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Agenta vs Dify

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan
Agenta — $29/mo vs $59/mo for Dify
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Best fit
Agenta: Teams that want shared, scheduled AI agents with approvals and an audit trail · Dify: Teams that want to self-host an agent and RAG builder without writing the orchestration layer
Platforms
Agenta: Web · Dify: Web, Linux

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

AgentaOpen-source shared workspace where teams build agents and automations through chat, with tracing, evals and versioned configs.DifyOpen-source canvas for building LLM workflows, agents and RAG pipelines, hosted or self-run

Side by side

FactAgentaDify
CategoryAI Agents & Autonomous WorkersAI Agents & Autonomous Workers
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$29/mo$59/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score91 / 10089 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API, Linux
CompanyAgentatech UGLangGenius, Inc.
Launched20232023
Last verifiedOct 2, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Agenta

Agenta is in transition from an LLMOps tool to an agent workspace, which makes it interesting for teams that want shared agents with tracing and evaluation baked in, and open source underneath. If you only need prompt management and evals, check that the current product still fits that narrower job. The MIT licence and self-hosting option lower the lock-in risk.

Pros

  • MIT-licensed core that can be self-hosted with Docker
  • Free cloud tier plus a $29 Pro plan
  • Human-approval controls for agent actions
  • Tracing, usage and version history for every agent

Cons

  • The product direction changed recently, so older tutorials may not match the interface
  • Free cloud tier limits team members to two and trace retention to one week
  • Runs beyond the included allowance are billed per 10,000

Dify

Dify is the pragmatic choice when a team wants a visual builder for agents and retrieval that it can self-host today and hand to non-engineers tomorrow; the Community Edition is real software, not a demo, and the 158K GitHub stars reflect that. Pay for Cloud only if you do not want to run Docker — the $59 Professional tier is one workspace with three seats and metered message credits, so a developer team will outgrow it or self-host. It is less suited to teams that want code-first pipelines or a single-vendor model stack.

Pros

  • Open-source Community Edition with single-command Docker deployment and an active repository
  • One canvas covers workflows, agents and a knowledge pipeline with retrieval testing
  • Apps publish as API endpoints, embeds or MCP tools with logs and feedback built in
  • Plugin marketplace for model providers, tools, data sources and MCP integrations
  • Self-hosted and cloud editions share the same product, so you can move between them

Cons

  • Cloud tiers meter message credits, members and storage per workspace, and annual billing is the headline
  • The open-source licence carries commercial conditions (multi-tenant and logo clauses) rather than plain Apache
  • Visual workflows get hard to review and version once they grow past a few dozen nodes
  • Enterprise features such as SSO, RBAC and audit logs are reserved for the paid Enterprise edition

Which one fits

Choose Agenta if you need

  • Teams that want shared, scheduled AI agents with approvals and an audit trail
  • Developers who need tracing, evals and versioned agent configuration in one open-source stack
  • Companies wanting to self-host agents with their own models and credentials

Choose Dify if you need

  • Teams that want to self-host an agent and RAG builder without writing the orchestration layer
  • Product groups where non-engineers configure prompts and knowledge while engineers wire tools and APIs
  • Enterprises that need private deployment with SSO and audit logs for internal LLM apps

Agenta vs Dify: the questions people ask

Is Agenta cheaper than Dify?

On published entry prices, Agenta starts lower — $29/mo against $59/mo for Dify. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Agenta or Dify have a free tier?

Both: Agenta has a free tier, and Dify has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Agenta or Dify?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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