic Workflow Platform
A self-hostable, source-available platform for building agentic workflows and RAG pipelines with a visual no-code interface.
Best for
No-code agentic workflows and RAG pipelines
Not ideal for
Developers who need full code-level control over agent behaviour
Who it's for
Teams building AI agent applications who prefer a visual builder over writing orchestration code
Capabilities
- Visual no-code workflow builder for agents and RAG pipelines
- Built-in retrieval-augmented generation with document ingestion
- Cloud hosted and self-hosted Docker deployment
- API and embeddable chat for deploying agent applications
- Model management supporting multiple LLM providers
- Marketplace of model, tool, and data-source plugins, including MCP
- Publish apps as web apps, APIs, embeds, or MCP servers
Limitations
- Modified Apache 2.0 license: operating a multi-tenant service requires written permission from Dify, and frontend logo and copyright notices must stay
- Self-hosted deployment requires Docker and infrastructure management
- Less flexible than code-first frameworks for custom agent logic
- Free cloud Sandbox is limited to 200 one-time message credits, 1 member, 5 apps, and 50MB of knowledge storage
Use cases
- Building RAG-powered chatbots without writing code
- Internal knowledge base Q&A systems
- Deploying agent workflows as APIs for product integration
- Prototyping agentic applications with a visual builder
- Teams that need agent observability and model management in one tool
Dify pricing
Sandbox
Free
- 200 message credits (one-time)
- 1 member, 5 apps
- 50MB knowledge storage
Professional
$590/year
Billed annual
- 5,000 message credits/month
- 3 members, 50 apps
- 5GB knowledge storage
Team
$1,590/year
Billed annual
- 10,000 message credits/month
- 50 members, 200 apps
- 20GB knowledge storage
Enterprise
Custom
- Self-hosted or managed enterprise deployment
Free tier limits: Cloud Sandbox: 200 one-time message credits, 1 member, 5 apps, 50MB knowledge storage. The self-hosted Community Edition is free.
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PaidAbout Dify
Dify is a source-available platform for building, deploying, and managing AI agents and RAG pipelines through a visual no-code interface. It combines workflow orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, model management, and observability in a single tool. Users can build agent applications by dragging and connecting components without writing code, prepare data with the Knowledge Pipeline, extend Dify through a Marketplace of model, tool, data-source, and MCP plugins, and publish apps as web apps, APIs, embeds, or MCP tools. Dify is available as a cloud service at cloud.dify.ai and can be self-hosted via Docker. The source code is public under a modified Apache 2.0 license that adds two conditions: running Dify as a multi-tenant service requires written permission, and the logo and copyright notices in the Dify frontend cannot be removed. Dify calls itself open source, but because of these conditions the license is not a standard open-source license. The project has over 157,000 GitHub stars and more than 1,000 contributors. Dify Cloud has a free Sandbox plan, Professional at $590/year, and Team at $1,590/year; the self-hosted Community Edition is free.
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