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AI Tool Comparison
Dify vs Flowise
A side-by-side breakdown to help you pick the right tool for your workflow.
Dify
Build and orchestrate LLM applications and agentic workflows with visual workflow design, RAG, and knowledge-base management — open source with 139,000+ GitHub stars.
Developer Tools
freemium
Flowise
Assemble chatbots and multi-agent workflows on a drag-and-drop canvas without writing backend code. Acquired by Workday in August 2025 and being integrated into their platform.
Developer Tools
freemium
Bottom Line
Dify edges ahead on rating (4.7 vs 4.6), but the right pick still comes down to which workflow you're running.
Choose Dify if…
Chatbot Development
Choose Flowise if…
Chatbot Development
| Attribute | Dify | Flowise |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| Pricing | freemium | freemium |
| Pricing Detail | Free Sandbox / $59/mo Professional / $159/mo Team | Free (self-host) / Free tier Cloud / $35/mo Starter |
| Rating |
Key Features
Dify
- Visual workflow editor
- RAG pipeline builder
- Multi-model support
- Built-in observability
- API and webhook integration
- Self-hostable
Flowise
- Visual flow editor
- 100+ built-in integrations
- RAG pipeline support
- Agent and tool chaining
- Self-hostable
- API deployment
Pros
Dify
- •Visual editor dramatically reduces development time
- •Strong open-source community and active development
- •Works with any major LLM provider
Flowise
- •No code required for complex LLM workflows
- •Huge library of pre-built nodes
- •Active open-source community
Cons
Dify
- Complex workflows can become difficult to debug
- Cloud pricing jumps significantly beyond free tier
Flowise
- Complex flows can be hard to debug visually
- Performance tuning requires understanding underlying LangChain