Pick AnythingLLM if
teams who want ChatGPT-style RAG on their own docs and will run Docker or pay for Cloud.
Read the AnythingLLM pageAnythingLLM vs RAGFlow
Our take
Pick AnythingLLM if teams who want ChatGPT-style RAG on their own docs and will run Docker or pay for Cloud. Pick RAGFlow if teams who will run Docker and already have a chat-model key (the cover uses DeepSeek). Skip AnythingLLM if people who only want a local model runner (Ollama) or a ChatGPT-shaped UI without the workspace RAG (Open WebUI). Skip RAGFlow if people who want a ChatGPT-style shell only (Open WebUI)
Best for
AnythingLLM Private RAG over your files
RAGFlow Chunk documents and route an agent over them
Free plan
AnythingLLM $0 · mIT. You bring the model and the machine
RAGFlow $0 · apache-2.0. You bring CPU/GPU, disk, and model keys
Lowest paid
AnythingLLM Cloud Basic $50/mo
RAGFlow Not published by the vendor
Next step up
AnythingLLM Cloud Pro $99/mo
RAGFlow
Coding agent
AnythingLLM
RAGFlow Agent canvas
Runs where
AnythingLLM Local or hosted
RAGFlow Local or hosted
Watch out
AnythingLLM Self-host is not “free AI.”
RAGFlow $0 is the software, not Tavily or DeepSeek
Last checked
AnythingLLM 2026-10-19 · anythingllm.com/pricing
RAGFlow 2026-10-21 · github.com/infiniflow/ragflow
Which one, then?
Pick RAGFlow if
teams who will run Docker and already have a chat-model key (the cover uses DeepSeek).
Read the RAGFlow page