AI agents / Agent builder / Dify

Dify
An open-source platform for building agentic workflows and RAG apps in a visual workspace, in Dify Cloud or self-hosted with Docker.
8.0/ 10
Early score
Early score, based on docs and demos. Not hands-on tested yet. How we rate
Pros
- Community Edition is open source and self-deploys with Docker, per Dify
- Cloud Sandbox plan includes 200 message credits to try models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI and Tongyi
- Switch to your own API keys when credits run out
Cons
- Uses the Dify Open Source License rather than a standard OSI license; check terms for commercial use
- Paid cloud plans are priced per workspace per year
Sources
Facts on this page come from official pages, checked Oct 18, 2026. The score is docs-based: we haven't tested Dify hands-on yet.
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