Dify vs LangGraph
Compare Dify and LangGraph on pricing, free tier, open source, API, self-host, verdict and momentum.
Both are agents tools. Dify is freemium (Cloud Sandbox free; self-host Community free under restricted license; cloud Professional/Team paid yearly) with an API, self-hostable, a free tier; LangGraph is freemium (framework free open-source; LangSmith Plus $39/seat/mo) with open source, an API, self-hostable and a free tier. The catalog stamp is ship for Dify and ship for LangGraph, last verified 2026-09-01 and 2026-08-19 respectively.
Auto-paired from catalog data — the verdicts are hand-set, the pairing is algorithmic.
Dify
Source-available LLM app platform with agent workflows and RAG.
LangGraph
Graph-based agent orchestration from LangChain — stateful and controllable.
| field | Dify | LangGraph |
|---|---|---|
| pricing | freemium · Cloud Sandbox free; self-host Community free under restricted license; cloud Professional/Team paid yearly | freemium · framework free open-source; LangSmith Plus $39/seat/mo |
| free tier | yes | yes |
| open source | no | yes |
| api | yes | yes |
| self-host | yes | yes |
| verdict | ship | ship |
| momentum | blueshift | blueshift |
| last verified | 2026-09-01 | 2026-08-19 |
| key limitation | The Dify license restricts multi-tenant use and frontend rebranding, so it is not OSI open source. | Learning curve is real; LangChain abstractions leak through. |
The call
Pick Dify for internal RAG apps and agent demos that should ship this wee…
Pick LangGraph if open source matters.
Dify sources
LangGraph sources
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