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My main use case for Dify  is automation like HR automation, CRM  automation, and ERP  level management, which have been integrated into SaaS applications.

I have used Dify for HR automation and specific examples related to that can be provided.

Dify offers several best features including being very seamless, open source, having multiple plugins and a marketplace to use, and allowing integration of multiple AI models with full flexibility.

Dify's flexibility helps with automations or integrations since it is very seamless and has a very simple UI so anyone can use it, without anything too complex.

Dify stands out because it supports all the major AI platforms and plugins, and it has a marketplace where there are multiple things that can be integrated, which are official partners as well.

Dify has positively impacted the organization because accuracy has been improved, and the time and complexity in flows that were manual are now automated, from HR automation to ERP  level transactions, including subscription management in the SaaS application, monitoring, and analytics.

There are no exact numbers available, but the time has drastically been reduced and the performance has improved since Dify was introduced in the system.

No features are needed that Dify doesn't have as it has all the features required.

Everything is working well with Dify. The only improvement would be if Dify provided an SMTP server that could be connected to automate Dify workflow management, as that would be a great option.

I have been using Dify for the past one year.

Dify is stable and scalable, and no issues or problems have been encountered as of now, as it is in production.

Dify's scalability is good and it handles growth or increased workloads effectively, depending upon the resources available. If server capacity is increased, Dify scales accordingly.

Dify's customer support has not been directly contacted as GitHub  issues and the community have helped with any issues faced.

Negative

N8n was previously used before Dify.

Dify was chosen over n8n  because Dify has more marketplace, plugins, and integrations than n8n , and it is lightweight compared to n8n, which is resource-heavy.

Dify was not purchased through the AWS Marketplace  but rather the Git  repository was cloned.

Dify is free to use and has a free license from GitHub  under a Dify open-source license based on Apache 2.0, so no hurdles have been felt in deploying it or using it.

The automation work has saved time. For example, if a task would require an hour, it can now be done in seconds, so the time saved varies depending on the task. Exact numbers are not available, but it has saved a lot of time and also money, reducing the manual work that was done earlier.

Dify is free to use and has a free license from GitHub under a Dify open-source license based on Apache 2.0, so no hurdles have been felt in deploying it or using it.

N8n, Make .com, and Zapier  were evaluated before choosing Dify. Make .com and Zapier  are paid and Dify is absolutely free. Since n8n is also free but a little more complex than Dify, Dify was chosen over any other platform.

Dify should be considered by others looking into using it if they want a lightweight platform with feature-rich plugins to integrate their workflow and manage multiple automation tasks using a single platform. This is the best option available. The overall review rating for Dify is 9 out of 10.

We used Dify  to create and test an agentic workflow and an AI agent model with some of the tools and RAG models. We used it to test how it works and how to implement it for part of our core product in our company.

We created an AI marketing agent using Dify , and the idea was that it can look into your marketing platforms, for example, Facebook, Google Ads , and Google Analytics. Those are the marketing platforms that we targeted, and instead of manually moving through dashboards, the idea was an agent will have access to your marketing data and can go through this data and provide you with reports and insights and suggestions. We used Dify's visual workflow builder to build this.

I tested Dify about six months ago for some of the tasks that we had for building some kind of a product, and I used it for two months and then did not use it very much after that.

The visual workflow builder Dify offers is really helpful, and you do not have to code everything. You can use it to connect nodes and make a flow of how your agent should work. Dify has RAG functionality that is also in-built, and those are the features that we used, and those two features were very good.

The visual workflow builder made my work easier because it saved us time since we did not have to code everything. One of the other interesting things was that it was really easy to show or present to a non-technical person. Our CEO was non-technical, so for him, it was really easy to show it as a diagram and explain how it works, and he could even do some edits. The ability for non-technical people to look into it is a really great use case.

Using Dify has positively impacted our organization because we were able to cut down on some development time and do a lot of testing in a very small time period. Initially, we had about two weeks of time to implement the whole thing, but that was cut down to two days of time through using Dify.

My personal experience with Dify's UI is that it is not my favorite, as it can be improved a little bit, and sometimes the UI feels a little bit buggy. I am not sure if that is because it was a self-hosted version. The documentation can also be improved a little bit more. I think not a lot of people are using Dify currently, so that is why the documentation is not very great. If the documentation was improved, that would also be a really good thing.

Currently, Dify could improve by offering better observability like other platforms. We currently use OpenAI Agents SDK, which requires you to build everything by code, but the observability is really good. It has OpenAI Traces, and you can basically trace everything for a conversation. If Dify had that kind of tracing functionality, that would be great.

I actually tested Dify about six months ago for some of the tasks that we had, it was for building some kind of a product, And, I used it for like two months and then, did not use it very much after that.

Dify is stable.

We used Dify only for the POC, so we did not expose it to a lot of workload. One of the main concerns that we had is that it might not be very scalable because we are hosting it in a self-hosted environment, and we have to configure the architecture and everything. Rather than using a cloud-hosted platform, using a self-hosted platform means there can be scalability issues. We anticipated there would be scalability issues, but we did not go for that scale. While testing, sometimes because of the limitations of the server, it crashed, stopped working, or got delayed, so it has a little bit of scalability problems.

We used Dify for testing out a POC and different ways of how to implement the agent, so there is no direct return on investment, as the investment was zero, so there is no return.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it was free to use. We were able to get the free license from the GitHub  release and then deploy it in our organization.

We evaluated another option called Chatbot Kit, but I am not very sure about that because I do not remember everything. We also used another product, either Chatbot Kit or ManyChat, and then after Dify, we switched back to OpenAI Agents SDK.

The visual workflow builder made my work easier because it saved us time since we did not have to code everything. One of the other interesting things was that it was really easy to show or present to a non-technical person. Our CEO was non-technical, so for him, it was really easy to show it as a diagram and explain how it works, and he could even do some edits. The ability for non-technical people to look into it is a really great use case.

Dify is self-hostable, so we did not have to pay anything. We just had to host it, and we really own the whole thing, and we can see the code as well. Self-hostability is another great feature.

If you are a startup or someone who is trying to run a POC related to agents, you should use Dify. It is a really good alternative that you can use to test things out and build a POC. After that, make sure to move to a different platform because if you need to scale it up and if you need custom steps, that is the advice I would have. I would rate this review a six out of ten.