Head-to-head · facts checked 26 Sept 2026
Dify vs UiPath
Dify uniquely has 12 features · UiPath uniquely has 6 features.
The verdict
Dify or UiPath?
Section 01
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Dify
Free
Free
Sandbox: 200 message credits, 5 apps, or self-host Community
Sandbox
Free
200 message credits, 1 workspace, 1 team member
Community
Free
All core features, single workspace, open source
Professional
$59/mo · $590/yr
6000 message credits, 1 workspace, 2 team members
Team
$159/mo · $1,590/yr
10000 message credits, 3 workspaces, 50 team members
Enterprise
Custom
Advanced security, compliance, dedicated support
UiPath
Free
Free
Try It Now free access, limited in what runs at scale
Basic
$25/mo
Individuals and small teams; limited scale, hosted in European region, UiPath Bronze Support
Standard
Contact Sales
Professional agentic automation for businesses; includes agents, document processing, governance controls, no scale limits
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Company-wide deployments; self-healing UI automation, process mining, BYOM, BYOK, bring own credential vaults and CI/CD
For everything else about each tool, read the full Dify review and UiPath review.
Side by side
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2023 | 2005 |
| HQ | San Francisco, USA | New York, USA |
| AI model | Multi-model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Llama, and 100+ others) | Proprietary (UiPath AI + third-party LLM integrations) |
| User base | 151K+ GitHub stars | 10M+ (community members and enterprise users) |
| Platforms | Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, VPC | Web, Windows (Studio desktop), Cloud, On-Premise |
| Languages | 25+ | 25+ |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Freemium | Subscription |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | No | Yes — Free tier available (Try It Now) |
| Starting price | $59/mo | $25/mo |
| Enterprise | Custom | Contact Sales for pricing |
| All plans | Free — Free Sandbox — Free Community — Free Professional — $59/mo Team — $159/mo Enterprise — Custom | Free — Free Basic — $25/mo Standard — Contact Sales Enterprise — Contact Sales |
| Positioning | ||
| Best for | Independent developers, small to medium teams, and enterprises building production AI apps | Individuals, small teams, businesses, and enterprises looking to automate business processes |
| Differentiator | Three deployment modes: managed cloud, self-hosted enterprise with SSO/RBAC/ISO27001, and open-source community edition | UiPath combines RPA robots with AI agents and process mining into a unified agentic automation platform, enabling orchestration of agents, robots, and humans across complex enterprise workflows with fine-grained governance. |
| Competitors | Flowise, LangChain, n8n, Botpress, Relevance AI | Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, Microsoft Power Automate, Workato, MuleSoft |
| Features | ||
| API Rate Limit Control | ✓ | — |
| Agent Orchestration | — | ✓ |
| Bring Your Own AI Model | — | ✓ |
| Ci/Cd Pipeline Support | — | ✓ |
| Document Data Extraction | — | ✓ |
| Document Processing | ✓ | — |
| Full Agent Runtime + Workflow Editor | ✓ | — |
| Helm Chart for K8s Deployments | ✓ | — |
| Knowledge Base | ✓ | — |
| On Premise Hosting | — | ✓ |
| Publish As Web App or API | ✓ | — |
| SOC 2 Type Ii + Iso 27001 | ✓ | — |
| SSO (Enterprise) | ✓ | — |
| SSO / Saml & Rbac | ✓ | — |
| Self Healing UI Automation | — | ✓ |
| Single Command Docker Deploy | ✓ | — |
| Trigger Events | ✓ | — |
| Workflow Automation | ✓ | — |
| AI Agents | ✓ | ✓ |
| API Webhooks | ✓ | ✓ |
| Conditional Logic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom Code | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Transform | ✓ | ✓ |
| Error Handling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Execution Logs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Human in Loop | ✓ | ✓ |
| Num Integrations | 100+ AI models plus plugin marketplace integrations | 1000+ (UiPath Marketplace with pre-built connectors and Integration Service) |
| Scheduled Runs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Features | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trigger Types | webhook / schedule / API / workflow trigger events / external app triggers | Schedule / webhook / event / human action / API / email |
| Visual Builder | ✓ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| API Access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Google Workspace | ✓ | ✓ |
| Key Integrations | OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Mistral, Llama (Meta), Azure OpenAI | SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Google Workspace |
| Openai Integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slack | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webhook Support | ✓ | ✓ |
Section 02
Dify vs UiPath: common questions
Is Dify or UiPath cheaper?
Dify's cheapest paid plan is $59/mo and UiPath's is $25/mo. Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
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