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Dify
Dify is an open-source platform for building AI agents, RAG pipelines and workflows visually, deployable in its cloud, a private VPC or self-hosted.
Dify gives teams one workspace to build agentic workflows and AI applications and take them from prototype to production. Workflow Studio is a visual builder for multi-step agents, Knowledge Pipeline prepares files and websites into searchable knowledge bases for RAG, and a marketplace adds model providers, tools and integrations. Finished apps can be published as web apps, APIs or tools, with logs and usage data for monitoring and role-based access and audit logs for control. Dify runs as a hosted cloud service, as a private enterprise deployment in a company's own VPC, or as the open-source Community Edition self-hosted with Docker. Companies such as Volvo Cars use it, and its interface is available in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Dify at a glance
- Best for: Software engineer, Founder, Product manager
- Runs on: Web, API, self-hosted, open source
- Pricing: Free open-source Community Edition; Cloud Sandbox free; Professional $590/year, Team $1,590/year per workspace; Enterprise custom
- Released: May 2023
- Category: AI agent tool
- Website: dify.ai
Key features
- Visual Workflow Studio for agentic workflows
- Knowledge Pipeline for RAG knowledge bases
- Marketplace of models, tools and integrations
- Publishing as web app, API or tool
- Logs and usage monitoring
- Role-based access control and audit logs
- Cloud, private VPC or self-hosted with Docker
Use it for
- Build an internal assistant over company documents
- Automate audit or review processes with agents
- Publish an AI workflow as an API for other apps
Companions
Tools that articles about Dify recommend using with it, each with its job.
- Ollama — Register Ollama as a provider so prompts stay on your servers.
- n8n — Triggers Dify apps and keeps knowledge bases in sync on a schedule.
- Weaviate — The default vector database in Dify's Docker stack.
- Zapier — Calls Dify's REST API from thousands of apps.
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- Agenta — Build and automate AI agents that run on your own infrastructure or the cloud.
- Adyen — Share AI agent resources across coding tools and repositories easily.
- Coze Studio — Visual no-code or low-code tools for complete AI agent development and deployment.
- AgenticOS — Govern AI agents with budget controls, approvals, and audit logs on your own infrastructure.
- AgentFlux — Plans workflows from descriptions and runs locally in Docker.
- OpenBot — Runs entirely on your own infrastructure with strict document permissions and custom.
- Yuxi — Combines RAG, knowledge graphs, and multi-agent orchestration in a self-hosted workspace.
- ZooWork — Builds role-specific AI agents connected to your tools and systems with human approval gates.
- Composio — Equips AI agents with tools, managed user auth, and sandboxes across 1,500+ apps
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