By César Murga · Facts verified 26 October 2026 · Prices checked against vendor pages
Dify: Source-available platform for agentic workflows and RAG, cloud or self-hosted.
Dify is a platform for building agentic workflows and RAG pipelines in one collaborative workspace, deployable on Dify’s cloud, in your VPC or self-hosted with Docker. It is source-available with 159K+ GitHub stars (per Dify’s site). Cloud plans run from a free Sandbox to Professional (5,000 message credits/month) and Team (10,000 message credits/month), with annual billing saving 17%.
What is Dify?
Dify combines model and tool support, knowledge bases, triggers and workflows. Its cloud plans scale knowledge documents and storage — Professional includes 500 knowledge documents and 5 GB of knowledge storage, Team 1,000 documents and 20 GB — and paid plans list no Dify API rate limit. Enterprise adds multiple workspaces and scalable deployment.
How much does Dify cost?
Here are Dify’s plans as published on its pricing page on 26 October 2026.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Sandbox | Free | Free cloud tier for trying Dify. |
| Professional | See dify.ai/pricing | 5,000 message credits/month, 3 members, 500 documents, 5 GB. |
| Team | See dify.ai/pricing | 10,000 message credits/month, 50 members, 1,000 documents, 20 GB. |
| Self-hosted / Enterprise | Free self-host; Enterprise custom | Docker self-hosting; enterprise deployments and support. |
What are Dify’s key facts?
- Source-available; self-host with Docker.
- Dify cites 159K+ stars on GitHub.
- Annual billing saves 17% on cloud plans.
Who is Dify best for — and who should skip it?
Good fit
- Teams building RAG/knowledge agents
- Companies needing VPC or self-hosting
- Developers and technical PMs
Look elsewhere if you need
- Non-technical users who want an assistant out of the box
Our verdict on Dify
Dify is the most complete self-hostable option for knowledge-heavy agents, and a natural migration path for Flowise users.
Hands-on note: this profile is built from LangGenius (Dify)’s own published pages. Our hands-on test notes will be added here after testing.
Where does Dify appear in our guides?
- Best Free AI Agent Builders
- Best no-code AI agent builders
- Best self-hosted AI agent builders
- Dify vs Langflow: Which Visual AI Agent Builder Should You Pick?
- Flowise Alternatives: Where to Go Now That Flowise Is Gone
Categories: Enterprise agent platforms, Open-source & self-hosted
