Dify vs Lindy
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Dify if you want open-source platform for building llm apps and agentic workflows (Supervised agent, freemium); choose Lindy if you want no-code platform for ai agents that run inbox, meetings, and cross-app work (Supervised agent, subscription).
| Dify | Lindy | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Open-source platform for building LLM apps and agentic workflows | No-code platform for AI agents that run inbox, meetings, and cross-app work |
| Type | platform | platform |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Self-host free; Dify Cloud has a free sandbox plan | subscription · $49.99/mo (Plus) |
| Best for | developers, smb, mid-market | smb, mid-market, enterprise |
| Deployment | self-hosted, saas, on-prem | saas, api |
| Modalities | text, api | text, email, voice, browser, api |
| Models | model-agnostic, open-source | model-agnostic, claude, gpt |
| Protocols | function-calling, rest-api, mcp | rest-api, function-calling |
| Integrations | OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Llama, Kubernetes, Docker | Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce |
| Capabilities | 4 documented | 4 documented |
Dify
- +Open source and self-hostable (Docker, Kubernetes) with no vendor lock-in
- +Combines workflows, RAG, agents, model management, and observability in one stack
- +Broad model support including any OpenAI-API-compatible endpoint
- -A building platform: you design and operate the apps and their guardrails
- -Self-hosting at scale requires infrastructure expertise
Lindy
- +Genuinely no-code: agents built from natural-language descriptions, with praised setup
- +More capable than rigid trigger-action tools: agents reason over context rather than fixed if-then rules
- +Broad app coverage plus a computer-use mode and per-node model selection
- -Credit-based usage makes costs hard to predict; reviewers report fast credit burn and credits that don't roll over
- -Polarized reliability reports across review sites, with some inbox-handling complaints
Which should you choose?
Dify is open-source platform for building llm apps and agentic workflows, best for developers, smb, mid-market. Lindy is no-code platform for ai agents that run inbox, meetings, and cross-app work, best for smb, mid-market, enterprise. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.
This comparison is generated from the sourced Dify and Lindy profiles. Open either profile to review its evidence and last-reviewed date.