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.