Dify

Dify is a platform for building LLM-powered apps without wiring everything up in code. You design an app on a visual canvas, connect models and tools, and publish it as a chat app, a workflow or an API.

Key features

• Visual workflow builder: chain LLM calls, knowledge retrieval, tools, conditions and human-input steps.
• Agents that call tools and plugins.
• Knowledge bases (RAG): import documents, index them, then test retrieval.
• Model choice: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI, Tongyi and other providers, or your own API keys.
• Triggers: start workflows from schedules, webhooks or plugins.
• Publishing: ship apps as web apps or call them via the Dify API.

Deployment and pricing

• Dify Cloud: a free Sandbox plan (200 message credits, 5 apps, 50 knowledge documents). Paid plans are Professional at $590/year and Team at $1,590/year, per workspace.
• Community edition: free to self-host with Docker. Dify calls it open source; the license is a modified Apache 2.0 that, for example, requires a commercial license to run a multi-tenant service and forbids removing the Dify logo from the frontend.
• Enterprise: private deployment with SSO, a Helm chart and support.

Good for

Teams that want internal assistants, RAG chatbots or automated workflows on top of several model providers. Closest alternatives on SleekNav: Coze for a hosted no-code agent builder, and n8n for general automation with AI steps.