Langflow vs Dify vs Coze vs MaxKB
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Langflow
Open-source drag-and-drop builder for agents, RAG and MCP
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Dify
Open-source canvas for LLM workflows, RAG knowledge bases and agents
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Coze
ByteDance's no-code agent builder, with an Apache 2.0 self-hosted edit...
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MaxKB
Open-source RAG and workflow platform for building enterprise agents
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.4 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Open Source | Freemium | Open Source |
| Free tier | Free and open source (MIT): self-host via pip, uv or Docker, or download the free Langflow Desktop app for macOS and Windows | Self-hosted Community edition free under the Dify Open Source License; Cloud Sandbox: 200 message credits total, 1 member, 5 apps, 50 docs | Free: 10 credits a day, 5 collaborators, 3 collaborative bots or workflows; 30 free API calls | Community edition: free, GPLv3, no limits on users, apps or knowledge bases |
| Paid from | — | $59/month (Professional, or $590/year) | $9/month (Premium Lite, 100 credits a day); Premium $19, Premium Plus $39 | 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 | 2023 | 2023 | — |
| Maker | IBM (via its DataStax acquisition) | LangGenius, Inc. | ByteDance | — |
| Verdict | Langflow lets you wire up an agent, a RAG pipeline or an MCP server by dragging components on a canvas, drop into Python where the canvas runs out, and serve the result as an API. It is MIT-licensed, actively maintained... |
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... |
Coze remains one of the quickest ways to get a working agent onto Discord, Telegram, Slack or a website without code, and its July 2025 Apache 2.0 release of Coze Studio and Coze Loop means you can self-host instead of t... |
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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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.