Dify vs Gemini

Bottom line

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

Which one should you try?

Freemium

Best for Teams building RAG, chatbot or agent apps with a visual builder

Freemium

Best for People using supported Google apps

Pricing, capabilities and platforms side by side. Prices are as of the "Pricing checked" date in the table.

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

Google's assistant for writing, research, file analysis and tasks using supported connected apps.

Attribute	Dify	Gemini
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Price	Free Sandbox; Professional $590/workspace/year; Team $1,590/workspace/year (annual billing)	Free; paid plans from US$4.99/month (Google AI Plus, US pricing)
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	Yes	No
Platforms	Dify Cloud (web); self-hosted with Docker Compose (min. 2 CPU cores, 4 GiB RAM)	Web, Android, iOS, Windows, macOS
Pros	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.	Connected Apps can use relevant Google-service information Free access with a Google Account Research, conversation and creative tools in the app
Cons	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.	Features differ across web, Android and iOS Connected services require permissions and account eligibility Paid plans still have feature-specific usage limits

Freemium

Best for Teams building RAG, chatbot or agent apps with a visual builder

Freemium

Best for People using supported Google apps

Specs come from each tool's own site and docs (how we test). AIDiveForge is editorially independent.