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Anakin.ai 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
Anakin.ai — $9.90/mo vs $59/mo for Dify
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Dify — 89 vs 81 for Anakin.ai
Best fit
Anakin.ai: Non-developers packaging a prompt into a reusable internal tool · Dify: Teams that want to self-host an agent and RAG builder without writing the orchestration layer

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

Anakin.aiNo-code builder for AI apps and workflows over many hosted models, with a prebuilt app catalogueDifyOpen-source canvas for building LLM workflows, agents and RAG pipelines, hosted or self-run

Side by side

FactAnakin.aiDify
CategoryAI Workflow BuildersAI Agents & Autonomous Workers
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$9.90/mo$59/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score81 / 10089 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API, Linux
CompanyAnakin Labs, Inc.LangGenius, Inc.
Launched—2023
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Anakin.ai

Anakin is a good fit if you want to ship small internal AI tools without wiring up model SDKs — the app catalogue plus batch processing covers a lot of ground for under $20 a month. The catch is the credit abstraction: you cannot see what an expensive model costs you until the balance drops, and the free tier is too thin to evaluate anything serious.

Pros

  • Documented API for any app you build, with per-account access tokens
  • Large catalogue of prebuilt apps shortens time to first result
  • Batch processing over datasets is a first-class feature, not an add-on
  • Four clearly published tiers starting under $10/month

Cons

  • Credits obscure the real per-model cost of a run
  • Free plan is restricted to Gemini and one image per generation
  • Several homepage capabilities, including Auto Agents and integrations, are labelled coming soon

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 Anakin.ai if you need

  • Non-developers packaging a prompt into a reusable internal tool
  • Running the same prompt over a large list of rows or documents
  • Teams that want several model vendors on one invoice

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

Anakin.ai vs Dify: the questions people ask

Is Anakin.ai cheaper than Dify?

On published entry prices, Anakin.ai starts lower — $9.90/mo against $59/mo for Dify. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Anakin.ai or Dify have a free tier?

Both: Anakin.ai has a free tier, and Dify has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Anakin.ai 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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