Dify review

Dify suits teams that think of agents as products to build and ship. Its visual builder covers chat apps, agents and workflows, with knowledge bases for company documents and triggers from plugins, schedules or webhooks so agents can run without a person starting them. Dify Cloud includes message credits for models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI and Tongyi, and you can switch to your own API key once they run out. The free Sandbox plan is enough to try the platform, and Professional costs $590 per workspace per year, about $49.17 a month, for 3 team members, 50 apps and 5,000 message credits a month. The Team plan at $1,590 a year raises that to 50 members and 200 apps. Teams that want full control can run the open-source Community Edition with Docker or buy Dify Enterprise for private deployment. The interface assumes some familiarity with prompts, models and APIs, so it is less approachable for business users.

Who it is for

Developers and small product teams building production AI agents and apps with their own model keys.

Price

Free Sandbox plan; Professional $590 per workspace per year (about $49.17 per month).

$590 per workspace / year
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 6, 2026.

Key features

• Visual workflows and agents started by plugin, schedule or webhook triggers
• Message credits for models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI and Tongyi
• Knowledge bases with document import and high quality indexing
• Open-source Community Edition that deploys with Docker
• Dify Enterprise for private deployment

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free Sandbox plan and a free self-deployed Community Edition
• Strength: Workspace pricing rather than per-seat pricing
• Strength: Switch to your own API key when message credits run out
• Weakness: Professional allows only 3 team members
• Weakness: The Sandbox plan is limited to 5 apps and 200 message credits
• Weakness: Aimed at builders of AI apps more than business users

Key facts

• Free plan: Sandbox: 1 member, 5 apps, 200 message credits
• Professional: $590 per workspace per year, 3 members, 50 apps, 5,000 message credits per month
• Team: $1,590 per workspace per year, 50 members, 200 apps
• Self-hosting: Open-source Community Edition with Docker

Where it ranks

Dify is No. 6 in our Best AI Agent Builders verdict.