Dify review

Dify is a good fit for IT teams that want to build agents on a platform they can run themselves. Workflow Studio is a visual builder for agentic workflows, the Knowledge Pipeline prepares documents for retrieval, and a Marketplace adds tools, models and integrations. The same stack runs on Dify Cloud, inside a VPC or self-hosted, and the open-source Community Edition deploys with Docker. Cloud pricing is per workspace rather than per seat: Sandbox is free with 200 message credits, Professional costs $590 per workspace per year with 5,000 message credits per month, and Team costs $1,590 per year with 10,000. Message credits cover models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI and others. Dify is stronger on knowledge and reasoning flows than on business app actions, so connecting it to ticketing or HR systems usually means configuring tools or APIs yourself. That keeps its ease of use score below Zapier and Lindy, but its value for self-hosting teams is high.

Who it is for

IT teams that want a visual agent builder they can self-host or deploy privately.

Price

Free Sandbox plan; Professional $590 per workspace per year; open-source Community Edition.

$590 per workspace / year
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 10, 2026.

Key features

• Workflow Studio, a visual builder for agentic workflows
• Knowledge Pipeline for preparing searchable knowledge bases
• Marketplace of tools, models and integrations
• Deploy on Dify Cloud, a VPC or self-hosted
• Models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI and others

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free Community Edition can be self-deployed with Docker
• Strength: Workspace pricing instead of per-seat pricing
• Strength: Private deployment option for enterprise teams
• Weakness: Sandbox includes only 200 message credits
• Weakness: Fewer ready-made business app actions than Zapier or Copilot Studio
• Weakness: Building production agents takes more setup than assistant-style tools

Key facts

• Free plan: Sandbox, 200 message credits
• Professional: 5,000 message credits per month
• Deployment: Cloud, VPC or self-hosted

Where it ranks

Dify is No. 7 in our Best AI Agent Builders verdict.