Claude vs Dify

Bottom line

You can run Dify on your own machine or server; Claude is hosted by the vendor.

Which one should you try?

Freemium

Best for Writers revising material through conversation

Freemium

Best 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.

Anthropic's assistant for drafting, analyzing files and completing tasks with connected tools.

LLM app platform with visual workflows, RAG, agents and app APIs. Free Sandbox and self-hosted Community edition.

Attribute	Claude	Dify
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Price	Free; Pro US$20/month or US$200/year billed upfront	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	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android	Dify Cloud (web); self-hosted with Docker Compose (min. 2 CPU cores, 4 GiB RAM)
Pros	Works with documents, spreadsheets and other source files Free plan includes memory and file creation Web, desktop and mobile access	Workflows, RAG, agents and logging in one platform, with an API for every app. Connects to many model providers, including any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Free self-hosted Community edition via Docker Compose, alongside hosted Dify Cloud.
Cons	Usage limits apply to free and paid plans Feature availability changes with plan and rollout Generated claims and calculations need review	The modified Apache 2.0 license requires authorization for multi-tenant services and bars removing frontend branding. Multiple workspaces and commercial license authorization are Enterprise features. Model API usage is billed by providers once included cloud credits run out.

Freemium

Best for Writers revising material through conversation

Freemium

Best 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.