Langflow 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 Visit MaxKB Open-source RAG and workflow platform for building enterprise agents Visit
RECATOOLS Score 7.4 / 10 7.2 / 10
Capability 7 7
Value for money 8 8
Ease of use 8 6.5
ASEAN readiness 6 6.5
API quality 7 6.5
Pricing Open Source 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 Community edition: free, GPLv3, no limits on users, apps or knowledge bases
Paid from — Pro ¥48,000 per deployment, perpetual licence incl. 1 yr support (¥9,600/yr after)
Has API ✓ ✓
Open source ✓ ✓
Free to use ✓ ✓
Users — —
Founded 2023 —
Maker IBM (via its DataStax acquisition) —
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...

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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