PandaWiki vs MaxKB vs Dify vs Notion AI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
PandaWiki
Open-source, self-hosted AI wiki from Chaitin — 9.9k GitHub stars
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MaxKB
Open-source RAG and workflow platform for building enterprise agents
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Dify
Open-source LLM app builder: workflows, agents, RAG, one canvas
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Notion AI
AI writing, summarisation, and Q&A built directly into your Notion wor...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.8 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | Paid |
| Free tier | — | — | Sandbox plan: 200 message credits total (one-time trial, not monthly), 5 apps, 50 knowledge documents, 50 MB storage, 1 workspace member — free on Dify Cloud | 20 free AI responses to trial the feature |
| Paid from | — | — | $59/month (Professional plan, billed monthly; annual billing saves $118/year) | $20/user/month (Business, billed annually) — the plan that bundles full Notion AI; Plus |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | — | — | Over 1.4 million machines (self-hosted), 180,000+ developers | 100M+ total users; 4M+ paying customers (AI is gated to Business/Enterprise) |
| Founded | — | — | 2023 | — |
| Maker | — | — | — | Notion Labs |
| Verdict | For teams that want an AI-native docs and FAQ system without a SaaS subscription or sending everything to one model vendor, PandaWiki is a solid pick: you bring your own LLM (Chaitin recommends DeepSeek-V4-Flash for chat... |
MaxKB is one of the more credible self-hosted RAG platforms to come out of China's open-source scene — 21,000+ GitHub stars, active releases, and a straightforward path from PDF upload to a working chatbot with citations... |
Dify's pitch has held up: a visual canvas for workflows, agents and RAG, backed by a fully open codebase you can self-host, with LangGenius's own $30M Series Pre-A in March 2026 proof the model works commercially too. Th... |
Notion AI's advantage is context: it drafts, summarises, and answers questions across the docs, wikis, and databases you already keep in Notion, plus connected tools like Slack and Drive — no copy-paste. Custom Agents (F... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.