Dify pricing against an open-source alternative you own
Dify is an open-source platform whose Cloud plans run from a free Sandbox plan to $590 per workspace per year, and whose Community Edition self-hosts for free. Kortix, the open-source AI Operating System, is free to self-host, and its managed cloud is Free at $0 or $40 per seat per month.
How Dify prices next to the alternatives
Dify Cloud runs on plans. The Professional plan is $590 per workspace per year and includes 5,000 message credits a month, 1 team workspace, 3 team members and 50 apps. A free Sandbox plan comes with Dify Cloud, and the self-hosted Community Edition runs on your own infrastructure with no plan fee. Plan details checked October 2026.
n8n prices its Cloud plans by execution. One run of a whole workflow counts as one execution, whatever the number of steps in it. The plans are Starter, Pro, Business and Enterprise, and the self-hosted Business plan bills 4,000 EUR for each extra 300,000 executions.
Gumloop prices on teams and usage. Pro starts at $37 per month, and Enterprise is custom pricing through sales.
Kortix is the open-source AI Operating System. Self-host is free: kortix self-host start runs the whole stack on your own box. On Kortix Cloud, Free is $0 with 200 credits per month and 1 project, and the team plan is $40 per seat per month with 2,500 credits per month per seat, pooled. Managed model access is optional: bring your own API key or connect the ChatGPT subscription you already pay for. Agent Computer compute is billed by the second, about $0.20 an hour for the default machine and $0 while stopped.
Kortix keeps the agents, skills, memory and connectors in one git repo you own, and every session runs on its own cloud computer. Self-host it free, or start on Kortix Cloud at $0.
The published plans
Free includes 200 credits each month for sandbox compute and 1 project.$40/seat/month includes 2,500 pooled credits per seat.Self-host is free. Agent Computer compute is about $0.20/hour, and $0 while stopped.Kortix pricing, quoted from the pricing page.
Questions about Dify pricing
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Is Dify free?
Dify Cloud includes a free Sandbox plan, and the self-hosted Community Edition is free to run. Paid cloud plans start with Professional at $590 per workspace per year.
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How much does Dify Cloud cost?
The Professional plan is $590 per workspace per year and includes 5,000 message credits a month, 3 team members and 50 apps.
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Can I self-host Dify for free?
Yes. Dify ships a Community Edition you deploy on your own infrastructure with Docker Compose.
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What does Kortix cost?
Self-host is free. On Kortix Cloud, Free is $0 with 200 credits per month and 1 project, and the team plan is $40 per seat per month with 2,500 credits per month per seat, pooled.
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Is there a free open-source alternative to Dify?
Kortix is open source and free to self-host, and its managed cloud starts at $0. Dify's own Community Edition is free to self-host too.
Start free, self-host, or pay by the seat
Free on Kortix Cloud, or run the whole stack on your own machine at no plan cost.
Open source · Any model, your keys · Self-host, VPC, or on-prem