Dify vs MaxKB
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Dify
Open-source canvas for LLM workflows, RAG knowledge bases and agents
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MaxKB
Open-source RAG and workflow platform for building enterprise agents
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.2 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Open Source |
| Free tier | Self-hosted Community edition free under the Dify Open Source License; Cloud Sandbox: 200 message credits total, 1 member, 5 apps, 50 docs | Community edition: free, GPLv3, no limits on users, apps or knowledge bases |
| Paid from | $59/month (Professional, or $590/year) | Pro ¥48,000 per deployment, perpetual licence incl. 1 yr support (¥9,600/yr after) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | Over 1.4 million machines (self-hosted), 180,000+ developers | — |
| Founded | 2023 | — |
| Maker | LangGenius, Inc. | — |
| Verdict | Dify gives you a visual workflow builder, a RAG pipeline and agents in one self-hostable package, and everything you build becomes an API or MCP server straight away. Releases are frequent, and the August 2026 sandboxed... |
MaxKB is one of the more credible self-hosted RAG platforms to come out of China's open-source scene — a large following, frequent releases, and a straightforward path from PDF upload to a working chatbot with citations.... |
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