What is Dify?
Dify is a platform from LangGenius, Inc. for building LLM applications, combining a visual workflow builder, prompt IDE, retrieval-augmented generation pipeline, agent framework and model management. It was open-sourced in May 2023 under the Dify Open Source License (Apache 2.0 with added conditions, including a multi-tenancy restriction). LangGenius is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The Community Edition can be self-hosted for free; Dify Cloud adds a hosted Sandbox (free), Professional and Team tiers, plus custom Enterprise.
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Sources checked 27 September 2026: Dify, GitHub repository, documentation, Dify pricing.
Key capabilities
- Community Edition (free, self-hosted): full workflow builder, RAG pipeline and agent tools.
- Dify Cloud: free Sandbox tier plus paid Professional ($59/workspace/mo) and Team ($159/mo) plans.
- Model management: connect and route between multiple LLM providers.
- API access: published REST API for deployed apps.
Decide between self-hosting (free, but you operate the infrastructure) and Dify Cloud (managed, paid beyond the Sandbox tier). Review the Dify Open Source License's added conditions before building a multi-tenant product on the self-hosted edition.
Dify fits teams that want a visual, low-code way to assemble LLM workflows and RAG pipelines without hand-rolling orchestration code, and that can either self-host the free Community Edition or pay for Dify Cloud's managed hosting. Check the license's multi-tenancy condition before building a multi-tenant product for resale on top of the self-hosted edition.
Dify can shorten the path from prompt prototype to a deployed LLM app, provided the workflow builder's abstractions match your use case. License and pricing details are drawn from the Dify GitHub repository and Dify pricing page, checked 27 September 2026.
Technical details
- Access
- Self-hosted
- Source model
- Open source
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, California, USA
- Pricing model
- Open source
- API
- Available
- Website
- dify.ai ↗
Official resources
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