# 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.

URL: https://difyalternative.com/pricing

## How Dify prices next to the alternatives

Dify Cloud runs on plans. The [Professional plan](https://dify.ai/pricing) 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](https://docs.dify.ai/en/home) runs on your own infrastructure with no plan fee. Plan details checked October 2026.

n8n prices its [Cloud plans](https://n8n.io/pricing) 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](https://www.gumloop.com/pricing). 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](https://kortix.com/pricing), 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.

_Plans_

## The published plans

`kortix.com/pricing`

```
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.
```

Source: kortix.com/pricing

Kortix pricing, quoted from the pricing page.

_FAQ_

## Questions about Dify pricing

### 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.

### 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.

### Can I self-host Dify for free?

Yes. Dify ships a Community Edition you deploy on your own infrastructure with Docker Compose.

### 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.

### 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.

[Try Kortix](https://kortix.com) · [Read the docs](https://kortix.com/docs)

Open source · Any model, your keys · Self-host, VPC, or on-prem