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Dify vs Flowise (2026)

Published starting prices: Dify, Free. Flowise, Free. Side-by-side public pricing, what each does, real use cases and who each suits, all from our listings with sources. We haven't tested either hands-on.

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Short answer: Dify vs Flowise pricing

Dify doesn't list a monthly plan (Free); Flowise's is Starter (Cloud): $35/mo (unlimited flows & assistants, 10,000 predictions/month, 1GB storage; first month free), so there's no like-for-like monthly comparison. Dify and Flowise also have a free plan. Checked October 24, 2026. Dify: yes. Its Sandbox (Cloud) plan is $0 (200 message credits, 1 member, 5 apps, 50 knowledge documents, 30-day log history), checked October 24, 2026. Flowise: yes. Its Free (Cloud) plan is $0 (2 flows & assistants, 100 predictions/month, 5MB storage, community support), checked October 24, 2026.

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Pricing side by side

Dify vs Flowise: public pricing
ItemDifyFlowise
Starting priceFreeFree
Pricing modelSubscriptionSubscription
Free planYesYes
Plans
  • Sandbox (Cloud): $0
  • Community (self-hosted): $0
  • Professional: $590/yr per workspace
  • Team: $1,590/yr per workspace
  • Enterprise: Custom pricing
  • Free (Cloud): $0
  • Starter (Cloud): $35/mo
  • Pro (Cloud): $65/mo
  • Open source (self-hosted): $0
Pricing noteDify Cloud paid plans are listed per workspace per year; the pricing page shows no monthly price. Message credits cover models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI and Tongyi; once used up you switch to your own API key. Prices exclude taxes.Flowise is being sunset. Per flowiseai.com/sunset: code freeze and no new pull requests from July 29, 2026; the GitHub repository moved to public archive on August 10, 2026 (npm packages and Docker images marked deprecated); end of life August 31, 2026, when the core team leaves Discord and GitHub. The cloud prices above were still shown on flowiseai.com on October 24, 2026; the sunset notice doesn't say what happens to Flowise Cloud, so check with the vendor before paying.
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Features and details from our listings

Dify vs Flowise: features
ItemDifyFlowise
What it isOpen-source platform for building AI agents, chat apps and RAG workflows on a visual canvas, available as Dify Cloud or self-hosted.Open-source visual builder for AI agents and LLM workflows. Its team announced it is winding Flowise down: code freeze July 29, 2026, GitHub repo archived August 10 and end of life August 31, 2026.
Made byLangGeniusFlowiseAI
Listed underAI agent builders & automation platformsAI agent builders & automation platforms
Jobs it fits
  • Build AI agents and workflows on a visual canvas
  • Connect knowledge bases (RAG) to chat apps and agents
  • Self-host the open-source Community edition for free
  • Build AI agents and multi-agent flows on a visual canvas
  • Embed a custom chatbot on a website
  • Self-host the Apache 2.0 open-source code (now archived, so you maintain your own fork)

Who each is best for

From our listing data (jobs, public pricing); not a hands-on test. Full details: Dify · Flowise.

FAQ

Which is cheaper, Dify or Flowise?

Dify doesn't list a monthly plan (Free); Flowise's is Starter (Cloud): $35/mo (unlimited flows & assistants, 10,000 predictions/month, 1GB storage; first month free), so there's no like-for-like monthly comparison. Dify and Flowise also have a free plan. Checked October 24, 2026.

Is Dify free? Is Flowise free?

Dify: yes. Its Sandbox (Cloud) plan is $0 (200 message credits, 1 member, 5 apps, 50 knowledge documents, 30-day log history), checked October 24, 2026. Flowise: yes. Its Free (Cloud) plan is $0 (2 flows & assistants, 100 predictions/month, 5MB storage, community support), checked October 24, 2026.

How much does Dify cost?

Dify lists Sandbox (Cloud): $0 (200 message credits, 1 member, 5 apps, 50 knowledge documents, 30-day log history); Community (self-hosted): $0 (open-source edition under the Dify Open Source License; single workspace; you run the servers); Professional: $590/yr per workspace (5,000 message credits/month, 3 members, 50 apps, 500 knowledge documents, 20,000 trigger events/month); Team: $1,590/yr per workspace (10,000 message credits/month, 50 members, 200 apps, 1,000 knowledge documents, unlimited trigger events); Enterprise: Custom pricing (commercial license, multiple workspaces, SSO, SLAs, official support). It doesn't list a monthly price for every plan, so check the plan details. Dify Cloud paid plans are listed per workspace per year; the pricing page shows no monthly price. Message credits cover models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI and Tongyi; once used up you switch to your own API key. Prices exclude taxes. Checked October 24, 2026 on the vendor's pricing page.

How much does Flowise cost?

Flowise lists Free (Cloud): $0 (2 flows & assistants, 100 predictions/month, 5MB storage, community support); Starter (Cloud): $35/mo (unlimited flows & assistants, 10,000 predictions/month, 1GB storage; first month free); Pro (Cloud): $65/mo (50,000 predictions/month, 10GB storage, unlimited workspaces, 5 users + $15/user/month, admin roles, priority support); Open source (self-hosted): $0 (Apache 2.0 code stays on GitHub, but the repository is archived and no longer maintained by the core team). Its lowest listed monthly plan is Starter (Cloud): $35/mo (unlimited flows & assistants, 10,000 predictions/month, 1GB storage; first month free). Flowise is being sunset. Per flowiseai.com/sunset: code freeze and no new pull requests from July 29, 2026; the GitHub repository moved to public archive on August 10, 2026 (npm packages and Docker images marked deprecated); end of life August 31, 2026, when the core team leaves Discord and GitHub. The cloud prices above were still shown on flowiseai.com on October 24, 2026; the sunset notice doesn't say what happens to Flowise Cloud, so check with the vendor before paying. Checked October 24, 2026 on the vendor's pricing page.

Did AITeamGuide test them?

Not hands-on. This comparison is built from each vendor's public pricing page (with the date we checked it), published product information and credited public use cases.

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