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Dify

Dify: Agent Frameworks

Founded 2023|San Francisco, California|11-50 people|Open Source

What is Dify?

Dify is a production-ready LLMOps platform for agentic workflow development, offering visual tools to build AI-native applications. The Sandbox tier provides 200 free GPT-4 calls, while Professional and Team plans serve independent developers and medium teams respectively. Team plan includes 10,000 message credits monthly with increased limits (200 apps, 1,000 knowledge documents, 20GB storage). Enterprise tier offers custom pricing with unlimited limits, dedicated support, SSO, and private cloud deployment. Dify is open-source and widely adopted for its easy-to-use interface enabling rapid AI application development without extensive coding.

Key features

Core capabilities this platform advertises.

  • Visual workflow builder for AI apps
  • Multi-model support
  • RAG pipeline builder
  • Plugin ecosystem
  • Self-hosted and cloud options

Strengths and tradeoffs

What this tool does well, and the limitations to keep in mind.

Pros

  • Open-source with strong community
  • Visual workflow builder accelerates development
  • Generous free tier with 200 GPT-4 calls
  • Production-ready platform

Cons

  • Pricing details not fully transparent
  • Specific tier costs require contact
  • Taxes excluded from published prices

Plans & pricing

What's included in each plan, and how the tiers compare.

Sandbox

$0

Per month

  • 200 free GPT-4 calls
  • Core features
  • Limited resources
  • Community support

Professional

Custom

Per month

  • Independent developers
  • Production applications
  • Increased limits
  • Priority support

Team

Custom

Per month

  • 10k message credits/month
  • 200 apps
  • 1k knowledge docs
  • 20GB storage
  • Team collaboration

Enterprise

Custom

Annual contract

  • Unlimited limits
  • Dedicated support
  • SSO integration
  • Private cloud/VPC
  • Enterprise storage
View official pricing page

Common use cases

Technical teams who want a visual builder for AI applications with the option to self-host

  • Building AI chatbots without deep coding
  • RAG application development
  • AI workflow prototyping
  • Multi-model application design
  • Enterprise AI tool deployment

Using Dify with Respan

Integrate Dify's LLMOps platform with Respan to build and deploy agentic workflows visually. Combine Dify's low-code approach with Respan's multi-provider orchestration for comprehensive AI application development. Scale from prototypes to production seamlessly.

  • Build AI applications visually without extensive coding
  • Manage knowledge bases and prompts centrally
  • Deploy agentic workflows rapidly
  • Scale from free tier to enterprise solutions

Run Dify in production with Respan

10KFree traces/mo
1,000+Models
5 minSetup

Respan lets you trace LLM and agent calls across any model or framework, A/B test prompts on production traffic, and route requests across 1,000+ models through one gateway.

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Top companies in Agent Frameworks you can use instead of Dify.

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Last verified: March 10, 2026