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Dify ranks #8 of 38 in ai agent builders in the week of 19 October 2026, with a visibility score of 12 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 26% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Dify lands a modest overall score of 11 out of 100 in the AI agent builders category, showing up in 15 of 71 answers across assistants. Claude rates it highest at 15, followed by Gemini at 13, Perplexity at 10, and ChatGPT at 8. Dify's strongest showing is on self-hosted setups, named in all 3 answers to "What's the best self-hosted platform for running AI agents privately?" It also does well on general "best platforms for building AI agents" questions (3 of 4) and no-code and agency-focused questions (2 of 4 and 2 of 3). It's never named for voice agents, non-technical founders, developer frameworks, production reliability, or debugging tools.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 13 | 30% of answers | #6.2 |
| Claude | 13 | 25% of answers | #9.6 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 12 | 22% of answers | #5.5 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best self-hosted platform for running AI agents privately? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| What are the best alternatives to OpenAI AgentKit? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best AI agent builder in 2026? | 3 of 3 | #5 |
| What are the best platforms for building AI agents? | 3 of 3 | #8 |
| What's the best no-code tool to build an AI agent? | 2 of 3 | #5 |
| What are the best alternatives to CrewAI? | 2 of 3 | #6 |
| What's the best platform to build and deploy AI agents for a startup? | 1 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that browses the web and does research? | 1 of 3 | #7 |
| What are the best open-source AI agent frameworks? | 1 of 3 | #10 |
| What's the best platform for an agency building AI agents for clients? | 1 of 3 | #10 |
| What are the best alternatives to n8n? | 1 of 3 | #12 |
| What are the best alternatives to LangChain? | 1 of 3 | #25 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| Which AI agent framework should a developer choose? | LangChain, OpenAI AgentKit, Microsoft Agent Framework |
| Which AI agent platform is best for a non-technical founder? | Zapier Agents, Lindy, Relevance AI |
| What's the best tool for building multi-agent systems? | LangChain, OpenAI AgentKit, CrewAI |
| Which AI agent platform has the best pricing for a small team? | Make, Zapier Agents, n8n |
| What's the most reliable platform to run AI agents in production? | LangChain, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that answers customer emails? | n8n, Zapier Agents |
| What's the best platform to build an AI agent that connects to my company's data? | Microsoft Copilot Studio, Vertex AI Agent Builder |
| What's the best tool to automate a business workflow with AI agents? | Zapier Agents, n8n, Gumloop |
| What's the best platform to build a voice AI agent? | Vapi, Retell AI |
| What's the best way to give an AI agent memory across sessions? | LangChain |
| What's the best platform to build AI agents that use MCP tools? | LangChain, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI AgentKit |
| What's the best tool to monitor and debug AI agents in production? | nobody in particular |
| What are the best alternatives to Pydantic AI? | OpenAI AgentKit, LangChain, Pydantic AI |
Assistants cited 11 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. Claim to see them. See all sources for AI agent builders.
In their words
- ChatGPT“!Dify | セキュリティDB | Dify - AIアプリケーション作成プラットフォーム | ノーコード | ローコード”
- Claude“Dify, Flowise, Langflow — If you're mainly using n8n for LLM chains and agents, these are purpose-built and generally better at it.”
- Perplexity“The strongest general-purpose options are LangGraph, CrewAI, Dify, n8n, and Microsoft Agent Framework.”
Closest rivals
- Dify vs Make12
- Dify vs Vertex AI Agent Builder12
- Dify vs Mastra11
- Dify vs Microsoft Copilot Studio13
- Dify vs Amazon Bedrock AgentCore10
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