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Dify vs Langflow

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

Tagline
Dify
Dify is the platform for production-ready agentic workflows.
Langflow
Low-code AI builder for agentic and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications.
Pricing
Dify
FreemiumΒ· Professional: $590 per workspace / year; Team: $1590 per workspace / year; Sandbox: Free; Community: Free
Langflow
FreeΒ· Free open-source version with full features
Free trial
Dify
Yes
Langflow
Yes
API
Dify
Yes
Langflow
Yes
Platforms
Dify
web
Langflow
windowsmacoswebslack
Open source
Dify
Yes
Langflow
Yes Β· MIT
GitHub stars
Dify
β€”
Langflow
156,121
checked 2026-10-29
Last GitHub push
Dify
β€”
Langflow
2026-10-29
First commit
Dify
β€”
Langflow
2023-02
Package downloads (30 d)
Dify
β€”
Langflow
37,742 Β· pypi langflow
checked 2026-10-14
Hacker News stories
Dify
5
checked 2026-10-10
Langflow
2
checked 2026-10-14
Earliest Wayback capture
Dify
2023-05-09
earliest archived capture of the site, not a launch date
Langflow
2023-08-06
earliest archived capture of the site, not a launch date
Model used
Dify
Model-agnostic: OpenAI (GPT-4o, GPT-4.1), Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Mistral, Cohere, Ollama, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
Langflow
Multi-model
Editorial score
Dify
β€”
Langflow
8.1 / 10
Use cases
Dify
Agentic workflows and RAG pipelinesSearchable knowledge basesAgent and tool buildingAudit automation with Agents and RPAExpert-level AI assistants
Langflow
Building AI-powered agentsRetrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications
Pros
Dify
  • Dify provides a visual builder for defining app logic, data retrieval, decisions, tool use, and human input.
  • Dify supports a marketplace for installing model providers, tools, data sources, and MCP integrations.
  • Dify allows publishing apps as hosted experiences, API endpoints, embeds, or MCP-compatible tools.
  • Dify offers a source-available Community Edition that can be self-hosted with Docker.
  • The Enterprise edition includes SSO, SAML, RBAC, and audit logs.
Langflow
  • Langflow is completely open source.
  • Langflow supports major LLMs, vector databases, and AI tools.
  • The vendor says that Langflow Desktop includes all dependencies, simplifying setup.
Cons
Dify
  • New documents cannot be uploaded when the Knowledge Data Storage limit is reached.
  • Manual editing and annotation of responses is applicable only in Chat apps.
Langflow
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Editorial score: rule-based, 0–10, from AI-assisted profile inputs (see /methodology) β€” not a user rating; β€œβ€”β€ means unscored. β€œNot listed” means we have no record of it, not that it is absent. GitHub figures and prices carry the date they were checked or captured; prices are shown as published, unconverted.

Pick Dify if
  • βœ… Dify provides a visual builder for defining app logic, data retrieval, decisions, tool use, and human input.
  • βœ… Dify supports a marketplace for installing model providers, tools, data sources, and MCP integrations.
  • βœ… Dify allows publishing apps as hosted experiences, API endpoints, embeds, or MCP-compatible tools.
  • βœ… Dify offers a source-available Community Edition that can be self-hosted with Docker.
Pick Langflow if
  • βœ… Langflow is completely open source.
  • βœ… Langflow supports major LLMs, vector databases, and AI tools.
  • βœ… The vendor says that Langflow Desktop includes all dependencies, simplifying setup.