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Dify vs n8n comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Dify
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Low-Code Development Platforms (29th), AI Software Development (200th)
n8n
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Workload Automation (6th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (10th), AI-Agent Builders (2nd), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (10th), AI Scheduling & Coordination (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Process, Business Automation, and Digital Transformation solutions, they serve different purposes. Dify is designed for Low-Code Development Platforms and holds a mindshare of 0.5%.
n8n, on the other hand, focuses on Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), holds 3.0% mindshare.
Low-Code Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dify0.5%
Microsoft Power Apps7.9%
Oracle Application Express (APEX)5.1%
Other86.5%
Low-Code Development Platforms
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
n8n3.0%
Boomi iPaaS8.0%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform6.7%
Other82.3%
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Rusira Sathnindu - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Visual workflows have accelerated our agent POC while better UI and observability still need work
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.
NR
ERP recommendation specialist at a non-tech company with 1-10 employees
Automation has transformed complex workflows and has empowered non‑technical teams to build flows
Regarding improvements for n8n, I would highlight two areas. First, while there is a growing community, the ecosystem of pre-built nodes for niche or proprietary systems still lags behind some commercial competitors. I often have to build custom HTTP request nodes or create my own node packages, which is doable but adds to project timelines. Second, features for team collaboration and lifecycle management are still evolving. Moving workflows from development to staging to production can be a manual export-import process, and native Git integration and more robust user roles for larger client teams would be a game-changer. Regarding needed improvements, I believe much of the existing documentation is not peer-reviewed. There is definitely a big community, but if the documentation or tutorials were approved or at least had a badge from n8n, customers would feel that this meets the standards of n8n editors themselves, which would give more confidence in the flows.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"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."
"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."
"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."
"The user-friendly interface positively impacted the team's workflow efficiency."
"Our business is growing faster because we have created workflows that help us improve our business."
"The low-code interface and the quick code writing within n8n that we can do and utilize is very helpful; it brings in efficiency, better time to market, and actually helps us."
"The capability of n8n to connect different applications and automate tasks while supporting over 200 pre-built integrations is pretty effective."
"n8n helps automate jobs that no one enjoys doing, which are very repetitive, and it saves time and money because it handles those boring tasks that can now be automated."
"I appreciated how n8n can be integrated with other services such as WhatsApp, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and the automation tasks it performs."
"The best features of n8n are reading documents like Google Sheets and Google Drive, and especially the AI agent functionality, the Agent Mode and AI agent nodes, which I find very amazing, along with webhooks and HTTP nodes."
"The best features n8n offers are automation and integration with different tools including Calendar, Gmail, WATI, and many other tools, which help me complete my work faster."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"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."
"Currently, most products nowadays include walkthrough or guide videos, short videos of 20 to 30 seconds that inform about any particular button or action, which n8n product does not have."
"However, I feel that for very complex production environments, it still requires considerable fine-tuning and knowledge, and sometimes it might not be fully ready to support large-scale implementations in production."
"From my experience, n8n is stable, though the part that can be less stable is that you must stay connected to many APIs."
"In my experience, n8n is not very stable, but it has the potential to be more stable."
"I have set up n8n on our local server, which is on a Contabo-based server, and sometimes it was losing connection."
"I don't think it is highly scalable, but it is scalable at a moderate level for companies which have 200 to 500 clients daily; the daily throughput is of 200 to 500 clients."
"n8n has a bit of a learning curve to it; you have to learn a lot."
"What I would like for them to improve is to include more nodes and different service provider integrations, just the way Zapier does."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise2
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for n8n?
Once n8n has passed all the tests, it works fine, which is why people use it on a VPS instead of a local server. Using the paid version is somewhat expensive. The difference between the free versio...
What needs improvement with n8n?
n8n currently has Python in the beta version, and if it can be fully released, it would be more amazing because JS is working very well, but if Python is added as a standard feature, the results wi...
What is your primary use case for n8n?
I run an automation agency at orbiscr.com, and we use n8n for our projects. We create systems for others to use in their business automation rather than for our own use, and we use n8n to build the...
 

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