Dify
- Sandbox · contact salesQuota
- Professional · contact salesMonth/year
- Team · contact salesMonth/year
- Community / Enterprise · contact salesSelf-hosted
Dify vs Flowise
Dify provides a platform to build and operate LLM apps, knowledge bases, and agents. Flowise focuses on a visual builder for chatflows and agent workflows that can also be self-hosted.
When to pick which
Dify: Build AI apps, agents, RAG knowledge bases, and workflows in cloud or self-hosting. Entry: Free plan; first paid plan: Professional. Flowise: Flowise has ended active development and official support. The source remains available under Apache 2.0 for independent forks; the still-visible cloud pricing table does not establish continued vendor support. Entry: Free plan; first paid plan: Starter. The deciding factors are the actual workflow and the published plan and usage terms.
Differences at a glance
- Free access: Dify as Free plan; Flowise as Free plan.
- Paid entry in the catalog: Dify Professional; Flowise Starter. Amounts are in the table and follow the price region.
- Dify: Sandbox plan: 5,000 message credits per month for AI app responses
- Dify: RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) knowledge base: 5 GB storage on Sandbox plan
- Flowise: Visual low-code builder for chatbots, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) flows, and multi-agent systems
- Flowise: No Flowise prediction quota in the free cloud plan
| Criterion | Dify | Flowise |
|---|---|---|
| Free access | Free plan | Free plan |
| Paid from | Professional · contact salesMonth/year | Starter · $35Month |
Published plans by vendor
Each vendor separately. The same row does not mean the same plan. Prices follow the selected price region.
Flowise
- Open source · freeSelf-hosted
- Cloud Free · freeMonth
- Starter · $35Month
- Pro · $65Month
- Enterprise · contact salesContract
Dify
Build AI apps, agents, RAG knowledge bases, and workflows in cloud or self-hosting.
The currently checked vendor page does not fully expose reliable price or usage limits. Earlier amounts are therefore not presented as current vendor prices.
Flowise
Flowise has ended active development and official support. The source remains available under Apache 2.0 for independent forks; the still-visible cloud pricing table does not establish continued vendor support.
Flowise is a visual low-code builder for chatbots, RAG flows, and multi-agent systems with API delivery. The free cloud plan has no Flowise-own prediction quotas; costs arise from external LLM and infrastructure providers.
Official sources
Dify
- Dify pricing (dify.ai)
Flowise
- Flowise (flowiseai.com)
- Flowise (docs.flowiseai.com)
FAQ
Can Dify and Flowise be tried for free?
Dify: Free plan. Flowise: Free plan.
Where are the vendors of Dify and Flowise based?
Dify: LangGenius, Inc., USA. Flowise: FlowiseAI Inc., USA.