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Flowise alternatives are now a necessity, not a preference: Flowise reached end of life on 31 August 2026, and its maintainers recommend you move on. The four strongest replacements are Dify, Langflow, n8n and StackAI — and for most teams, Dify is the closest like-for-like swap.
Why are people leaving Flowise?
People are leaving Flowise because the project is shut down. According to Flowise’s sunset notice, the timeline was:
- 29 July 2026 — FlowiseAI announced the wind-down and froze the code, citing developers’ shift to coding agents.
- 10 August 2026 — the GitHub repository was archived, and npm packages and Docker images were marked deprecated.
- 31 August 2026 — the project reached end of life.
The Apache 2.0 source code stays on GitHub and you can fork it, but there is no official maintenance, no security patches and no support. If you run Flowise in production, you are now maintaining it yourself. If you are evaluating builders today, do not start on Flowise.
How do the top Flowise alternatives compare?
All four alternatives below are active, and three of the four keep Flowise’s self-hosting spirit. Prices and features are from each vendor’s own pages, linked in-line.
| Tool | Status | Free option | Self-host | Paid pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dify | Active | Sandbox plan + Docker self-host | Yes | Professional and Team cloud plans, per Dify’s pricing | RAG and knowledge agents |
| Langflow | Active | Open source + free cloud account | Yes | Free OSS; cloud deployment, per Langflow’s site | Python-fluent builders |
| n8n | Active | Self-hosted Community Edition | Yes | From €20/mo billed annually, per n8n’s pricing | Agents mixed with deterministic workflows |
| StackAI | Active (acquired by Asana) | Free plan, 500 runs/month | Yes (Enterprise) | Enterprise custom, per StackAI’s pricing | Regulated enterprises |
1. Dify — the closest like-for-like replacement
Dify is the natural migration path for most Flowise users because it covers the same ground: agentic workflows, RAG pipelines and chatbots, deployable on Dify’s cloud, in your VPC or self-hosted with Docker. It is source-available, and Dify’s site cites 159K+ GitHub stars, so the project has an active community behind it.
Cloud plans run from a free Sandbox up to Professional (5,000 message credits per month, 500 knowledge documents, 5 GB of knowledge storage) and Team (10,000 credits, 1,000 documents, 20 GB), with annual billing saving 17%, per Dify’s pricing page. Paid plans list no Dify API rate limit, and Enterprise adds multiple workspaces.
Choose Dify if your Flowise use case was a knowledge-base chatbot or RAG pipeline and you want to keep self-hosting. Skip it if you want a ready-made assistant with no setup — Dify still expects a technical builder.
2. Langflow — the open-source purist’s pick
Langflow is the best Flowise alternative if open source was the whole point. It is a free, open-source visual builder for AI agents and MCP servers, with Python under the hood: every component is customizable in code, and agents can use all your components as tools. Per Langflow’s site, it supports all major LLMs and vector databases and ships hundreds of pre-built flows and components.
You can self-host it anywhere or deploy on a free cloud account — the same Langflow runs in both (version 1.13 when we checked). That makes it a good bridge between no-code and code.
Choose Langflow if someone on your team writes Python and you want full control without a usage-based bill. Skip it if your builders are non-technical business users.
3. n8n — the strongest general-purpose option
n8n is the right move if your Flowise flows were really automation with some AI in them. In n8n you drop an AI Agent node into a visual workflow, give it a model, memory and tools, and mix it with deterministic steps. Per n8n’s AI agents page, agents get 600+ native integrations plus your own workflows as tools, you can replay any run to see where it broke, and you can require human approval for specific tool calls.
Pricing is based on workflow executions — one full run counts once, however many steps it has — which makes multi-step agent workflows cheaper to predict than per-step tools. n8n’s pricing page lists a free self-hosted Community Edition, cloud plans from €20/month billed annually (Starter), Pro at €50/month, and a self-hosted Business tier at €667/month with SSO, environments and Git version control. All plans include unlimited users and workflows, hosted data is stored in the EU (Frankfurt), and companies with fewer than 20 employees can apply for 50% off Business.
Choose n8n if you want auditable agents you can host yourself, with a hosted upgrade path. Skip it if you want a chat-only assistant with no canvas. For a deeper head-to-head, see our n8n vs Make comparison.
4. StackAI — the regulated-enterprise pick
StackAI is the Flowise alternative for IT teams in regulated industries. It offers 500+ enterprise integrations, human oversight at critical decision points, and on-premise or VPC deployment on its Enterprise plan, which carries SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR compliance, per StackAI’s site. There is a free plan with 500 runs per month and community support; Enterprise pricing is custom, per StackAI’s pricing page.
One thing to watch: StackAI’s homepage announces that Asana has acquired StackAI, so the roadmap may shift toward Asana’s ecosystem.
Choose StackAI if compliance and document-heavy workflows drive your requirements. Skip it if you are a solo builder or small team.
How do you migrate from Flowise?
Migrating from Flowise is a rebuild, not an import — none of these tools reads Flowise flow files. A sensible sequence:
- Inventory your flows. List each Flowise chatflow and agentflow, its models, vector stores, tools and credentials.
- Pick your target. Dify for RAG-heavy agents, Langflow for open-source purity, n8n for automation-plus-AI, StackAI for compliance.
- Rebuild the highest-value flow first. Recreate one flow end to end, including the knowledge base or tools it calls.
- Test side by side. Run the old Flowise flow and the new one against the same prompts and compare outputs.
- Cut over and decommission. Point users at the new deployment, then archive your Flowise instance — remember its Docker images are deprecated, so do not leave it exposed.
Illustrative example: a 10-person consultancy running a Flowise RAG chatbot over its proposal library would likely rebuild in Dify (self-hosted via Docker), recreate the knowledge base there, and validate answers against the old bot before switching the team over.
Bottom line
Flowise is gone, and the best Flowise alternative for most teams is Dify — source-available, self-hostable and built for the same agentic and RAG workloads. Pick Langflow if open source and Python control matter most, n8n if your agents sit inside broader automations, and StackAI if you answer to a compliance team. Our hands-on testing notes for these tools are pending; everything above is from the vendors’ own pages.