Dify pricing guide details
Pricing Overview
Dify uses a freemium + open-source hybrid model. The self-hosted Community Edition is licensed under the Dify Open Source License, based on Apache 2.0 with additional conditions., giving teams full control over deployment with no licensing fees. For teams that prefer a managed experience, Dify Cloud offers a free Sandbox tier and two paid plans -- Professional at $59/month and Team at $159/month per workspace. Enterprise pricing is available by contacting Dify's sales team.
This dual approach positions Dify competitively: organizations that want zero recurring costs can self-host, while those prioritizing convenience pay for Dify's managed infrastructure. The key variable is message credits -- each LLM interaction consumes credits, and your tier determines the monthly allotment.
Plan Comparison
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| Plan | Price | Message Credits | Team Members | Apps | Knowledge Storage | Trigger Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandbox | $0 | 200/month | 1 | 5 | 50MB | 3,000/month |
| Professional | $59/mo | 5,000/month | 3 | 50 | 5GB | 20,000/month |
| Team | $159/mo | 10,000/month | 50 | 200 | 20GB | Unlimited |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom |
| Self-Hosted | $0 | Unlimited (bring your own LLM keys) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
The Professional plan unlocks unlimited workflow triggers per workflow (Sandbox caps at 2), 2,000 annotation quota limits, and unlimited log history. The Team plan adds 1,000 knowledge requests per minute (vs. 100 on Professional) and raises the annotation quota to 5,000.
Annual billing cuts roughly 17% off the monthly price -- the Professional plan drops to about $50/month and Team to approximately $133/month.
Hidden Costs and Considerations
Dify's message credits cover only the platform's orchestration layer. You still pay your LLM provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) separately for API usage. For teams running high-volume RAG pipelines, the $59 Professional tier's 5,000 monthly credits can deplete fast -- and there is no published overage rate, meaning you either upgrade or wait for the next billing cycle.
The Sandbox tier's 30-day log history limit is another consideration: debugging production issues requires at least the Professional plan's unlimited logs. Also note that each paid plan covers one workspace -- multi-workspace setups multiply costs linearly.
Cost Estimates by Team Size
Solo developer / hobbyist: The Sandbox ($0) covers light prototyping. Self-hosting is the better long-term path if you need more than 200 credits monthly -- your only cost is infrastructure (a small VPS runs $5-$20/month).
Small team (5 people): The Professional plan at $59/month fits if 3 members handle Dify while others interact through deployed apps. If all 5 need workspace access, you need the Team plan at $159/month.
Mid-size team (20 people): The Team plan at $159/month supports up to 50 members with 10,000 message credits. At 20 active builders, that is 500 credits per person per month -- adequate for development and testing, but production workloads likely require self-hosting or Enterprise.
How Dify Pricing Compares
Compared to other AI agent platforms, Dify's pricing is competitive. LangChain's LangSmith platform charges $39/seat on its paid tier, which scales more steeply for larger teams -- a 20-person team would pay $780/month versus Dify's flat $159. CrewAI offers 50 free executions per month and prices its Enterprise plan by quote.
Dify's key differentiator is the self-hosted option. While LangChain and CrewAI also have open-source components, Dify's Community Edition includes the full visual workflow builder and RAG pipeline at no cost -- a significant advantage for cost-conscious teams willing to manage their own infrastructure.