# Dify — AI Compare Ninja

> Build AI apps, agents, RAG knowledge bases, and workflows in cloud or self-hosting.

## Overview
- **Category:** Development & Code (Agent & RAG frameworks)
- **Status:** Active · checked - Active Sandbox, Professional, Team, Community, and Enterprise offers.
- **Paid from:** $59 / $590 / Month/year (Professional)
- **Free access:** Free plan (200 message credits, which is about 8-200 responses depending on the model. Includes 5 apps and 50 MB of knowledge storage.)
- **Website:** https://www.dify.ai/
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/dify

## What it does
- Sandbox plan: 5,000 message credits per month for AI app responses
- RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) knowledge base: 5 GB storage on Sandbox plan
- Visual builder for chatbots, agents, and automated workflows
- Self-hosting option for full data control
- 20,000 trigger events per month on Sandbox plan
- OpenAI-compatible API; premium models cost up to 25 credits per response

## In brief
Build AI apps, agents, RAG knowledge bases, and workflows in cloud or self-hosting.

Sandbox is free and provides 5,000 message credits and 5 GB knowledge storage per month. Professional costs $59/month. 1 credit equals one standard-model response; premium models consume up to 25 credits per response.


## Limits
Dify message credits are not a fixed message count. A response from premium or high-end models costs up to 25 credits. gpt-5.6-terra and gpt-5.4 cost 15 credits per response. gpt-4o and similar models cost 10 credits. Smaller OpenAI models cost 5 credits. Selected Qwen models cost 1 credit. Professional includes 5,000 credits. Sandbox includes 200 credits. After the pool is used, a personal model API key can be used and its provider cost is separate.

## Pricing tiers
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sandbox | free | Quota | 200 message credits; 1 user, 5 apps, and 50 knowledge documents; 50 MB knowledge storage; 3,000 trigger events; 5,000 API requests/month |
| Professional | $59 / $590 | Month/year | 5,000 message credits/month; 3 users, 50 apps, and 500 knowledge documents; 5 GB knowledge storage; 20,000 trigger events/month; 100 knowledge actions/minute, no Dify API rate limit |
| Team | $159 / $1,590 | Month/year | 10,000 message credits/month; 50 users, 200 apps, and 1,000 knowledge documents; 20 GB knowledge storage; Unlimited trigger events; 1,000 knowledge actions/minute |
| Community / Enterprise | free | Self-hosted | Community with core features and one workspace; Own model and infrastructure costs; Enterprise with multiple workspaces, SSO, and support; Custom commercial Enterprise licence |

## Sources
All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

- https://www.dify.ai/pricing
- https://dify.ai/pricing/dify-cloud

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*Source: AI Compare Ninja (2026) - https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/dify*