Pick Dify if
product and applied-AI teams who want a visual RAG/agent studio and may later self-host.
Read the Dify pageDify vs Langflow
Our take
Pick Dify if product and applied-AI teams who want a visual RAG/agent studio and may later self-host. Pick Langflow if developers and applied-AI teams who want a visual LangChain-style graph they can still edit as Python. Skip Dify if someone who only wants ChatGPT, or an engineer who prefers a code-first graph (LangChain) with no studio. Skip Langflow if non-technical ops teams that need Slack/HubSpot glue, or
Best for
Dify Shipping a chatbot or workflow with a knowledge base
Langflow Prototyping an agent
Free plan
Dify No free plan
Langflow $0 · no license fee (MIT). You run uv pip install langflow or Docker. You pay your own LLM/provider bills
Lowest paid
Dify Cloud Team $1/mo
Langflow Not published by the vendor
Next step up
Dify Cloud Professional $590/mo
Langflow
Coding agent
Dify Agents and apps
Langflow Visual agent canvas
Runs where
Dify Local; you host it
Langflow Local; you host it
Watch out
Dify Self-host is not zero ops
Langflow You bring the model key
Last checked
Dify 2026-10-19 · dify.ai/pricing
Langflow 2026-10-19 · docs.langflow.org/get-started-installation
Which one, then?
Pick Langflow if
developers and applied-AI teams who want a visual LangChain-style graph they can still edit as Python.
Read the Langflow page