Claude Code vs Dify
Claude Code is paid, while Dify has a free plan plus paid upgrades. You can run Dify on your own machine or server; Claude Code is hosted by the vendor.
Which one should you try?
Claude Code
PaidBest for Developers comfortable reviewing code and commands
Dify
FreemiumBest for Teams building RAG, chatbot or agent apps with a visual builder
Pricing, capabilities and platforms side by side. Prices are as of the "Pricing checked" date in the table.
Claude Code
Anthropic's coding agent for editing repositories, running commands and tests, and reviewing changes.
Dify
LLM app platform with visual workflows, RAG, agents and app APIs. Free Sandbox and self-hosted Community edition.
| Attribute | Claude Code | Dify |
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| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Price | Pro US$20/month or US$200/year billed upfront; API/provider usage billed separately | Free Sandbox; Professional $590/workspace/year; Team $1,590/workspace/year (annual billing) |
| Pricing checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| Open source | No | No |
| Has API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted option | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, desktop, web | Dify Cloud (web); self-hosted with Docker Compose (min. 2 CPU cores, 4 GiB RAM) |
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Made up your mind?
Claude Code
PaidBest for Developers comfortable reviewing code and commands
Dify
FreemiumBest for Teams building RAG, chatbot or agent apps with a visual builder
Specs come from each tool's own site and docs (how we test). AIDiveForge is editorially independent.